Fire Update; International Diplomatic Response To The Crisis In Israel And Lebanon; Proposition 83 ("Jessica's Law"); FilmWeek
Fire Update
A 53,000-acre wildfire has moved within a half-mile of another blaze in the San Bernardino National Forest. The two fires are expected to merge into a larger fire today. The Sawtooth fire has destroyed more than 150 homes and buildings is 20 percent contained, but it's burning through dense, dead brush in a desert canyon land that has not burned in recent decades. A half-mile away, the 8,300-acre Millard fire was burning in the San Gorgonio wilderness, a forest area southwest of the Sawtooth blaze. It posed a threat to about 75 scattered homes and was just 5 percent surrounded. Both fires are moving toward a mountain of dead trees, which worries firefighters.
International Diplomatic Response To The Crisis In Israel And Lebanon
Larry talks with Barbara Bodine from MIT's Center for International Studies about the likely diplomatic response to the current crisis in the Mid-East by Arab and European nations as well the U.S.
Proposition 83 ("Jessica's Law")
Larry and his guests discuss the pros and cons of Proposition 83 which will appear on the November ballot. Nicknamed Jessica's Law, the measure would toughen penalties and place new restrictions on where convicted sexual offenders can live. Prop 83 would also mandate longer sentences for sexual predators and would require them to wear GPS tracking devices for life.
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor and Scott Foundas, film editor for the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new releases, including You, Me and Dupree, Mini's First Time, Little Man, The Groomsmen, The Oh in Ohio, 4, and the re-release of Blue Velvet.