Catalina Fire Update; To Reseed Or Not To Reseed At Griffith Park; LAUSD Board District 3 Run-Off Election; Chemicals Causing Breast Cancer; Life After The Kids Fly The Coop
Catalina Fire Update
Larry gets an update on the Catalina Fire with Dan Teckenoff, publisher of The Catalina Islander.
To Reseed Or Not To Reseed At Griffith Park
Larry Mantle talks with experts about whether or not to reseed and replant the large areas that burned at Griffith Park.
LAUSD Board District 3 Run-Off Election
Larry talks with the two candidates in tomorrow's run-off election for the District 3 seat on the LAUSD Board of Education.
Chemicals Causing Breast Cancer
Researchers from five medical institutions released a series of reports today concluding that more than 200 chemicals, many found in urban air and everyday consumer products, cause breast cancer in animal tests. The research team analyzed a growing body of evidence linking environmental contaminants to breast cancer, the leading killer of U.S. women in their late 30s to early 50s. Experts say that family history and genes are responsible for a small percentage of breast cancer cases but that environmental or lifestyle factors such as diet are probably involved in the vast majority.
Life After The Kids Fly The Coop
As the baby boomers age, many of them are learning to cope with a whole new way of life after the last child has finally moved out and they are alone. Their own parents faced the same milestone, but as with so many other markers, this generation approaches it in a whole new way. Karen Stabiner has assembled a collection of essays about the next rite of passage for the boomer generation, what happens when the kids leave home. Stabiner joins Larry Mantle to talk about life after the kids fly the coop.