On Monday we talk about the new list of the country's biggest givers in 2013. Also, what is the Dumb Starbucks in Los Feliz and why are people waiting in line so long for it? We'll also talk about what San Diego elections could mean for California. And Boy George tells us about his first album in 18 years and much more.
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• 7:47
Michael Sam could be the NFL's first openly gay player. But telling the story of his own life is a complex one, one that PR guru Howard Bragman helped Sam with personally.
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• 4:59
Tuesday, online activists around the world will be participating in what's being called, "The Day We Fight Back." It's meant to draw attention to the Internet surveillance done on Americans by the NSA, and to call on Congress to act and limit the agency's powers.
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• 5:31
The Chronicle of Philanthropy's "Philanthropy 50" list of the top 50 most generous donors in 2013 was released Monday and includes 15 Californians.
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• 4:47
McDonald's Canada recently released a video about how chicken McNuggets are made.
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• 3:44
In the first of a two part series from the Fronteras Desk, Tristan Ahtone reports on some people who will continue to fall through the cracks.
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• 5:58
Judging the outfits of movie stars on the red carpet is like a spectator sport: lots of armchair judges will critique every last detail, and God help you if you're a star who finds out that someone else at the event has the exact same dress. That's where stylist David Zyla comes in.
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• 9:05
"The Monuments Men" opened this weekend. And even with its all star cast it only pulled in a modest $22 million while "The Lego Movie" dominated and had the biggest opening weekend for any movie in 2014.
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• 4:56
A coffee shop called Dumb Starbucks, claiming to parody the popular chain, has opened to long lines of people in Los Feliz. But who is behind it and why did they open?
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• 3:54
Republicans are keen to retake the seat, but labor unions have spent heavily to avoid that. As Sandhya Dirks reports from KPBS, a lot depends on whether Latino voters turn out at the polls.
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• 5:33
The result of San Diego's mayoral election could signal what's to come in California during this next year of politics.
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• 3:41
A 13-year-old schoolboy from Virginia is hoping to harness the power of big data to tackle bullying.
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Incomplete background checks, cover ups and a lack of training are just a few of the ways in which schools are failing to protect students from sexual abuse, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.
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• 6:01
The new plaza that will accompany the museum is set to open this fall, while the museum opening has been pushed back until 2015.
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Asian-Americans have made the biggest shift away from the Republican party of any ethnic group.
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Gallagher's new one-man show explains how Gallagher got into the business and how he learned from legends like Jack Lemmon, James Cagney and Peter O'Toole.