Today we'll start with the news that L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca is planning to retire. What will that mean for the future of the department? Then, flu season is in full force in the U.S., "Saturday Night Live," hires the first black, female cast member in five years and a Glendale Airbnb house is shut down for noise. Plus, we'll check in on the CES conference in Las Vegas and much more.
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• 6:05
Baca has told the L.A. County Board of Supervisors his intention to resign his post, according to our media partner NBC4 and multiple media reports. KPCC has not been able to independently confirm this report.
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• 4:54
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the number of states reporting widespread seasonal flu activity jumped from 10 to 25 last week. While California hasn't had too many cases yet, our next door neighbor Nevada is one of the hardest hit states.
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• 4:16
California long had been a national model in expanding services and reducing unplanned pregnancies for low-income women. But changes to funding under Obamacare could have those clinics scrambling to balance their budgets.
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• 7:35
There are a lot of great movies that turn 20 this year, which both made us feel old and also reminded us what a great year 1994 was for film.
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• 7:36
1994 was a pretty important year for music. Topping the CD sale charts back then was TLC's "CrazySexyCool", Notorious BIG's "Ready to Die", and Blur's "Park Life," among others.
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• 4:38
Data collected by the New York Police Department show 84-percent of pedestrians patted down by its officers were black or Latino. The figure is the cornerstone of several challenges to the department's controversial stop-and-frisk tactics.
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• 6:04
The Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing in Las Vegas. Attendees have already seen TVs with curved screens, drones and robots and an internet connected toothbrush.
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• 7:34
This after critics, including cast members Jay Pharoah and Kenan Thompson, complained about the lack of diversity on the program.