Fire Safety in Nightclubs; Afghanistan Update; Los Angeles City Council District #14; Raising the Smoking Age to 21
Fire Safety in Nightclubs
Larry Mantle speaks about nightclub safety with Kendall McCarthy, Inspector with the Los Angeles City Fire Department.
Afghanistan Update
Have you read much lately in the papers about our efforts to rebuild Afghanistan? We haven't, so we're going to speak with two experts, Dr. William Cole, director of Governance, Law, and Civil Society programs at the Asia Foundation, and Dr. Warren Haffar, Director of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program at Arcadia University, about the latest news from Afghanistan. Dr. Cole just returned from a year in Afghanistan, where the Asia Foundation has worked to help the Karzai government organize the Loya Jurga, or legislative body. The Asia Foundation is also helping the new government to write a constitution, develop a judiciary and much more. We'll hear about the efforts to rebuild Afghanistan and ask if the international community is doing all it promised to make a new, successful Afghanistan a reality.
Los Angeles City Council District #14
Larry Mantle talks with the candidates for the 14th City Council District which includes portions of the downtown central business area, Highland Park, Eagle Rock, El Sereno, and Boyle Heights about their campaigns, and various issues in the district. Joining him are Antonio Villaraigosa, Economic Development Consultant and Paul Gonzales, Senior Youth Commissioner.
Raising the Smoking Age to 21
Assemblyman Paul Koretz has introduced a bill to the State Assembly that would raise the smoking age to twenty-one. Larry talks with Assemblyman Koretz about why the bill failed the first time it was introduced and his hopes for passing it again. We'll open the phones to hear what you think on the topic.