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US-Mexico border history, LA traffic death epidemic, KTLA turns 70
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Jan 26, 2017
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US-Mexico border history, LA traffic death epidemic, KTLA turns 70

The long history of the US-Mexican border, a plan to combat rising traffic deaths in LA, and KTLA turns 70-years-old.

File: Then-Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) listens during a news conference to discuss the rhetoric of presidential candidate Donald Trump, at the U.S. Capitol, May 11, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
File: Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) listens during a news conference to discuss the rhetoric of presidential candidate Donald Trump, at the U.S. Capitol, May 11, 2016, in Washington, DC.
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The long history of the US-Mexican border, a plan to combat rising traffic deaths in LA, and KTLA turns 70-years-old.

Will Trump's southern border wall prove effective? History says no.
Listen • 7:55
Border walls have long been part of the political discourse in America. Motivations may have changed, but one expert contends the outcome hasn't.
How charter schools have evolved and where they go from here
Listen • 7:47
The evolution of charter schools in Los Angeles and the delicate relationship they maintain with the L.A. unified school district.
The Ride: LA has a traffic fatality epidemic, and a plan to end it
Listen • 8:14
At the rate of one every 40 hours, someone in LA dies in a traffic collision. But the city has a plan they say will totally eliminate traffic deaths by 2025.
State of Affairs: Gov. Brown's State of the State and CA as the #StateofResistance
Listen • 15:30
Governor Jerry Brown's defiant State of the State, the latest twists in the 2018 race for Governor, and CA positions itself as the #StateofResistance.
Backlash as ‘Redskins’ ban from school team names takes effect
Listen • 5:58
While the California Racial Mascots Act law is now in effect, local communities fight to keep the term "Redskins" in use. Take Two looks into the ongoing argument.
Legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones on his memoir, ‘Lonely Boy’
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Take Two's Alex Cohen talks with former Sex Pistols guitarist and Jonesey's Jukebox host, Steve Jones about his new memoir, "Lonely Boy".
Looking back on KTLA's 70 years in Los Angeles
Listen • 10:35
This week the local TV station, KTLA will turn 70 years old. At its beginning, it was the first station to hit the airwaves and set the course for TV in L.A.