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Obama in Mexico, salt in Sochi, pretzel battle and more
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Feb 19, 2014
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Obama in Mexico, salt in Sochi, pretzel battle and more

Today, we'll start out with a discussion about Obama's visit to Mexico. Then, changes to the LAPD's deadly force policy will impact how officers deals with the mentally ill. Plus, a salt shortage in Sochi almost impacts the Olympics, Trader Joe's is in the middle of a battle over its popular pretzel snacks, and much more.

U.S. President Barack Obama walks toward Marine One as he departs the White House, on February 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Obama is traveling to Toluca Mexico.
U.S. President Barack Obama walks toward Marine One as he departs the White House, on February 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Obama is traveling to Toluca Mexico.
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Today, we'll start out with a discussion about Obama's visit to Mexico. Then, changes to the LAPD's deadly force policy will impact how officers deals with the mentally ill. Plus, a salt shortage in Sochi almost impacts the Olympics, Trader Joe's is in the middle of a battle over its popular pretzel snacks, and much more.

Listen 7:35
It's the meeting called "The Three Amigos." President Obama is in Toluca, Mexico today to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Listen 5:15
There's been a mounting uproar over a Time magazine cover set for publication next week. It features a photo of a statuesque President Pena Nieto with the headline "Saving Mexico."
Listen 7:56
The LAPD's civilian oversight panel unanimously decided that what an officer does in the moments before a shooting will now be considered when investigating use of deadly force. Part of the reason for this decision relates to how the police deal with the mentally ill.
Listen 7:06
We turn to Angela Robinson, who has worked as a director and producer of some projects you might have heard of like The L Word and True Blood.
Listen 9:56
It's time for sports with Andy and Brian Kamenetzky, who have covered the sports scene for ESPN and the L.A. Times.
Listen 5:09
Olympic officials in Sochi had to sweet-talk a Swiss salesman, re-route a plane from Bulgaria, and have the Russians strong-arm through customs ... all for 19 tons of salt needed for the slopes.
Listen 7:02
After more than a decade, the L.A. archdiocese is settling the last of its pending priest molestation lawsuits. In about an hour, lawyers will hold a press conference to discuss details of the settlement.
Listen 7:01
The Congressional Budget Office released a report this week on how increasing the federal minimum wage would affect workers and businesses across the country. Here in California, the minimum wage is set to increase to $9 per hour in July and $10 per hour in 2016.
Listen 5:36
It's not a funky new ad campaign, it's actually part of their new terms of service agreement. The actual wording reads "We may contact you in any manner we choose."
Listen 4:48
There's a legal battle over who invented them, who gets to make them for Trader Joe's, and how TJ's own supply chain works.
Listen 4:37
A small, freshwater mussel called the Quagga has moved into a Southland waterway, and it's particularly damaging.
Listen 10:55
Bob Casale was a musician best know for his work with DEVO, a band which made a name for itself in the late 1970s.