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Rain concerns in Santa Barbara County, the rink that makes Olympians, banning tackle football before high school
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Feb 12, 2018
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Rain concerns in Santa Barbara County, the rink that makes Olympians, banning tackle football before high school

Understanding how to prevent future mudslides, why a rink in Lakewood attracts top athletes, an assembly member's mission to ban tackle football before high school.
A firefighter (in yellow) instructs journalists to retreat to safer ground after a rain-driven mudslide destroyed two cars and damaged property in a neighborhood under mandatory evacuation in Burbank, California, January 9, 2018. Mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm demolished homes in southern California, authorities said Tuesday. Five people were reported killed. / AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
A firefighter (in yellow) instructs journalists to retreat to safer ground after a rain-driven mudslide destroyed two cars and damaged property in a neighborhood under mandatory evacuation in Burbank, California, January 9, 2018. Mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm demolished homes in southern California, authorities said Tuesday. Five people were reported killed. / AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
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Understanding how to prevent future mudslides, why a rink in Lakewood attracts top athletes, an assembly member's mission to ban tackle football before high school.

Montecito prepares for future mudslides
Researchers are mapping the debris flows in Montecito to improve predictions of where they could strike in the future, and local officials are preparing for more evacuations.
Where Olympic skaters train in SoCal
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To compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics, some U.S. skaters went through one place in Southern California – The Rinks in Lakewood.
New York Attorney General throws last minute wrench into Weinstein Company sale
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The latest on the Weinstein Co. sale and the effect a NY lawsuit may have on it, plus SAG's new code of conduct on sexual harassment.
We're using our phones when we're driving — less?!
California's Office of Traffic Safety reports that drivers are not picking up their phones as much as before. But Take Two listeners beg to differ.