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Video cameras and crime, choosing your child's school, bike safety
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Mar 3, 2015
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Video cameras and crime, choosing your child's school, bike safety

How a national weigh-in on police incidents caught on tape can be good and bad, what goes into choosing a school for your child, rules of the road for bicyclists.

School admissions consultant Sandy Eiges (a.k.a. the "L.A. School Scout") helps parents sort through the often overwhelming school selection process.
School admissions consultant Sandy Eiges (a.k.a. the "L.A. School Scout") helps parents sort through the often overwhelming school selection process.
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How a national weigh-in on police incidents caught on tape can be good and bad, what goes into choosing a school for your child, rules of the road for bicyclists.

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Videos are a double-edged sword: they force police to be more transparent, but also are ammunition for those who implicitly distrust law enforcement.
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The state’s highest court unanimously struck down a mandatory residency restriction prohibiting sex offenders in San Diego County from living within 2,000 feet of schools or parks.
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Bicyclists don't have to pass a test or earn a license to ride. Drivers, themselves, aren't tested that much on bike laws. How do you get everyone educated?
Listen 8:15
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly criticized a potential deal on Iran's nuclear program in a rare address to a joint session of US Congress this morning.
Listen 9:50
Take Two's new parenting segment "The Brood" kicks off with a discussion about how to tackle the sometimes daunting school selection process.
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A look at Google's latest plans for 'Googleplex' with LA Times' architect critic, Christopher Hawthorne.
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Ian Sherr, executive editor at CNET News, talks about the buzziest topics at this week's Game Developers Conference, known as GDC, in San Francisco.
Listen 9:55
In an effort to reboot the ocean's ecosystem off the Pacific coast, California has banned fishing in 124 marine protected areas. A writer and a fisherman mulls the effects.
Listen 9:32
Tuesday means it's time for new music on Take Two. This week journalist Oliver Wang joins A Martinez in the studio to talk about the latest releases.
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Late last week, social media audiences were fixated on #TheDress and the runaway llamas in Arizona. But should the news dedicate attention to these topics?
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In the new iteration of 'Funny Girl,' written by 'High Fidelity' and 'About a Boy' author Nick Hornby, the main character is far from plain-looking.