Tagging Homicide; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; What Does Al Qaeda Want?; The Quinceañera
Tagging Homicide
Last Friday, Pico Rivera resident Maria Hicks was shot when she attempted to intervene with an individual who was marking a wall with spray paint. Maria died from her injuries on Monday and three suspects are now in custody, one of them being held without bail on murder charges. The incident brings to light an issue that our society contends with on a daily basis: What do we do about graffiti? Larry takes listener calls and talks to USC Professor Emeritus of Sociology Malcolm Klein and KPCC reporter Adolfo Guzman Lopez about the differences in graffiti, who practices it and why.
Orange County Journalists Roundtable
Larry Mantle talks with William Lobdell, City Editor of the Orange County Edition of the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register senior editorial writer and columnist, Steven Greenhut, and OC Weekly senior editorial writer and columnist, Gustavo Arellano, about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
What Does Al Qaeda Want?
Larry Mantle asks Islamic scholar and author Reza Aslan the question "What does Al Qaeda want?" On Wednesday Larry talked with author Raymond Ibrahim about his new book The Al Qaeda Reader (Doubleday). Ibrahim translated many writings and speeches of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman Al Zawahiri, and concluded that Al Qaeda has a clear anti-Western theology deeply rooted in history and the Koran. Aslan disagrees. He interprets Al Qaeda's statements as a hodge-podge of Anti-American complaints, offering no comprehensive policy, goals or insight into Islamic thought or theology. Reza Aslan is a religious scholar, Marketplace and CBS News Middle East analyst, and author of No God But God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam (Random House).
The Quinceañera
Larry Mantle talks with author Julia Alvarez about her new book, Once Upon A Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA (Viking) that discusses how the custom of the quinceañera originated, and how it has evolved over time. She will also discuss the economic and social consequences of the ritual, as Latino culture has changed as a result of American culture. Julia Alvarez will be speaking about her book Thursday night, August 16 at 7:00 pm at Libreria Martinez Books & Art Gallery, 1110 N. Main St., in Santa Ana.