Today Take Two discusses officer-involved shootings in light of the death of Michael Brown in St. Louis. We look at legislation that could institute tougher penalties on assisted living facilities. We look at the candidates vying to replace Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. All this and more.
That anonymity has frustrated locals who are taking their anger to the streets.
Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Michael Dyer has been working with new fire technology and joins Take Two to talk more about them.
One Los Angeles comedy club, the venerable Laugh Factory, has come up with an unusual way to help: they have psychiatrist in residence.
A vintage Ferarri may bring $70 million on auction. The famed 1963 Jaguar E-Type returns. And a personal spacecraft. It's the annual Pebble Beach Concours.
KPCC science reporter Sanden Totten explains why mood-altering drugs can wreck ecosystems, why celebrity endorsements don't help charities and more.
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Creativity thrives when two people with just the right chemistry come together. Joshua Wolf Shenk looked at this for his new book, Powers of Two.
Southern California Public Radio reporters Alice Walton and Frank Stoltze join Take Two for a weekly roundup of politics news in California.
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Cougars in the Santa Monica Mountains are isolated, causing a dangerous lack of diversity in the gene pool.
Senior facilities are sometimes not equipped to accommodate residents with complex medical conditions. As this population grows, so do allegations of abuse.
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Journalist Phuong-Cac Nguyen discovers a thriving Chicano, low-rider culture in Brazil. Her short documentary about it is called "South American Cholo."