We'll hear more about the San Bernardino shooting victims ahead of a vigil, what it means to be 'radicalized,' reviving California gun control.
A friend remembers San Bernardino shooting victim Damian Meins
A candlelight vigil will be held Monday night at the headquarters of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors.
The service will honor the 21 injured in last week's mass shooting as well as the 14 people killed— people including 58-year-old Damian Meins of Riverside, California.
Meins had only recently began working in San Bernardino County. He'd retired from the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health in 2010 and then taught physical education and art at St. Catherine of Alexandria school in Riverside.
Meins leaves behind a wife, Trenna, and two daughters, Tina and Tawnya.
Steve Van Stockum, a close friend of the Meins family, joined Take Two for a remembrance of Damian Meins.
From the Meins family statement:
"We ask, as a family, that people fight hatred with love, and that they seek to perform small acts of kindness for others, as Damian always did. 'Many small people who in many small places do many small things that can alter the face of the world.' Please choose love, compassion, and kindness."
To hear the full interview with Steve Van Stockum, click the link above.
‘New phase’ of terror calls for new approach
Just two days after the Wednesday attacks, the FBI announced that they would take over the investigation.
Speaking to reporters, FBI director James Comey said the case will be treated like an act of terror.
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In a rare Oval Office address Sunday, President Barack Obama said that the terrorist threat has evolved since the September 11th attacks, saying that extremism has entered into a “new phase.”
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USC terrorism expert Erroll Southers spoke to Take Two’s A Martinez about how the FBI investigation into the attack might look, and how it compares to investigations past.
Press the blue play button above to hear the interview.
Gun control measures tough to pass, even in California
This morning the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a 2nd Amendment challenge to laws banning the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons that carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
The move comes at an especially emotional moment in the gun control debate— following the use of military-style assault weapons during attacks both in San Bernardino and in Paris.
California's gun control laws are considered some of the toughest in the nation. Those living outside the state may see California as "true blue"— where guns are held in disdain and laws banning them are easy to pass. But the truth is a much different story.
CALmatters reporter Laurel Rosenhall joined Take Two to discuss her piece, "Gun control in a blue state: It's more complicated than you'd think."
To hear the full interview with Laurel Rosenhall, click the link above.
Lisa Loeb celebrates Hanukkah this weekend at the Skirball
Lisa Loeb studied, consulted with a rabbi and spent a lot of time working on her most recently released Hanukkah song, Light, released last year.
She's continuing her tradition of honoring the holiday with music by performing at the Skirball Cultural Center's Hanukkah Family Festival this upcoming weekend.
Loeb and Jennifer Maxcy, Head of Family Programs and Community Engagement at the Skirball, join Alex Cohen to talk about the holiday as well as the upcoming event.
At Paris climate talks, a key question: who will fund the green energy transition?
Nations from around the world enter their second – and final – week of climate talks in the current UN-backed summit in Paris, with some key elements of the agreement still uncertain.
On the table is a plan to cut back on carbon emissions in order to avert the worst of climate change in the coming years.
But there are other big questions still to be worked out: how will nations get to a clean energy future and who will finance such a transformation? The most recent draft version, released by the IPCC late last week, shows many sections still vaguely worded.
For more, we're joined by Cara Horowitz, she's co-director at UCLA's Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. She's joining us from Paris, where she's taking part in the summit.
What Greenland's rapid melting means for Southern CA
When it comes to global warming, some of the most dramatic images come from Greenland, where melting glaciers are breaking apart and sending rivers of water into the ocean.
Greenland's ice sheets are receding at least twice as fast at at any time in the past 9,500 years, according to a new study from Columbia University's Earth Institute.
The changes taking place could have big impacts for sea level rise and coastal cities, including those along the California coast.
"What happens in the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica affect all of us all around the world," said Laurence Smith, chair of Geography at UCLA and author of 'The World in 2050.' "These ice sheets are losing mass to the ocean, which raises sea level."
Smith led a research team to Greenland this summer as part of an ongoing study to compare on-the-ground conditions to computer modelling and satellite images of the area.
"To my knowledge, we collected the first-ever direct measurements of melt water runoff flowing off the surface of the ice sheet," said Smith.
The bottom line?
"If Greenland were to somehow disappear right now, it would not reform," said Smith. And that is worth paying attention to, he said.
How the 'one person, one vote' case in Texas could impact California
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in a case that's based out of Texas about voting rights.
Rick Hasen, chancellor's professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine, joined the show to tell more about how the case could have a profound impact on the political landscape in California.
To listen to the full interview, click on the blue audio player above.