Happy Friday. On today's show, we're talking to Simon Pegg about his new film "Hector and the Search for Happiness." Also, the Cosby Show turns 30 and there's a Feline Film Festival happening in L.A.
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• 5:25
The White House launched its "It's On Us" campaign today, the latest in the Administration's campaign to combat sexual assault on college campuses across the U.S.
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• 11:52
It's our weekly look at the week in news. Joining us today from Washington, Molly Ball, national political reporter for The Atlantic, and Jim Rainey, political columnist for the LA Times.
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• 5:28
Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom, rejecting independence by a ten percentage point margin in a referendum that attracted a record turnout.
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• 6:12
Thirty years after it hit the screens, how did "The Cosby Show" revolutionize conversations on race?
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• 9:11
One journalist spent years with direct access to life inside a Salinas gang called Nuestra Family, recording both the mundane and the chilling details of its activities.
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• 8:43
The new comedy "This is Where I Leave You" centers on the Altman family. When their father passes away, the family's four grown children, who've never been able to get along, must return to their childhood home to spend a week in mourning together.
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• 7:33
Authorities received a tip of a planned shooting in the recent South Pasadena case. Back in 1940, there was no warning of the crime to come.
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• 4:57
Our breakdown on California's new bike buffer law earlier this week took a detour when people brought out a bit of road rage.
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• 4:58
KPCC’s social media producer Kristen Lepore joins us to share her picks for fun and cheap events happening around SoCal this weekend.
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• 4:08
Most of the play’s roughly 100 actors and crew have no theater experience, because South Coast Repertory wanted the cast to include mostly Santa Ana residents.
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• 10:05
British actor Simon Pegg has had the chance to take on some pretty fun roles. He’s battled zombies in Shaun of the Dead. He’s taken on the role of Scotty in the J.J. Abrams reboot of Star Trek. And he plays an Impossible Missions Force technician alongside Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible film series.