Gov. Brown given 30-day extension to reduce prison overcrowding; Gulf Cartel hands out relief for victims of Mexico flooding; Irvine's Asian population booms, boosting the local real estate market; Latinos a growing force in the fight for environmental issues; The battle over San Diego's Barrio Logan; Did recent storms put a dent in the Southwest's drought problem?
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• 3:42
California signed a deal on Tuesday with a private prison contractor for two facilities and had plans to lease more space. But yesterday afternoon, a three-judge panel granted Governor Brown only a 30-day extension to reduce crowding: now he has until Jan. 27.
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• 5:40
While the government and aid organizations struggle to get help to the affected communities, one group has magnanimously pitched in to help: The Gulf Cartel.
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• 4:48
Irvine is now one of the hottest real estate markets in the nation, partly due to its appeal to Asian homebuyers attracted to the planned community’s wide boulevards, open space and new construction.
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• 4:45
After 30 years, Barrio Logan has a new community plan and the maritime industry is not happy about it.
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• 9:56
According to a USC-L.A. Times poll, Latino voters in California are almost twice as likely to be concerned about environmental issues than whites.
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• 8:30
A purple and gold family drama, 1-2-3-4 I declare a Twitter war and exit Sandman. All that can only mean one thing, it's time for sports with Andy and Brian Kamenetzky.
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• 7:07
Behavioral economist Colin Camerer joins Take Two to talk about receiving the MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant and the work that got him noticed.
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• 7:08
After years of fierce resistance, is Iran really ready to come clean about its nuclear program? And if so, why now?
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• 5:12
Earlier this summer in places like New Mexico and Arizona, temperatures were reaching record highs, cattle were dying and crops were drying up. So did those September storms do much to help the drought?
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• 1:48
Mexico's Congress may soon hike the sales tax in stores along the U.S. border. But that could drive more Mexican shoppers to places like San Diego, where the lower sales tax saves them money
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• 5:29
This week on app chat we're going to help you discover new music. Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica talks with A Martinez about Hype Beast, Songza and more.
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• 1:15
Android users now have a way to brush up on their Navajo. As KUNM's Carrie Jung reports, the Navajo Keyboard app is allowing smart phone users to practice their skills in the native language through text messaging and social media.
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• 6:32
For many people, a large order of greasy french fries is the very definition of a guilty pleasure. But what if they were lower in fat and calories? Would that make it less guilty?
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• 6:18
As part of his pseudo-filibuster against funding for Obamacare Republican Ted Cruz read aloud from "Green Eggs and Ham" for his daughters who were apparently at home watching him on C-SPAN. This was an interesting choice -- politically
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• 8:51
Like a lot of parents, writer Karl Taro Greenfeld was concerned about the amount of homework his eighth grade daughter had to struggle through each night. But unlike most parents, Greenfeld decided to see for himself what sort of workload his 13-year-old was having to tackle.