Smog; Elderly Drivers; Bruce McNall
Smog
This year's smog season started in late May, nearly a month earlier than expected, and on Friday, the Southland experienced its first Stage 1 Smog Alert in five years. Why is smog so bad this year? Larry Mantle talks with South Coast Air Quality Management District Senior Meteorologist Joseph Cassmassi.
Elderly Drivers
In response to the Santa Monica farmer's market tragedy, Larry Mantle talks about elderly driving safety with State Senator Jackie Speier and Russ Rader, Spokesman for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, about safety and elderly drivers. In the 1999-2000 session, Sen. Speier co-authored a bill with Sen. Tom Hayden which would have required California drivers aged 75 and over to take driving tests, as well as written exams, in order to renew their licenses.
Bruce McNall
Larry Mantle talks with sportsman and movie-maker Bruce McNall about his new autobiography Fun While It Lasted: My Rise and Fall in the Land of Fame and Fortune (Hyperion), which chronicles the rise and fall his career. McNall began as one of the youngest and most successful dealers of antiquities in the country. He soon branched out into horse racing, movies, and major league sports. Then, he bought the struggling Los Angeles Kings from Jerry Buss, and was responsible for bringing Wayne Gretzky to L.A. But, due to some creative accounting, McNall was sent to Federal prison, thus ending his rise to the top.