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 How legal sports betting could work in California | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 771

Sports wagering is already happening on the black market, but now it might become a legal activity. The question is how it would work.

 Senate Set To Vote On Overturning FCC's Net Neutrality Repeal | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 214

The measure isn't likely to pass in the House. But after Sen. Susan Collins, R-Me., joined Democrats' attempt to preserve net neutrality, two other Republicans also voted to debate the resolution.

 After yesterday’s 9th Circuit hearing, we’re one step closer to a final decision on the legality of DACA | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 364

The Trump administration tried to convince a U.S. appeals court Tuesday that it was justified in ending an Obama-era immigration policy that shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.

 Yanny or Laurel: The internet’s latest viral offering | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 472

Following the “blue dress versus white dress” viral phenomenon that divided families and friends in 2015 comes another new perceptual headscratcher.

 After Seattle’s ‘Amazon tax,’ could a ‘Google’ tax succeed in the Bay Area? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1369

On Monday, Seattle’s City Council voted to impose a “head tax,” $275 per employee, for businesses that rake in at least $20 million annually.

 Former NBA star Metta World Peace dishes on ups and downs of basketball career, mental health advocacy and life after the game in new book | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1254

Few basketball players in NBA history have been quite as polarizing as Metta World Peace.

 California attorney general race: Interview with candidate Steven Bailey | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 777

Today, retired Judge of the Superior Court of California Steven Bailey joins Larry to discuss his campaign for California Attorney General.

 Chief Beck’s last AirTalk interview: Discusses LAPD chief finalists, the department’s use of ‘predictive policing’ tech and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1446

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck joins Larry Mantle for his monthly check-in.

 KPCC listener Julie felt drawn toward SF, but it was LA that became home | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 198

San Francisco was an alluring jazz song, and L.A. was tacky pop. Unexpectedly, Julie fell for that pop song.

 Is pot the answer to keeping seniors in pain off opioids and other prescription drugs? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 288

The Laguna Woods Medical Cannabis Collective has more than 800 members on the books, a sign that seniors are open to using pot for chronic pain and other issues. The community has had a high rate of opioid overdose deaths.

 Judge tosses California law allowing life-ending drugs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 365

A Riverside County judge has thrown out a 2016 state law allowing the terminally ill to end their lives, ruling it was unconstitutionally approved by the Legislature.

 States Eye New Revenues After Supreme Court Backs Legal Sports Betting | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 165

Several states plan to move quickly to make sports betting legal in the wake of Monday's decision. But they will be competing with an established black market that lacks tax forms.

 Where your tax dollars are going in LA's fight against homelessness | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50

With homelessness on the rise, county supervisors approve plans to spend $400 million in the next fiscal year. Spending on shelters will increase.

 Tired of blockbusters? Ethan Hawke has 3 indie movies for you this summer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1073

The Oscar-nominated actor and filmmaker discusses the complicated world of independent film and his upcoming movies: "First Reformed," "Blaze" and "Juliet, Naked."

 Can The New Ebola Vaccine Stop The Latest Outbreak? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 152

The Democratic Republic of Congo, with a suspected 19 deaths so far from the virus, is turning to an as-yet-unlicensed vaccine with a very promising track record.

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