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Mar 26, 2013
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Take Two for March 26, 2013

Today on the show we'll take an in-depth look at Prop 8, from the history of the movement to it's current status in the Supreme Court. Then, Sequestration hits home for low-income Angelenos, we ask whether Sunset's Tower Records should become a landmark, and much more.

Andrea Grill (R) and Lee Ann Hopkins (L), from Alexandria VA. embrace after becoming engaged during a rally outside of the U.S Supreme Court, on March 26, 2013 in Washington, DC. Today the high court is scheduled to hear arguments in California's proposition 8, the controversial ballot initiative that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
Andrea Grill (R) and Lee Ann Hopkins (L), from Alexandria VA. embrace after becoming engaged during a rally outside of the U.S Supreme Court, on March 26, 2013 in Washington, DC. Today the high court is scheduled to hear arguments in California's proposition 8, the controversial ballot initiative that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
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Today on the show we'll take an in-depth look at Prop 8, from the history of the movement to it's current status in the Supreme Court. Then, Sequestration hits home for low-income Angelenos, we ask whether Sunset's Tower Records should become a landmark, and much more.

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This morning the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on whether lesbians and gays have the right to marry here in California. In just a few moments, we'll retrace the history of Proposition 8, from the moment it became a ballot measure in 2008.
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Monthly rents have already been hiked by $100 for some families and housing vouchers have been denied to 300 families. That's especially worrisome for the city with the largest homeless population in the country.
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California will ask a judge to end federal oversight of mental health care in state prisons. But the state's case is complicated by a stubbornly high inmate suicide rate.
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Every Tuesday record companies usually release new albums, so that's the day Take Two reviews new music. On tap this week, we'll talk to the Los Angeles area duo the Milk Carton Kids.
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The president of the California Hospital Association recently described trying to revamp the state's health care system to implement president Obama's Affordable Care Act as, "Flying an airplane while rebuilding the engine at the same time."
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The Van Allen Belts are a pair of rings, circling the earth, made up of charged particles. Named for astronomer James Van Allen, these cosmic doughnuts were discovered early in the space age - back in the late 1950's, when Van Allen and his team identified two distinct zones of radiation.
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Last night, the Long Beach school board voted to push the start times at the district's five middle schools back an hour starting in the fall. The district is considering a similar plan at area high schools.
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Thanks to warming ocean temperatures scientists believe that fish may have trouble growing large and the world may end up with more small fish in the water. We'll talk about it with marine biologist Pat Krug.
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Take Two speaks with Dominic Priore, who hopes to convince the Hollywood's Historic Preservation Commission to preserve the building and turn it into a museum.