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How secure is the US-Canada border?; Mexican immigrants hope reform will allow them to reunite with long lost loved ones; Is Kim Jong-Un's aunt actually calling the shots in North Korea?; Girl Scouts' LA chapter offers patch for video game development; How the Great Recession has affected young people's relationship with money, plus much more.

How our current path to US citizenship works and how it might change with immigration reform; House "Gang of Eight" group working on its own immigration bill; Is it about time to start charging an Internet sales tax?; A new project maps the greenness of cities; Tuesday Reviewsday featuring Jessie Ware, Daft Punk, Major Lazer, plus much more.

Today we take a look at the new roadblocks affecting the Senate's immigration bills; The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is halted; Steve Proffitt takes a ride in a new hydrogen-powered fuel cell SUV; How air traffic-controller furloughs will affect travel in and out of LAX; Porn star James Deen has become an industry advocate amid growing fame, plus much more.

How battlefield medicine has been crucial in helping Boston bombing victims; Why Internet vigilantism can hurt, not help, the Boston bombing case; Muslims fear a backlash after Boston bombings; Chris Nichols of LA Magazine shares some souvenirs from Tijuana's long-lost Agua Caliente Casino, plus much more.

We'll take a look at the Senate's immigration reform bill, and hear the concerns of the bill's critics; The FDA has banned the development of a generic version of Oxycontin; Shelby Smoak joins the show to talk about his memoir, "Bleeder"; How the Boston bombings will affect CicLAvia, and much more.

We take a look at the ongoing debate for immigration reform as we wait for news on the Senate bill; Deepa Fernandes reports on how library story times use puppets, rhymes to sow the seeds of literacy; Legal weed sends tourists flocking to Colorado and Washington for 4/20; LAX is now using therapy dogs to calm stressed passengers; How NASA imagined life in a space colony 40 years ago, plus much more.

A deadly case of meningitis sparks fear of bi-coastal outbreak; Why is a torn Achilles injury so serious for a pro basketball player?; What happens to kids separated from deported parents?; Publishers share secrets of what makes a great kids' book; Mexico City makes targeted effort to curb salt intake, and much more.

Today, '42' writer/director Brian Helgeland talk about telling Jackie Robinson's story; Hockey legend Willie O'Ree on breaking down barriers in sports; Court rejects Gov. Brown's call to end judicial oversight of California prisons; Are people leaving California because of high taxes? Plus much more.

Fracking efforts in the Monterey shale hits a snag; Millions of Japanese cars recalled because of faulty air bags; Indio city leaders are eager to capitalize on the Coachella festival’s succes; Fashion designer Trina Turk mines the Coachella festival for inspiration, and much more.

Today, we'll get an update on the immigration reform debate in DC; What could Obama's 2014 fiscal budget mean for student loan debt?; Retired NBA player John Amaechi on sexual identity in pro sports, and much more.

Will San Diego's 49th district flip Democrat? The latest with the typhus outbreak on Skid Row, the pros and cons of playing the lottery.

Checking in with the director of L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services, advice to L.A. restaurant goers, Firefighter overtime pay concerns.

Did Kevin de Leon's conversation with Dianne Feinstein move the needle for his campaign, meet the L.A. Times' new food writer, is it allergy season?

L.A. County has its share of sexual harassment complaints, LA's retrofitting efforts, a recap of the de Leon-Feinstein conversation.

Job training for incarcerated women, California's candidates for House are raking in big campaign donations, efforts to fix CA's DMV motor voter program.

Supreme Court rules against lead paint makers' appeal, Kevin de Leon talks about his bid against Senator Dianne Feinstein, L.A. foster care taps the faith community.

The latest developments in the possible LAUSD strike, the connection between earthquake fault lines in Mexico and California, a closer look at Congressional District 25.

Debating the debates for California governor and U.S. Senator, NIMBYism in Fullerton, a Los Angeles bicyclist reacts to the city's bicycle safety improvements.

California's DMV looks at its motor voter program, test driving a new single-passenger car called the Solo, Wicked Lit stages plays in a working mortuary.

Fullerton's efforts to fight homelessness are met with pushback, teaching consent to third graders, the state of the California gas tax.

As the midterm elections draw near...we answer all your ballot questions, Signorello winery rebuilds one year after the Atlas Peak fire, Lost L.A. returns to KCET.

A peek at what to expect from Monday's radio gubernatorial debate, plans for homeless housing in Fullerton met with pushback, the wine country fires one year later.