After Five Weeks, the MTA Strike Ends; The Creation of The Oxford English Dictionary; Taschen Publishing
After Five Weeks, the MTA Strike Ends
The MTA Board voted unanimously on Monday to accept the terms of a settlement with the Transit Mechanics Union which provides for a 6% raise in wages over three years based on a tentative agreement made during weekend negotiations. Both sides have yet to resolve differences on health care but have agreed to submit to non-binding arbitration. Buses started rolling Monday evening. Joining Host Larry Mantle is Rachael Myrow, KPCC Reporter, Zev Yaroslavsky, LA County Supervisor and Chairman of the MTA Board, and Antonio Villaraigosa, LA Councilmember, 14th District.
The Creation of The Oxford English Dictionary
In his new book The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press), master story teller Simon Winchester recounts the history of the English language and then goes on to tell how and by whom the most venerable of all dictionaries was created.
Taschen Publishing
Larry Mantle talks with publisher Benedikt Taschen and his pop-culture editor Jim Heimann, about their new Los Angeles store, and their unique niche in the art-book publishing world. Books discussed include, Las Vegas: Vintage Graphics from Sin City, Hula: Vintage Hawaiian Graphics, California Here I Come: Vintage California Graphics and Mexicana: Vintage Mexican Graphics.