Support for LAist comes from
Audience-funded nonprofit news
Stay Connected
Audience-funded nonprofit news
Listen
Podcasts Take Two
UCLA flood, Immigration crisis, processed foods and more
solid orange rectangular banner
()
Jul 30, 2014
Listen 1:34:26
UCLA flood, Immigration crisis, processed foods and more

Today, we'll begin with a discussion about the water main break that flooded the UCLA campus on Tuesday. Is aging infrastructure to blame? Then, will Obama use executive action to curb the migrant crisis? Plus, the Lakers get a new coach, a scientific paper touting necessity of processed foods draws nutritionists' ire, why is Kim Kardashian's app so popular? The life of a professional "rabbit" and much more.

Los Angeles County firefighters stand-by along Sunset Boulevard as a water main spews water and floods the UCLA campus.
Los Angeles County firefighters stand-by along Sunset Boulevard as a water main spews water and floods the UCLA campus.
(
Benjamin Brayfield/KPCC
)

Today, we'll begin with a discussion about the water main break that flooded the UCLA campus on Tuesday. Is aging infrastructure to blame? Then, will Obama use executive action to curb the migrant crisis? Plus, the Lakers get a new coach, a scientific paper touting necessity of processed foods draws nutritionists' ire, why is Kim Kardashian's app so popular? The life of a professional "rabbit" and much more.

Listen 5:29
A busted water main sent a geyser shooting 30 feet in the air and flooded Sunset Boulevard and UCLA yesterday.
Listen 3:47
Officials in the city of Ventura, California think residents can and should go even further to conserve water by not washing their cars for an entire month.
Listen 5:00
The House and the Senate are taking up bills this week that would provide funding to deal with the surge of migrants from Central America.
Listen 5:43
The mother of a Mexican teenager fatally shot by one or more U.S. Border Patrol agents filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages for her loss this week.
Listen 9:28
The Lakers coaching search is over as yesterday they introduced former Laker Byron Scott as their new head coach.
Listen 5:49
Scherer is a professional pacemaker or "rabbit," and in his career he's helped many elite runners set records by, in effect, leading them and then getting out of their way.
Listen 7:45
California Governor Jerry Brown wraps up his visit to Mexico City today. While there, he's signed deals on trade, climate change and energy, and he's urged more educational exchange between California and Mexico.
Listen 3:22
Take Two is joined KPCC's Ben Bergman, who was at the scene of the water main break, to bring us the latest updates.
Listen 3:28
Kim Kardashian’s app is huge, even though it was only released last month. It's estimated that it could make tens of millions of dollars for the star.
Listen 7:44
New York City street characters have been stirring up trouble and city officials are looking for ways to crack down on them.
Listen 3:45
The American Society for Nutrition published a paper last week stating that processed foods make up a vital part of the American diet, drawing the ire of some prominent nutritionists, who criticized the paper and accused its authors of conflicts of interest.
Listen 5:11
Researchers at Occidental College in Los Angeles have been looking at how our senses interact and they recently published a study on how we associate smells with colors.
Listen 6:07
If you're a parent, especially of a teenager, you likely worry about your kid. Are they making smart decisions? Are they safe? Where are they? Turns out there all sorts of apps to help answer these questions.