Gentrification and the forces behind it, bad performances by big city NBA teams, Brooke Shields opens up about her mother.
The biggest storm of the year is headed to Southern California. Given the ongoing drought, the rain is welcome but not without some concern.
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Diplomats meeting about climate change this week in Peru could learn a lesson or two from nearby Uruguay and its record on renewable energy.
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Mother, manager, alcoholic... Brooke Shields' relationship with her mom informed who she is as a person, but there were plenty of problems along the way.
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According to new research, many same-sex couples are in a bad position when it comes to the possibility of retiring.
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This week on Tuesday Reviewsday, our weekly new music segment, journalist Steve Hochman joins us to talk about the latest from Willie Nelson, Bessie Smith and more.
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Last night, the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers lost for the 17th time this season. They've played a grand total of 17 games so it doesn't take a math quiz to figure out that they've lost every game so far.
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To track gentrification as it happens, public radio show 'Marketplace' set up a bureau in the rapidly-changing neighborhood of Highland Park in Los Angeles.
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One of the country's biggest homeless encampments is right in the middle of the Silicon Valley. But, officials say they will soon raze the area because it is illegal.
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November 2014 saw the lowest modern-era voter turn out on record for California. Secretary of State-elect Alex Padilla says the Golden State can do better.
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Scientists studied just how much food bugs eat within a small area of New York City and they found that it could be the equivalent of 600k potato chips per year.
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After more than fifty years, an important long-lost missive resurfaces - one that inspired Jack Kerouac to changed his writing style from novelistic to the disruptive style of "On the Road."
To celebrate the anniversary of Richard Scarry's 'Cars and Trucks and Things that Go,' British fashion designer Paul Smith has created new covers and packaging for it.