Foiled Terrorist Plot in Los Angeles; Demographic Changes Force School Closures; Winter Olympics Preview; Wallace and Gromit
Foiled Terrorist Plot in Los Angeles
Larry Mantle discusses President Bush’s speech this morning in which he mentioned the foiled terrorist plot to fly an airplane into library tower in downtown Los Angeles. Larry talks with California Homeland Security spokesman Chris Bertelli, Co-Chairman of Center on Terrorism at the Foreign Policy Research Institute Michael Radu, and California Congressman Brad Sherman.
Demographic Changes Force School Closures
Due to declining enrollment, the Pasadena Unified School Board recently closed three of its elementary schools. The main culprit seems to be rising home prices. Many lower and middle-income Pasadena residents are moving inland, leaving the school district with less money per pupil to spend. Larry Mantle talks about the situation in Pasadena, whose problems are shared by several California school districts. Panelists are Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Superintendent Percy Clark, PUSD board president Ed Honowitz, Pasadena City Councilman Sid Tyler, and Chris Brandow of the Pasadena Educational Network.
Winter Olympics Preview
The Opening Ceremonies of the Torino 2006 XX Olympic Winter Games takes place Friday, kicking off 16 days of competition between 2,500 athletes from 85 countries. Larry gets a preview of the games and the 211 athletes who make up the U.S. Olympic team (including 24 from California). Larry talks with Los Angeles Times staff writer Helene Elliot and Orange County Register Reporter Scott Reid from Turin.
Wallace and Gromit
Larry Mantle talks with directors and writers Nick Park and Steve Box about their Academy Award-nominated film "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit."