Hey! Who Turned Out The Lights?; The Area Code Conundrum; FilmWeek
Hey! Who Turned Out The Lights?
It’s hot. People are cranking their air conditioners. And blackouts are back. Yesterday, California officials ordered rolling blackouts from Ventura to Costa Mesa, after the failure of a transmission line in Oregon. Guest-host Pat Morrison talks to Gregg Fishman, spokesman for the California Independent Systems Operator, a Folsom-based not-for-profit that overseas the State’s power grid, Michael Shames, executive director of Utility Consumers Action Network, and Dan Walters, political columnist for the Sacramento Bee.
The Area Code Conundrum
Guest host Patt Morrison talks with USC Annenberg School for Communication Professor and telecom expert A. Michael Noll. With news of the change in the 310 area code, Professor Noll will reveal why we’re running out of area codes so quickly, and why, in ten years, area codes may have 4 digits instead of 3. He’ll also talk about why sound quality on telephones is deteriorating, why disconnects are increasing, and what, if anything, can be done about it. Patt will also talk with John Parsons, Redondo Beach City Councilman and member of a coalition community groups and regional elected leaders organized to stop the new area code, and Ken Muche, spokeman for Verizon Wireless.
FilmWeek
Guest host Patt Morrison and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss this week's new releases, including The Brothers Grimm, Dirty Deeds, The Cave, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Tony Takitani, The Memory of a Killer, Matando Cabos, and El Crimen Perfecto.