Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announces he won't seek reelection, Irwindale City Council votes to tear the Irwindale Speedway, remembering Tex-Mex queen Selena
Harry Reid announces he won't seek re-election in 2016
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced today that he will not be seeking re-election next year. Reid said a serious injury earlier this year that nearly left him blind in one eye gave him time to reevaluate his career.
A Martinez talks with veteran Nevada political journalist Jon Ralston about Reid's retirement and his legacy.
Why Ted Cruz wasn't really the first official 2016 candidate
Senator Ted Cruz made news this week for being the first candidate to announce a run for president in 2016. Except, he really wasn't the first official candidate. Not by a long shot.
National Journal staff correspondent Emma Roller joined Take Two to explain.
Journalist Seymour Hersh visits site of massacre he exposed
On March 16, 1968, U.S. Army Soldiers opened fire on an entire village of unarmed civilians in South Vietnam, killing hundreds of women and children.
It became known as the My Lai Massacre, and it has been marked in the history books as one the most atrocious acts of the Vietnam War.
The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh, who broke the story as a 32-year old freelance reporter, remembers how he first found out about it.
"In 1969, I got a tip from an anti-war person that there had been a horrible massacre. I put aside whatever else I was doing because I just frankly thought that made sense."
Hersh went on to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for his exposé. He recently traveled to My Lai for the first time to get a sense of how the region, and the country, are faring nearly 50 years later.
"It was traumatic because it was as I had envisioned it. I knew a lot about what happened. I knew places. There was a ditch I knew very well," said Hersh.
Final four shows face off in KPCC's Public Radio March Madness
It's March, so plenty of fans are cheering for teams in college basketball's March Madness, but public radio fans have their own competition to cheer for: KPCC's Public Radio Bracket Madness.
We get an update on the competition from
, the bracket's creator and Take Two's resident pop culture correspondent.
Selena's legacy endures 20 years after death
With a voice as big and beautiful as her signature smile, Selena Quintanilla-Perez captured Tejano music audiences in the early 1990s with hits like "Amor Prohibido."
At the height of her fame, and just as she was creating her cross-over English language album "Dreaming of You," the 23-year-old was shot and killed March 31, 1995, by Yolanda Saldivar, the president of her fan club.
Tuesday will mark the 20th anniversary of Selena's death. Leila Cobo, executive director of content and programming for Latin music at Billboard, reflects on Selena's legacy.
As for how fans in Los Angeles can remember Selena, Roger Gomez of Orange County runs LoveSelena.com, and he is organizing the second annual Selena Fan Gathering. The event will be held at Plaza de la Raza in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, on Saturday. Gomez will also travel to this year's Fiesta de la Flor in Corpus Christi, Texas. Hear more from him in the bonus audio above.
What's next in the NFL stadium relocation race?
First, it's been more than two decades since an NFL team has played in Los Angeles. Now all the sudden, things are moving quickly in the race to bring the NFL back. This week saw developments in both Carson and Inglewood.
Southern California Public Radio's Ben Bergman has been following it all and he joined the show to help us keep everything straight.
Mayweather-Pacquiao fight tickets most expensive in boxing history
It's been called the fight of the century. The boxing matchup between 8 title holder Manny Pacquiao and the undefeated Floyd Mayweather, Jr. While some contest whether this is truly the biggest fight in a hundred years, there is one area where it handily knocks out the competition: money.
Tickets are expected to go on sale by the end of next week and the revenues from the fight are on track to bust every record on the book. Dan Rafael joined the show to tell us more. He covers boxing for ESPN. You can visit his blog to get the latest updates.
Yemen conflict complicates US foreign policy
The conflict in Yemen continues to escalate. Saudi Arabia along with nine other middle eastern countries launched air strikes in Yemen on Wednesday to stop the rise of the Iran-backed group of rebels called the Houthi.
Just yesterday, Egypt announced that it was prepared to join the Saudi-led campaign with ground troops. Houthi forces and their allies have managed to take control of much of Yemen in the last month forcing the Yemeni president to flee the capital of Sanaa earlier this week.
All this comes as the Obama Administration finds itself increasingly entangled in a region it set out to leave. What does the situation in Yemen mean for US foreign policy?
Asher Orkaby, a research fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, wrote about this recently for Foreign Affairs magazine. He explains why the US should be worried about the situation in Yemen.
Iconic Irwindale Speedway set to close
The Irwindale City Council voted yesterday to tear down a car-racing paradise and put up a new outlet mall.
The Irwindale Speedway turned 16 just yesterday. It's a six-thousand-seat track with a racing strip, drift racing and a stock car driving school. But officials say a new mall will bring in thousands of jobs and an estimated 2.6 million dollars a year for the city.
Steven Cole Smith is the news editor for Motorsport.com. He joins us to talk about the speedway and what it meant for California racing.
Weekend on the cheap: where to watch the Sweet 16, Nike's huge shoe box store and more
Are you sweating yet, Angelenos? The heatwave is back, just in time for what you've got planned for this weekend.
Southern California Public Radio's social media producer Kristen Lepore shares her list of hot things to keep you cool.
Highlights include a Saturday morning concert for the kids in Santa Monica, Nike's store in DTLA shaped like a big shoe box and where to catch the Sweet 16.
Free weekend? Nike's ginormous shoebox store, Sweet 16 and Downtown Bookfest
'Whistler's Mother' hasn't been seen in SoCal for 82 years...until now
"Whistler's Mother" is one of the most iconic paintings in the America art world. But sadly, most Americans don't get a chance to see it in person unless they travel to Europe.
It was bought by France in 1891 and usually hangs at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.
Now, a rare treat for art lovers: "Whistler's Mother" is here on display in Southern California now through June.
It's one of three paintings currently on loan to the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena in the new exhibition, "Tête-à-tête: Three Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay."
The museum's associate curator Emily Beeny speaks with Alex Cohen to give a behind the scenes look into why these three paintings were chosen to pay a visit to Southern California.