Today on the show we talk about Twitter's IPO and whether it can evolve to rival Facebook's success. Then, a new report finds that as San Francisco home prices surge, so do evictions. Hollywood's Cinerama Dome turns 50, a recent mountain lion death reignites call for a wildlife corridor in Liberty Canyon, plus much more.
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Twitter's initial public offering went live today on the New York Stock Exchange. Before trading began it was valued at $26 a share, but it quickly shot up to $45 a share as soon as trading started.
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• 6:52
A new report out this week shows home prices in San Francisco are skyrocketing, as are evictions. For more on this, we're joined by Marisa Lagos of the San Francisco Chronicle.
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• 2:44
If you are a fan and consumer of Mexican Coca Cola, that uber-sweet bottled version of Coke made with cane sugar, we've got two words for you: don't panic.
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• 5:11
Wildlife preservationists are alarmed by news that a young, male mountain lion was killed while trying to cross the 101 freeway near Agora Hills. The busy freeway creates a barrier between two large areas of open space, and scientists say it's limiting the big cats' genetic pool.
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• 5:10
It's time now for our regular health care explainer, which we call Ask Emily with Emily Bazar, senior writer with the California Health Care Foundation Center for Health Reporting.
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• 4:28
According to a recent study from the Southern Education Foundation, poor students now make up a majority of kids in public schools in the West.
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• 5:48
How do you map something you can't see? That's the question geologists are facing as they try to pin-point the location of a major earthquake fault in Hollywood.
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• 7:06
Fifty years ago today, a unique movie theater opened at 6360 Sunset Boulevard, ushering in a new era of film entertainment.
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• 14:41
It's time for State of Affairs, our look at politics and government throughout California. To help us with that we're joined in studio now by KPCC political reporters Alice Walton and Frank Stoltze
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• 10:44
What if Captain Kirk and Spock hooked up? Writers of male-male fiction (or m/m) construct romance novels, comics, and stories. And it's primarily written by heterosexual women, for heterosexual women.
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Time now to dip into the comment box, our opportunity to hear from you about the work we're doing.
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• 8:41
Casting is often overlooked, but choosing which actors fill what roles is perhaps one of the most crucial jobs of all. Documentary filmmaker Tom Donohue shares their stories in, "Casting By."
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• 5:25
Rico Gagliano and Brendan Newnam, the hosts of the Dinner Party Download podcast and radio show, join Take Two with this week's conversation starters.