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President Trump visited downtown LA, but until the last minute his plans were kept under wraps
President Trump left Los Angeles for St. Louis Wednesday morning. He spent Tuesday night in downtown L.A. after attending a fundraising dinner at the home of businessman Edward Glazer.
KPCC's political reporter Mary Plummer was at the scene near Glazer's home. She told Take Two's A Martinez there were some protesters in the area, but the evening was relatively calm.
Plummer said she watched the presidential motorcade's arrival and departure, and it was quite a sight.
[The presidential motorcade has] just an incredible police presence. There were probably well more than 20 cars and vehicles in the motorcade -- motorcycles, President Trump was traveling in a big, black SUV. On his way out, we were actually able to catch a glimpse of President Trump himself. He had the lights on in the SUV as he traveled out so everyone could see him as he left.
The guest list for the fundraising dinner Trump attended is still mostly under wraps, Plummer said. Edward Glazer, whose home hosted the event, is a businessman and supporter of the president. Glazer has also contributed some money to Hilary Clinton, but he is a much larger Trump donor, Plummer said.
The itinerary for the president's trip to Los Angeles was kept secret until the last minute. Plummer said the law enforcement officials she spoke to didn't receive details on the president's L.A. schedule until late, which is unusual.
We've had many presidents come to California, of course, in the past. There's always tight security, but from folks I talked with, this was really a different situation. I think security was extra tight with the concern of bringing President Trump to California, a state [where] the political leaders here have really set themselves as 'the resistance' to President Trump.
The president was also kept away from the crowds, Plummer said, which led to confusion and frustration from residents who felt uninformed about the impacts of Trump's visit like road closures.
The NBA's Kevin Love confronts anxiety in the machismo world of pro sports
Most people would agree: everyone's going through something.
But for former UCLA Bruin and NBA star Kevin Love, that statement ignited a national conversation.
It's the title of a piece he wrote in the Players Tribune earlier this month, in which he admits he had a panic attack in the middle of a game last November.
Mental toughness and machismo go hand in hand in sports, so admitting what some would say is a "weakness" can be rough. But for Love and other elite athletes, the stigma of coming to terms with mental illness seems to have found a lot of understanding and sympathetic ears.
Andy and Brian Kamenetzky joined A Martinez with more.
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It's Pi Day! Have you tried a butterscotch pie?
Today is 3/14, where math and meals meet. That's because 3.14 are the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi. Nerdy people celebrate by eating pies, but where to do that in L.A.?
Take Two turned to Josh Scherer, formerly a food writer with Los Angeles Magazine, who picked the 14 best pies in L.A. a few years ago.
Number 2 on his list is just down the road from KPCC: the butterscotch meringue pie at Pie 'n Burger in Pasadena.
"Lemon meringue pie is also one of my favorites, so they replace that with this incredibly rich, roasty sweet butterscotch custard," he says. "Is it sweet-on-sweet? Yes. But that's what makes it so perfect for me."
Eating pies also has a special place in American culture.
"There's such a sense of place associated with pie," Scherer adds. "Like, if you tell someone, 'Meet me for pie and coffee,' it's different than, 'Meet me for a cupcake!'"
Wherever you go for Pi Day, he says that old school diners and restaurants are the place to be. They serve the quintessential pies of your geometric dreams.