California’s Home Insurance Crisis Grows With Introduction Of Gov. Newsom’s New Bill

This week, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled the draft of a bill that is meant to speed up California’s review of proposed rate hikes to home and automobile insurance. The proposed legislation follows an executive order issued last fall assigning California’s insurance commissioner with coming up with a plan to resolve home and fire insurance availability and affordability. While the Department of Insurance has begun rolling out their plan to address the issue, Newsom says it needs to move more quickly. Joining us this morning on AirTalk is Levi Sumagaysay, economy reporter for CalMatters, and Harvey Rosenfield, founder of Consumer Watchdog.

Remembering Richard Sherman, Composer Of Mary Poppins And Other Disney Classics

Richard M. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form millions of childhoods by penning the instantly memorable songs for “Mary Poppins,” “The Jungle Book” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” — as well as the most-played tune on Earth, “It’s a Small World (After All)” — has died. He was 95. Sherman, together with his late brother Robert, won two Academy Awards for Walt Disney’s 1964 smash “Mary Poppins” — best score and best song, “Chim Chim Cher-ee.” They also picked up a Grammy for best movie or TV score. The Walt Disney Co. announced that Sherman died Saturday in a Los Angeles hospital due to age-related illness. Today on AirTalk, we listen back to an interview with Sherman from 2012.

With files from the Associated Press.

A Pop Culture Analysis Of Korean Television

Korean television has emerged as a world leader of bingeable TV, making its mark on pop culture. Think Squid Game, The Glory, and Crash Landing on You. Grace Jung, a media scholar, comedian, filmmaker, writer and actor, digs into what makes these shows so compelling. She joins to talk about her new book K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television (Running Press Adult, 2024). If you have thoughts or questions, call 866-893-5722 or email atcomments@laist.com.

Mayor Karen Bass: Metro Safety, Housing, Unrest At Universities And More

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass joins Larry to discuss the latest happening in the city. Today, we talk about the latest with metro safety, housing and homelessness, unrest at local universities and colleges and much more. We’re taking your questions at 866-893-5722 or you can email atcomments@laist.com.

'American Idiot,' 'Life Of Pi' Headline Center Theatre Group's 2024-25 Season

About a year ago, the Center Theatre Group announced it would be pausing programming at the Mark Taper Forum, citing increasing production costs and significantly reduced ticket revenue. At the time, it was seen as a microcosm of the larger issues facing regional theatres like it around the country, and many believed that the "pause" was just a euphemism for "closure." But the Mark Taper Forum is back, reopening for the 2024-2025 season of programming alongside shows planned at CTG's Kirk Douglas Theatre and Ahmanson Theatre. Among the highlights of the first full season for Artistic Director Snehal Desai are punk rock bank Green Day's American Idiot, which Desai directed, a new examination of Shakespeare's classic Hamlet, both appearing at the Mark Taper Forum, and 2023 Tony Winner for Best Revival of a Musical Parade, which will be at the Ahmanson. Today on AirTalk, Center Theatre Group Managing Director, Meghan Pressman, and Center Theatre Group Artistic Director, Snehal Desai, join Larry to preview the 2024-2025 season, the return of the Mark Taper Forum.

TV-Talk: 4 Shows To Watch Including ‘Eric,’ ‘Clipped,’ & ‘The Outlaws’

Have you felt completely overwhelmed when deciding what new show to watch these days? Us too. There’s just so much content out there between network TV and numerous streaming platforms. Each week, we will try to break through the noise with TV watchers who can point us to the must-sees and steer us clear of the shows that maybe don’t live up to the hype. This week, listeners will get the latest scoop on what’s worth watching with freelance TV critic Steve Greene. Joining us today on AirTalk is Kristen Baldwin, tv critic for Entertainment Weekly and Dominic Patten, senior editor for Deadline.

Today’s shows include:

• Eric (Netflix)
• Clipped (FX on Hulu)
• We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)
• The Outlaws (Amazon Prime Video)
• Hacks (Max)