Take Two

Today on the show, we'll discuss the LA City Council's decision to regulate e-cigs, and learn about how they work. Then, how can law enforcement better deal with mentally ill homeless people? Also, Mexican drug cartels are infiltrating the avocado farming industry, Emily Bazar discusses how Covered California will work for both legal and non-legal immigrants, and much more.

Today on the show, KPCC health reporter Stephanie O'Neill helps define those often-confusing health insurance terms. Then, local scientists are on the hunt for missing DDT off the coast if Palos Verdes. A judge's ruling in the Detroit bankruptcy may have a ripple effect on public pensions in California. The curious case of the missing Spanish-language radio show, El Mandril. Slate's Emily Yoffe offers her advice for the holidays and a photographer turns his lens on the cinema scene in Afghanistan.

Colombian president Juan Miguel Santos visits the White House; Cyber Monday sales break records; 'Junkyard Planet' traces our trash's epic journey around the world; The battle of the Hollywood trade mags; Tuesday Reviewsday: Khari Mateen, Solange Knowles, and more

Today on the show we'll discuss Pope Francis's latest comments against trickle-down economics. Then, inside the secret Guantanamo facility called Penny Lane, we meet an East LA school that teaches gratitude every day, A new album celebrates the mash-up of Jewish and Latin music, plus much more.

How is California's economy faring compared to the rest of the United States? How big data is transforming the way employers hire and fire, recovered Nazi looted-art to be donated to LACMA, Getting to know LA's powerful labor leader Maria Elena Durazo, Some of LA's top chefs give their Thanksgiving cooking tips, Tuesday Reviewsday: Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones, Glen Hansard, and more.

Today on the show, we check in with the local Iranian community about the US-Iran nuclear deal. Then, we take a look at whether successful viral marketing equals profits, children's librarian for the LA Public Library recommends the best kids books for 2013, study shows that even those with superior recall can have false memories, North Korea's relationship with the crystal meth trade and much more.

Three women graduate from Marine Corps infantry training for the first time in history. Then, Sony Entertainment announces cuts and a shift of focus from film to TV, BMW debuts all electric i3 at LA Auto Show, Artists and DJs unite to raise support for Typhoon Haiyan victims, Jimmy Au of Beverly Hills focuses on finding the right clothes for shorter men, plus much more.

Today on the show we'll start with the California legislative analyst's office projecting a budget surplus for the state. Plus, Alabama posthumously pardons the Scottsboro Boys. A new immigration policy gives hope to undocumented military dependents, a federal consumer protection bureau fines a payday lender $19 million, a preview of the Latin Grammys and much more.

California Democrats convened in San Diego this weekend, under new regulations self-driving cars will be allowed to have no pedals or wheels, Weinstein Company will file for bankruptcy.

Expanding past the radio dial and welcoming LAist to the KPCC family, a violinist's ties with the holocaust, the history of chuckwagons...the original food trucks.

The challenges of clearing homeless from the Santa Ana River trail, touring a new exhibit at the California African-American Museum, recovering gold from a shipwreck.

How Los Angeles catapulted Billy Graham to success, a guide to spotting bots on social media, Gen Z comes together against guns.

Protesting offshore drilling, some of the legislation that could impact the state the most, Ed O'Bannon's most important win was on a different type of court.

Two of the US Olympic bobsledders grew up right here in sunny SoCal, to wipe past pot offenses people must go through the courts, deconstructing "Black Panther."

Following the shooting in Florida, we take a look at campus security. The commercialization of Lunar New Year, how homelessness in the O.C. is similar to L.A.

We asked KPCC listeners to tell us how they came together in the city of Angels, has the California dream changed? LA is well represented at New York fashion week.

Department of insurance is investigating Aetna after some troubling allegations, drought era water restrictions may become permanent, spring has come early.

Understanding how to prevent future mudslides, why a rink in Lakewood attracts top athletes, an assembly member's mission to ban tackle football before high school.

Gov. Brown's plan to work with the Community College System to make advanced learning more accessible, CA's antiquarian book fair, your weekend preview.

Gov. Brown's massive water delivery project gets scaled back, for now, shopping online in your car, Sacramento in the limelight following "Lady Bird's" success.