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All signs point to drought, LAUSD campus security checks, an effort to make automated bots easier to spot
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Feb 2, 2018
Listen • 47:54
All signs point to drought, LAUSD campus security checks, an effort to make automated bots easier to spot

The U.S. Drought Monitor reported that severe drought conditions have returned to parts of CA, how LAUSD handles campus security, decoding social media bots.
A sercret service agent looks over a farm field as President Barack Obama speaks to the media on California's drought situation on February 14, 2014 in Los Banos, California. Obama met with farmers and ranchers while pledging millions of dollars in federal funds for drought relief projects in California
A sercret service agent looks over a farm field as President Barack Obama speaks to the media on California's drought situation on February 14, 2014 in Los Banos, California. Obama met with farmers and ranchers while pledging millions of dollars in federal funds for drought relief projects in California
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The U.S. Drought Monitor reported that severe drought conditions have returned to parts of CA, how LAUSD handles campus security, decoding social media bots.

Finding memo: CA lawmakers spar ahead of document dump
Listen • 14:10
The fight over a controversial memo has put two California members of Congress in the spotlight.
Los Angeles School Police Chief on security after Sal Castro Middle School shooting
Listen • 8:44
"Sal Castro Middle School did not seem to have prominent safety issues. It's not a campus that we see criminal activity occurring everyday."
This winter is so hot and dry that 'severe drought' has returned to SoCal
Listen • 1:01
You might've thought that last year's rain dump saved us from drought conditions, but Southern California never fully recovered.
'Keep saving water': UCLA water expert wishes state never declared drought 'over'
Listen • 0:05
Large portions of Southern California are back in severe drought conditions. But UCLA's Mark Gold says saving water should be a way of life, all the time.
Cars are a major threat to LA's mountain lions; special overpasses could help
Listen • 3:56
18 mountain lions have been struck and killed by vehicles in the Santa Monica Mountains since 2002. Special paths over roads could be one way to help them.
Bot or not? How one CA lawmaker is trying to make social media more transparent
Listen • 4:07
For the most part it’s easy to spot a bot on social media, but lately, they’ve been getting trickier. Here's one lawmaker's plan to make things more transparent.