Delgadillo's Missteps; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; Study Reverses Some Findings about Estrogen Therapy for Women; The Zen of Fish
Delgadillo's Missteps
Workplace ethics violations or business as usual? Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo acknowledged Monday that his wife was driving his city-owned vehicle with a suspended license when it was damaged in a 2004 accident and later repaired at taxpayer expense, which was reimbursed by Delgadillo only after a public revelation. Yesterday, Delgadillo admitted that he'd enlisted members of his staff and other city employees for personal errands including baby-sitting his children, in a possible violation of the Municipal Code. Ted Chen talks with Sherry Bebitch-Jeffe, senior scholar at the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development and with listeners about the political ramifications of the City Attorney's missteps.
Orange County Journalists Roundtable
Ted talks with William Lobdell, City Editor of the Orange County Edition of the Los Angeles Times, OC Weekly senior editorial writer and columnist, Gustavo Arellano, and Orange County Register senior editorial writer and columnist, Steven Greenhut, about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
Study Reverses Some Findings about Estrogen Therapy for Women
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that estrogen therapy can be beneficial in certain respects for some women after all, substantially modifying the findings of an earlier analysis. Five years ago, researchers from the Women's Health Initiative had reported that the drugs increased risks of heart attack and stroke. Guest host Ted Chen discusses the new study with LA Times staff writer Thomas H. Maugh II, and with Dr. Jacques Rossouw, chief of the Women's Health Initiative Branch at the National Institutes of Health. He is a co-author of both the 2002 and the current studies.
The Zen of Fish
AirTalk guest host Ted Chen talks with Trevor Corson, author of the popular book The Secret Life of Lobsters (Harper Collins). Corson's new book tells the story of sushi: its biology, the colorful life of its chefs, and its cultural history: from samurai to supermarket.