L.A. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ISSUES; NEW ORDINANCE TO NEUTER MOST DOGS IN COUNTY; RESEARCH AND DISPARITIES; INSIDE THE NATIONAL FORENSIC ACADEMY, THE WORLD’S TOP CSI TRAINING SCHOOL
L.A. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ISSUES
Larry talks with KPCC reporter, Adolfo Guzman Lopez, about Tuesday’s Special Election to select a replacement for former Los Angeles Unified school board member Jose Huizar, as well as the School Board’s vote to approve a construction contract to build a $208 million arts high school in downtown L.A.
NEW ORDINANCE TO NEUTER MOST DOGS IN COUNTY
In April, the Los Angeles County Supervisors will consider an ordinance to require most dogs in unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County to be spayed or neutered. The ordinance, proposed by Supervisor Michael Antonovich in January, is designed to decrease the overpopulation of dangerous dogs and penalize irresponsible dog owners. The Board of Supervisors delayed voting on a similar ordinance last month that would have applied only to pit bulls and Rottweilers. Upon the recommendation of Marcia Mayeda, director of Animal Care and Control, supervisors decided to expand the proposed ordinance to include all breeds. Last fall, the California Legislature passed a bill authorizing local governments to enact dog breed-specific ordinances pertaining to mandatory spay or neuter programs. Larry Mantle speaks with a supporter and an opponent of the proposed ordinance.
RESEARCH AND DISPARITIES
How do government agencies and endowments decide what to fund? How do researchers decide which ailments are most important to focus on? How does that play into the disparities that exist in the health of different ethnic groups and minorities? We’ll hear answers to these questions, as well as information about some exciting new research efforts intended to help eliminate health disparities in our region. Larry talks to a panel of researchers at USC, UCLA, the City of Hope Cancer Center as well as a representative from the National Institutes of Health.
INSIDE THE NATIONAL FORENSIC ACADEMY, THE WORLD’S TOP CSI TRAINING SCHOOL
Amy Welch joins Larry Mantle to talk about her book, Bodies We’ve Buried, an inside look at the National Forensic Academy, the only training school in the world where investigators receive hands-on crime scene instruction. The book, co-written by Welch and Jarrett Hallcox, offers an uncensored look at the unnerving and sometimes just plain gross world of forensics.