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 Hooked on Hollywood: Leonard Maltin’s new book digs deep into his personal archives | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1126

Have you ever wondered who Hollywood’s good guys and gals really were? Or what it was like to work for Cecil B. DeMille? Or what about how Errol Flynn hid liquor while filming on location in New Mexico mountains?

 Solving the world’s water shortage... by hauling a giant iceberg to its thirstiest regions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 816

A company in United Arab Emirates is looking to haul a giant iceberg from the Antarctic to either Australia or Africa in an effort to provide drinking water to one of these two water-starved places.

 Why rent control initiatives have failed to take hold in Pasadena, Glendale and other local municipalities | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 831

Some residents are facing a severe housing affordability crisis in California.

 Will limiting the speed of electric scooters solve the public nuisance problem? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 910

Los Angeles City Council transportation committee refined a new set of regulations Wednesday for electric scooters.

 #OscarsSoConfusing?! Reactions on the Academy’s cryptic announcement to add ‘popular’ film category | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 896

The Oscars announced yesterday that they are looking to add a new category to honor popular films.

 A hard 'climb back into society' for this homeless OC couple | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 528

At the beginning of this year, Bejuique "Bay" Shambow and Bobby Austin were sleeping in a tent along the Santa Ana riverbed in Orange County. Then, in February, they and hundreds of their fellow campers were kicked out of the encampment by OC officials and given temporary shelter.

 LAUSD superintendent visits homes to highlight attendance initiative | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59

A new school year begins in the L.A. Unified School District next week, and superintendent Austin Beutner wants to make sure more students show up for it. Beutner is pushing for increased attendance this year, and the district is putting more resources into their centralized efforts to combat absenteeism. On Wednesday, Beutner visited the homes of a few LAUSD families to promote the effort.

 California, LA county and city settle Aliso leak lawsuits with SoCal Gas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58

Southern California Gas Co. will pay nearly $120 million under the agreement with state and local government settling suits from the Aliso Canyon methane leak.

 Pregnancy Debate Revisited: To Induce Labor, Or Not? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 235

Young women with simple pregnancies can safely ask a doctor to induce labor, a study finds. It doesn't increase their risk of needing a C-section after all and can even offer potential benefits.

 A heat wave so bad, it burned leaves off SoCal trees | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58

It's not just people -- plants are also getting scorched by extreme heat across Southern California.

 Are psychological techniques keeping kids online? And if so, are psychologists to blame? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 862

Children's advocates want the American Psychological Association to condemn the tech industry's practice of using persuasive psychological techniques to keep kids glued to their screens.

 ‘Funding secured’: the legalities of Musk’s announcement that Tesla might go private | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 450

On Tuesday, Elon Musk announced that he was thinking about taking Tesla private.

 A California lawmaker wants to subsidize local journalism. Here’s his plan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 900

As newspapers financially struggle and mass layoffs have become the norm, a Bay Area legislator wants the state to help.

 The greatest energy challenge of our time? Let’s look at our history first. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1062

For more than four centuries humans have been able to stay out of the dark, adapting to a new energy resource each time a previous source waned.

 LA city, county reach tentative settlement with SoCal Gas over Porter Ranch gas leak | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 468

The city and county of Los Angeles have reached a tentative settlement with SoCal Gas over the Porter Ranch gas leak in 2015.

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