Discussing LA 2028’s two additional venues and looking back at its oldest stadium
The 2024 Olympic Games are just around the corner, but Los Angeles continues its planning for the 2028 Games with the relatively new SoFi Stadium and the soon-to-be-open Intuit Dome. Despite being a relatively new project, SoFi Stadium can hold 70,000 people and the Intuit Dome 18,000, making additions to a weeks-long event worthwhile. Joining us to discuss the latest on the 2028 Olympics is Casey Wasserman, Chairman of LA 2028. For the second half of our conversation, we’ll talk about Los Angeles’s largest, and oldest, Olympic venue — the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Having been the center of the area’s two prior Olympic-hosting summers, we decided to discuss its transformations for the 1923 and 1984 games. Joining us to discuss the LA Memorial Coliseum’s history is Peyton Hall, Principal Architect Emeritus at Historic Resources Group in Pasadena and Adjunct Professor of Architecture at USC. We also want to hear from you– what do you remember about the 1984 Olympics as an event? Were places like the Memorial Coliseum easier to navigate and watch events? Call us at 866-893-5722 or email us at ATcomments@laist.com.
A new bill would automatically register Californian’s to vote through the DMV. Is that just?
A new bill, SB 299, is taking voter registration a step further with the intent to register the nearly 4.7 million residents who are still unregistered yet eligible. The bill, if passed, would automatically register people through the Department of Motor Vehicles when they apply for a license, ID or change their address.Those in opposition to the law mostly agree that more Californians should be registered to vote. The key difference? It should be their choice. Joining us today on AirTalk to discuss the bill and its pros and cons are Justin Levitt, professor of constitutional law at Loyola Marymount with a focus on voting and elections and Brittany Stonesifer, voting rights attorney at the ACLU of Northern California.
Mayor Karen Bass responds to weekend violence outside Pico-Robertson synagogue
Opponents of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza staged a protest that evolved into brawling and one arrest outside a Los Angeles synagogue over the weekend in violence condemned by President Joe Biden and the city's mayor, who called for more police patrols. Fighting between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counter protesters erupted Sunday outside the Adas Torah synagogue in the heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood and police were called in to break it up. In a statement, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the violence was abhorrent and that blocking access to a place of worship was unacceptable. Bass said she asked the Los Angeles Police Department to provide additional patrols in Pico-Robertson and outside houses of worship citywide. Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, who represents the area, called the violence antisemitic and said it was particularly concerning that it happened in front of a synagogue in the heart of L.A.'s Jewish community. Today on AirTalk, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass joins Larry to talk about her response to the violence.
With files from the Associated Press
How a warehouse development is reshaping one community in the Inland Empire
Over the last ten years, the once-rural town of Bloomington in San Bernardino County, that’s bordered by the cities of Fontana and Rialto, has slowly been surrounded by warehouses being built to support our online shopping habits and the supply chain corridor from the ports of LA and Long Beach. That pipeline is one of the largest sources of the Southland’s planet-heating and health-harming pollution. And now, 117 homes and small ranches in Bloomington are being demolished to make way for yet another warehouse – the largest one yet in the community. The project will bring more than 2 million square feet of warehouse space built by Orange County company Howard Industrial Partners. The project is expected to bring more than 1000 additional big rig truck trips per day. Joining AirTalk to help explain the project and how folks are reacting is Erin Stone, LAist climate emergency reporter. If you have thoughts, give us a call at 866-893-5722 or email atcomments@laist.com.
With files from LAist. Read Erin's full story here.
The Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments on Tennessee's gender-affirming care ban
The Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming care. The justices’ action comes as Republican-led states have enacted a variety of restrictions on health care for transgender people, school sports participation, bathroom usage and drag shows. The administration and Democratic-led states have extended protections for transgender people, including a new federal regulation that seeks to protect transgender students. The case before the high court involves a law in Tennessee that restrict puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors. The federal appeals court in Cincinnati allowed laws in Tennessee and Kentucky to take effect after they had been blocked by lower courts. (The high court did not act on a separate appeal from Kentucky.) Arguments will take place in the Fall.
With files from the Associated Press
We know Leonard Nimoy as ‘Spock’ on Star Trek. A new memoir by his son reveals him as ‘Dad.’
Leonard Nimoy gave us one of the most memorable characters on TV when he played the iconic half-Vulcan science officer Mr. Spock on Star Trek. Now, his son Adam Nimoy has penned a new memoir titled “The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy” in which the younger Nimoy describes their tumultuous father-son relationship. Addiction, divorce and recovery sent the two parallel paths for many years. Joining us today on AirTalk to discuss his new book and how reconciliation with his father was eventually achieved is author Adam Nimoy.
