Take Two

Today on the show, we'll take a look at a new Pew study that finds the majority of Hispanics in US say their community lacks a leader. Then, we talk to Frank Gehry about his iconic design for the Disney Concert Hall on it's 10th birthday. From the Fronteras Report, David Martin Davies reports on the popularity of Rep. Ted Cruz and his father in the Lone Star State, plus much more.

LA Dodgers management looks ahead to next season; What is the status of the House's immigration reform effort?; BART strike in Bay Area enters its fourth day; How depictions of slavery in film have evolved; Even the smallest pests can wreak havoc on your car; Charles Phoenix uncovers retro gems in Sacramento; How climate change may transform the Bay Area's landscape, plus much more.

Weapons inspectors in Syria face many dangers, challenges; LA Sheriff Lee Baca found liable in inmate abuse case; LA County Probation Department understaffed amidst growing responsibilities; 'Birth of the Living Dead' looks at the rise of zombies in pop culture; The Bay Delta Conservation Plan: A solution for the Delta's future?; Study: Eating popcorn makes you immune to in-theater ads, and more.

Calculating the real cost of the government shutdown; End of shutdown brings life and tourism back to National Parks; Keeping the dying art of hand-painted billboards alive in Los Angeles; Director Kimberly Peirce on resurrecting the classic horror film 'Carrie'; Exemption to ACA could leave many Native Americans uninsured; What you need to know about Medicare open enrollment, plus much more.

What would happen if the US government were to default?; Biggest roadblocks to Asian mental health may come from within; The Band's Robbie Robertson on the music that changed the world; Study shows anti-gay sentiment is underestimated; The struggle over Bitcoin's future; Sports Roundup: Dodgers must win, Puig under fire; App Chat: Guilt-free entertainment for your kids, plus much more.

Supreme Court to hear arguments in Michigan affirmative action case; Why aren't the NFL's first minority Super Bowl winners in the Hall Of Fame?; Marine base expansion in Joshua Tree faces opposition; DNA from LA area immigrants could solve painful mysteries from Guatemala's civil war; The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta's fragile ecology, plus much more.

The LA Times reports more than a thousand of LA's older, concrete buildings are at risk of collapse when an earthquake strikes; Die-hard Dodgers fans talk about their pre-game rituals and superstitions; Central Valley farmworker who are close to fresh food, yet struggle to find some to put on their own tables; Meet the agent who casts laugh tracks for a living; Congressman Adam Schiff about the ongoing government shutdown; KPCC's Erika Aguilar on the growing questions of safety on USC's campus; and more.

The latest bills to be signed by Gov. Jerry Brown; Budget standoff turns off the tap on craft brewers; Friday Flashback: Paul Ryan, John Boehner's approval rating and more; 'Escape From Tomorrow' director on filming under Disney's nose; Richard Buckner on his new album 'Surrounded', plus much more.

How is Wall Street reacting to the government shutdown?; LA Mayor Eric Garcetti looks back at his first 100 days in office; Shutdown puts scientists' Antarctica research on ice; Downtown LA's Grand Park celebrates its 1st anniversary; Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Canadian writer Alice Munro, plus much more.

The Bobcat Fire is threatening the famed Mt Wilson Observatory, CA Secretary on Trump's visit to the state and the latest on recent census hearings.

Two gunmen were shot in Compton and protests followed, a KPCC Reporter was arrested while covering the events and the latest on the 2020 census.

How wildfires are still affecting the state, what it's like to attend a drive in dance and what to do this weekend.

Wildfires continue to burn across the west coast, we have our latest installment of Race in LA and we have updates on CA's high-speed rail project.

All of CA's national forests will be closed to the public, new criteria from the Academy on films vying for best picture and Servant of Pod host Nick Quah joins us.

We update you on the wildfires in the area, how one elementary school teacher started the school year and the latest on Hollywood, The Sequel with John Horn.

What CA lawmakers have been looking at this week, how COVID-19 has affected the Latino community and what you can do this weekend even with the heat.

We start in South L.A. where two LA County Sheriff's Deputies shot a Black man, what it's like to start college from home and it's throwback Thursday today.

Long Beach has agreed to pilot a UBI program, the story behind an Oscar winning actress working at an Amazon fulfillment center and Nick Quah joins us.

CA lawmakers end their last session, there's a new exhibit on firefighters in Riverside and John Horn joins us to discuss Hollywood, The Sequel.

CA legislature attempts to pass eviction relief, we check in with a teacher on the new school year and we pay tribute to Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman.

Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris delivers a searing rebuttal to President Trump, it's 50 years since the Chicano Moratorium and what to do this weekend.