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Emmy noms, LAUSD minimum wage, deep sea live streaming and more
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Jul 10, 2014
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Emmy noms, LAUSD minimum wage, deep sea live streaming and more

Today, we start with a look at a recent lawsuit over giving migrant children due process in immigration court. Then, Emmy nominations were announced this morning. Plus, a deep sea Internet cable live streams video and sound from the ocean floor, LAUSD significantly raises service employee wages, how you can track wildfire recovery with your cell phone, plus much more.

Actress Mindy Kaling, Television Academy Chairman & CEO Bruce Rosenblum and tv personality Carson Daly speak onstage at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations at Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre on July 10, 2014 in North Hollywood, California.
Actress Mindy Kaling, Television Academy Chairman & CEO Bruce Rosenblum and tv personality Carson Daly speak onstage at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations at Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre on July 10, 2014 in North Hollywood, California.
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Today, we start with a look at a recent lawsuit over giving migrant children due process in immigration court. Then, Emmy nominations were announced this morning. Plus, a deep sea Internet cable live streams video and sound from the ocean floor, LAUSD significantly raises service employee wages, how you can track wildfire recovery with your cell phone, plus much more.

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Unaccompanied migrant children have been in the news a lot recently, as reports from their dangerous journeys to cross the border make headlines around the world.
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Emmy nominations were announced bright and early Thursday morning. For the scoop, Deadline's Dominic Patten joins Take Two.
Listen 8:08
Raising the minimum wage for workers nationwide has proved very controversial. From federal action pushed by the White House that failed in the Senate, to Seattle's recent increase to $15/hour, this fight is having mixed results.
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Maybe you hike every weekend, camp all the time, or hit the surf so much that you've worn out your wetsuit. But while you enjoy the outdoors, do you really KNOW it?
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Wildfires can dramatically alter the landscape in ways that are tough for scientists to track, but YOU can help with your cell phone.
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Now we turn to Silicon Valley, where tech companies are valued at billions of dollars, housing prices are through the roof and it's not unusual to find a one bedroom for more than two grand a month.
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A Martinez hosts our weekly look at politics with Southern California Public Radio political reporters Alice Walton and Frank Stoltze.
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More than 40 percent of U.S. colleges have not conducted a single sexual assault investigation in the last five years, according to a new survey released by Senator Claire McCaskill on Wednesday.
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Californians caught wasting water may soon face stiff fines. State water officials are considering penalties up to $500 a day for washing a car without a proper nozzle or flooding lawns.
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Argentina and Germany will face off in this Sunday's final World Cup game, but whatever the outcome there's already a winner: Adidas.
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Deep in the ocean off the Pacific Northwest coast lies an underwater Internet cable spanning 500 miles. Called the North-East Pacific Time-Series Underwater Networked Experiment, or NEPTUNE.
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Do you dread your morning commute across the city? Try making it 160 miles round trip every day from Riverside to UCLA.