A survivor of the 2010 San Bruno explosion talks about her reaction to the decision to fine PG&E, Coachella as LA's fashion week, should you boycott almonds?
San Bruno city officials and survivors react to record fine against PG&E for fatal blast
Five years ago, a natural gas pipeline explosion devastated the small city of San Bruno, just south of San Francisco. The blast killed eight people, injured dozens more and destroyed 38 homes.
Yesterday, the California Public Utilities Commission fined the owner of the pipeline, Pacific Gas & Electric, a record $1.6 billion for the 2010 blast.
City of San Bruno City Manager Connie Jackson and survivor Sue Bullis, whose husband, son and mother-in-law were killed in the explosion, joined Take Two to share their reactions.
The Watermaster of the San Gabriel Basin
Here's a cool job title: Watermaster.
They're not superheroes, and they don't walk around with divining rods searching for precious H2O.
Their job sounds simple, but it's pretty complicated. Tony Zampiello is the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster, and he explains more about his work.
Does a drought-friendly diet make a difference?
Agriculture uses 80 percent of California's water, which has many of us thinking twice about the food we eat.
Professor Kenneth Shackel, a pomologist at the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, explains what foods use the most water to produce -- and if it's worth cutting them out of your diet.
How online sports betting changes fandom
By now, it's likely that you know at least one person into fantasy sports, as the Fantasy Sports Trade Association estimates that around 42 million people in the US and Canada played in at least one league last year.
While that number grows every year, the traditional dynamics of assembling a team and competing against others for a sport's particular season is evolving just as fast. As Daily fantasy, where you pick a new team every day is all the rage, and it's starting to change the definition of what it means to be a sports fan.
Ben McGrath wrote about this in The New Yorker and he joins A Martinez for a conversation on the topic.
Is Coachella LA's true Fashion Week?
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival begins this weekend. The music and arts festival is held annually in Indio, California.
Although it is primarily know for the musical acts, it's becoming an event that's also attracting the attention of the fashion world.
Designers, in addition to established brands, have been flocking to showcase their wares to the hordes of trendy folks with money to spend.
We'll talk about fashion and the growing importance of the Coachella in the fashion world with Michelle Dalton Tyree, the founder of the blog, Fashion Trends Daily, and a regular contributor for Take Two.
What you need to know about pre-ordering the Apple Watch
As of midnight, Apple started accepting pre-orders for its first ever wearable technology, the Apple Watch.
Some analyst predict sales could reach 10, even 20 million of them in the first year. But unlike Apple's other products, purchasing this one will be different.
Blair Hanley Frank is the Bay Area correspondent for GeekWire and he joined the show to talk more about it.