How the government shutdown will affect the average US citizen; Report finds California has highest poverty rate in US; Finding bone marrow matches is harder for some ethnic groups; LA Unified's backlog of broken musical instruments 'like a war scene'; FAQ: Navigating Covered California's health insurance exchange, plus much more.
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• 4:51
Last night, Congress couldn't come to an agreement on a new budget and refused to extend the current one. No money means no government, and this morning, various government agencies began taking steps to scale back.
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• 5:12
A new report finds that California has the highest rate of poverty in the nation. The study also included some surprising findings about which areas of the state are the poorest.
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• 4:15
Bone marrow donations can potentially save the lives of people with leukemia, lymphoma and other blood cancers. But it can be difficult finding donors, especially within certain ethnic communities.
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• 8:01
This morning, insurance marketplaces opened around the nation allowing Americans the chance to comparison shop for insurance. Now all Americana can find out what the Affordable Care Act – or Obamacare – really means to them.
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• 5:45
The newest version of Grand Theft Auto came out two weeks and, and within three days it raked in more than $1 billion.
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• 9:13
It's time for Tuesday Reviewsday, our weekly new music segment with Oliver Wang from Soul-Sides.com and music supervisor Morgan Rhodes.
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• 8:47
We just heard President Obama's remarks on the government shutdown and the Affordable Care Act. For some analysis we're joined by KPCC's Washington correspondent Kitty Felde and democratic congresswoman Janice Hahn.
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• 5:09
A new USC Dornsife/LA Times poll found that a majority of Californians believe the bullet train project is a waste of money and that it should be scrapped altogether. The $68 billion project is a year behind schedule and facing several lawsuits.
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• 4:19
Governor Brown signed a bill allowing for industrial hemp to be grown in California. The catch? It’s still against federal law.
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• 4:19
At L.A. Unified's music repair shop, at least 2,600 broken instruments are piled on shelves and in bins. Some have been sitting for years — the result of staff cuts.
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• 10:58
Greg Sestero played Mark in the cult film "The Room." His new book is called "The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside 'The Room', The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made."