Triple Play Offseason Check-In: Dodgers Lose Scherzer, Seager To Free Agency While Angels Add Noah “Thor” Syndergaard To Rotation
Monday shook out to be a rough day for Dodger fans as not one, but two key pieces of the team’s roster signed major deals with new clubs. First, news broke that starting pitcher Max Scherzer had signed a three-year deal worth $130 million with the New York Mets. Scherzer was a mid-season acquisition for the Dodgers in 2021, and while he’s regarded as one of the best pitchers in the National League, he hadn’t been on the L.A. roster for long enough to become what fans might consider a staple of the team. The same cannot be said for shortstop Corey Seager -- just hours after news of Scherzer’s signing broke, word surfaced that the 2020 World Series MVP and former Dodgers’ first round pick had signed a 10-year, $325
Pasadena Plans To Implement The Gunshot-Detection System ShotSpotter, We Discuss Its Implementation & Implications
Pasadena Police Department deputy chief Cheryl Moody noted last week that the usage of ShotSpotter’s controversial gunshot-detection system will be implemented at the start of next year. This follows the Pasadena City Council approval of an ordinance that would have the city contract the services of ShotSpotter throughout the city.
With the city of Pasadena being the first in Los Angeles County to contract the services of ShotSpotter it has left many wondering what the implications of this technology can be. Today on AirTalk, Larry discusses with Pasadena city councilmember Jess Rivas and University of Connecticut associate professor Kerri Raissian.
Bah Humbug: Bradley Whitford On His Role As Scrooge In ‘A Christmas Carol’
Bradley Whitford is an actor and producer known for his roles in the 2017 horror film “Get Out,” the Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale” and many more. He recently took on the role of musical theater legend Stephen Sondheim in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Tick, Tick…Boom!” Sondheim died last week at the age of 91. Whitford also produced the recently released documentary “Not Going Quietly,” which is available on video on demand platforms now. This season, he’s starring as Ebenezer Scrooge in “The Christmas Carol,” which will play at the Ahmanson Theatre from Nov. 30 through New Year’s Day. Today on AirTalk, Larry talks with Whitford about the classic production.
COVID-19 AMA: US Prepares For Omicron Variant, FDA Reviews Booster Shots For Older Teens, And More
In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Doctor Kimberly Shriner, director of Infectious Disease and Prevention at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena.
Topics today include:
- The Omicron variant is coming, but we can prepare
- CDC urges all adults to get COVID-19 boosters as the Omicron variant looms
- Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatment is not as effective against the Omicron variant, according to preliminary tests
- Omicron variant isn’t likely to cause severe illness for vaccinated individuals, according to BioNTech founder
- Moderna’s chief executive predicts current vaccines will struggle against the Omicron variant
- Low income L.A. County residents are less likely to get COVID-19 vaccines
- Merck’s COVID-19 treatment pill is being reviewed by the FDA
- FDA is moving to authorize COVID-19 booster shots for 16 and 17 year-olds
- Tomorrow is World AIDS Day; we look at the history of the disease and how treatments have evolved
LA Successfully Hosted The Olympic Games, Twice. But Can It Make 2028 Work For All Angelenos?
Los Angeles has hosted the Olympics twice: first in 1932 and then again in 1984. Organizers considered both events successes. Traffic all but disappeared, the city didn’t go into debt (in fact, it had a surplus of nearly $200 million afterwards), not to mention the money for youth sports and decorative murals around the city. But as the 2028 Games inch closer, many are asking how the city and its most vulnerable populations will be impacted, and what the ripple effects are for the city’s biggest issues like transportation, the homelessness crisis, and affordable housing.
Today on AirTalk, we look back at the 1984 Games, what worked and what didn’t, and what lessons we can learn for 2028 with Zev Yaroslavsky, director of the Los Angeles Initiative at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and an authority on the modern history of Los Angeles.