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Pot shops ready themselves in the New Year, wildfire lessons from Australia, should you take resolutions from a self-help book?
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Jan 2, 2018
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Pot shops ready themselves in the New Year, wildfire lessons from Australia, should you take resolutions from a self-help book?

Recreational pot is legal — here's how one store is preparing. Why Angelenos turn to self-help texts (and why they shouldn't). Wildfire lessons from down under.

A customer purchases marijuana at Harborside marijuana dispensary, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Starting New Year's Day, recreational marijuana can be sold legally in California. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)
A customer purchases marijuana at Harborside marijuana dispensary, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Starting New Year's Day, recreational marijuana can be sold legally in California. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)
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Recreational pot is legal, here's how one store is preparing. Why Angelenos turn to self-help texts (and why they shouldn't.) Wildfire lessons from down under.

Listen 4:05
Potential customers lurked, and a bagel truck took up roost an hour before the West Hollywood shop opened.
Walking into one of the new state-licensed shops isn't the only way to get legal weed. You can also have it delivered to your door -- in some areas.
Listen 5:37
"Women have been paid in the past less than men. If past salary gets taken into account, then the employer could perpetuate that pay imbalance."
Listen 10:08
Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer followed the advice of different self-help books for several weeks. They broke down, fought with their spouses and more.
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Metro's short-term bike rentals is now available in Pasadena, Venice and the Port of L.A. but ridership is still half as high as in cities like San Francisco.
Listen 6:24
Wildfires have long been the norm in Southern Australia, where officials take the extra step to teach homeowners when to defend their houses and when to flee.
Listen 10:26
Music journalist Justino Aguila joins A Martinez to talk about the latest releases.