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Rose Bowl at 100, LA's best food, things we won't miss about 2013 and more
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Dec 31, 2013
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Rose Bowl at 100, LA's best food, things we won't miss about 2013 and more

Today we start with an update on the Jahi McMath story. Then, a look at how the Sacramento economy is faring at the end of 2013. Then, a review of the year's best music, our regular sports contributors give us a rundown of all the bowl games coming up. Also, we learn some quirky facts about the Rose Bowl and we find out why Glendale is featuring meatball the bear on its Rose Parade Float. Finally, Patt Morrison explains what she won't miss about 2013, plus much more.

Head coach David Shaw and the Stanford Cardinal team celebrate their Rose Bowl game invite after defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils 38-14 in Pac 12 Championship game at Sun Devil Stadium on December 7, 2013 in Tempe, Arizona.
Head coach David Shaw and the Stanford Cardinal team celebrate their Rose Bowl game invite after defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils 38-14 in Pac 12 Championship game at Sun Devil Stadium on December 7, 2013 in Tempe, Arizona.
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Today we start with an update on the Jahi McMath story. Then, a look at how the Sacramento economy is faring at the end of 2013. Then, a review of the year's best music, our regular sports contributors give us a rundown of all the bowl games coming up. Also, we learn some quirky facts about the Rose Bowl and we find out why Glendale is featuring meatball the bear on its Rose Parade Float. Finally, Patt Morrison explains what she won't miss about 2013, plus much more.

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A 13-year-old girl Jahi McMath was declared brain-dead earlier in the month following surgery to remove her tonsils. Jahi was due to be taken off a ventilator last night, but her family was able to stop that from happening.
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The end of the year is a good time to take stock of how far you've come over the past 12 months. In places like Sacramento, the local economy has improved. But the poorest of the region's population seem to be faring worse. And many middle-class jobs are vanishing.
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In this edition of Tuesday Reviewsday, we're going to take a look back at the best of 2013 with Oliver Wang from Soul-Side.com and music supervisor Morgan Rhodes.
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It's New Year's Eve which also means we're on the eve of a January 1st chock full of college football bowl games. To help sort them all out we turn to Andy and Brian Kamenetsky, who have covered sports for ESPN and the L.A. Times.
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California's prison realignment plan has been in place for just over two years now. KPCC crime reporter Rina Palta joins the show to talk about where it stands as we head into 2014.
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There are plenty of stories that will be hard to forget, and then there are those stories you just can't forget fast enough. Patt Morrison wrote a column for the LA Times about the things she won't miss from 2013.
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Before the year ends, we thought we'd take a look back at some of the best new restaurants to open up in L.A. this year. Host A Martinez talks with Los Angeles magazine's restaurant critic Patric Kuh.
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There are 35 college football bowl games this season, but in 1902, the Rose Bowl was the first. The second Rose Bowl didn't happen until more than a decade later. That's only one of the many quirks and highlights in the game's storied history.
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Remember Meatball the bear? He's the 400-pound black bear that gained fame last year after repeatedly raiding trash cans around Glendale. Well, tomorrow he's being honored in Glendale's float in the Rose Parade.