The latest developments on the manhunt in Paris, an officer who was prosecuted 15 years ago talks about what happened, test driving the e-Golf.
Tracking terror: Late night Paris raids reveal sophisticated network
French counterterrorism forces stormed an apartment in a Parisian suburb just after four in the morning local time.
When authorities entered, a woman inside the flat triggered a suicide blast. When another man tried to flee, he was cut down by snipers.
Police arrested at least seven people before the end of the night.
In the wake of last week's mass attacks in Paris, authorities are in a race against time to track terror cells and prevent more attacks. But Errol Southers, a counterterrorism expert at USC, says the recent raids reveal some troubling details about the capabilities of the extremist network, and that American officials should take notice.
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Google pushes for self-driving cars, but California's DMV needs to ensure safety first
Google is eager to release their self-driving car prototypes into public hands. However, before they can do that, California's Department of Motor Vehicles has to release new rules of the road for driverless vehicles.
For instance, if these vehicles don't require a driver, do people need a license to use them? Or, is it necessary that driverless cars have pedals and a steering wheel? Justin Pritchard, a reporter at the Associated Press, talks with host A Martinez about the developing situation between Google and California's DMV.
To listen to the full interview, click on the blue audio player above.
The Styled Side: Got a fashionable soiree to attend? Rent your outfit
The holiday season is upon us. That means holiday parties, office parties and, if you're a high-roller, a black tie gala or two.
Dressing for theses events has become much easier with the explosive popularity of sites like Rent the Runway, says Michelle Dalton Tyree from Fashion Trends Daily.
"The formal wear industry has typically been about capturing the local business with mom-and-pops really being the go-to," she says. "But then along came Rent The Runway, and it became the poster child for disruption in the industry."
Started in 2009, the site works where you can order the season's latest dresses and accessories online. After you're done, you mail it back with a pre-paid shipping label.
It's become such a popular model that similar retailers have sprung up that offer menswear, and others that are brick-and-mortar stores such as The Stylist LA in Venice that's founded by Emily McDonald.
"She spotted a huge opportunity to outfit everyone from sorority girls going to formals, to women who needed multiple outfits to wear to friends’ wedding parties, to the young career woman needing dresses for more formal events," says Tyree.
The trend also coincides with the rise of the sharing economy, where people are more comfortable with rentals in general.
As for the top looks?
"The top looks this season are sleek and sophisticated gowns, rompers and jumpsuits, 'liquid metal' fabrications, and lots of red," says Tyree.
What's the solution to California's teacher shortage problem?
California has been in the midst of a teacher shortage for quite some time now.
For more than a decade, the number of new teaching credentials issued in California has been declining. That, combined with fewer people entering the profession, and boomer-generation teachers retiring, has made the shortage of K-12 teachers a challenge for school districts throughout the state.
Attracting and training a new generation of teachers is no small challenge, but a new survey of California voters finds there is broad support for fixing the problem.
Joining Take Two to discuss:
- Louis Freedberg, executive director of EdSource
- Linda Darling-Hammond, president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute
To listen to the full interview, click on the blue audio player above.
Sports roundup: Lakers, Dodgers and Ronda Rousey
In this week's sports roundup with
:
- What are the Lakers doing with Kobe Bryant and D'Angelo Russell?
- The baseball off-season is called the hot stove league. Teams with deep pockets start to set their free agent targets knowing they're about to spend a lot of cash. The Dodgers probably will not be one of them. What gives?
- Ronda Rousey's loss to Holly Holm over the weekend was shocking. She's back in L.A. and is suspended 60 days, to prevent her from coming back too soon. Does her loss make her career way more interesting?
To hear all this and more, click on the blue audio player above.
Basketball's best slam dunk-worthy movies
With the NBA season just underway, film historian and sports fan Mark Jordan Legan shares some of the best basketball films of all time.
His first pick is pretty obvious, 1986's "Hoosiers." The film is loosely based on a real Indiana small town high school team that won the state championship back in the 1950s. Gene Hackman plays a washed up college basketball coach with anger issues who is thrown a bone by an old friend, who is now a high school principal at a tiny farming community that lives for basketball.
In true Hoosiers’ fashion, Gene Hackman doesn’t give up and trains this scrappy group to learn the fundamentals, play together as a true team and they start winning.
His second selection is the 1994 award-winning documentary "Hoop Dreams." The film is incredibly powerful and captures the challenges and struggles of life as it follows two young African American basketball phenoms – full of talent and promise and hope.
The documentary is riveting as you watch these two teenagers grow up over the course of five years – dealing with the dangers of inner-city Chicago life, drugs, crime and teenage pregnancy.
And Mark's final choice is the 1992 comedy, "White Men Can't Jump." From writer/director Ron Shelton, who has made other sport film staples like "Bull Durham" and "Tin Cup." The comedy follows two basketball hustlers played by Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes.
This entertaining film really does capture the machismo and trash talking that goes on during pick-up games, so much so that Mark had a hard time pulling audio clips that were not full of – shall we say – colorful salty language?
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Impatient: What is defensive medicine and does it work?
You've heard of defensive driving, but what about defensive medicine?
Defensive medicine is when doctors attempt to lower their chances of being sued for malpractice by ordering extra tests, imaging and procedures, even if they're not clinically justified.
Southern California Public Radio's Rebecca Plevin joins Take Two to explain the practice.