KCRW's Which Way, LA?
Summary: Award-winning moderator Warren Olney leads lively. thoughtful and provocative discussion on the issues Southern Californians care about. Which Way. L.A.? draws from newsmakers around Los Angeles, the state, North America, and from around the world to present all sides of the issues.
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LA Unified may be in for another leadership change? or maybe not. It all depends on the elected school board, which has drawn up a termination agreement just in case. The teachers? union wants John Deasy to go. The LA Times wants him to stay?if he and the board can learn to work together.
Governor Jerry Brown is so confident in his re-election that he?s running ads that don?t even mention his campaign or his opponent, Republican Neel Kashkari. He?s down in the polls and in dollars. We?ll ask the GOP candidate why he?s running and whether his party has a future in California.
The so-called ?Patient Safety Initiative? would affect not just patients, but their doctors?and the lawyers who might or might not sue them for malpractice. Issues include medical privacy, insurance rates, attorneys? fees and drug testing for doctors?the first in the nation. We?ll hear the pros and cons of Proposition 46.
The Greek Theater in LA?s Los Feliz neighborhood is a historic icon that makes big money for the City of Los Angeles. August was its busiest month in more than a decade. Now, two entertainment behemoths are battling for the contract to run it. What?s best for concert-goers, the city?and for the neighborhood?
?Dimly lit, vermin invested, noisy, unsanitary, cramped and crowded.? That?s how the federal Justice Department describes America?s largest mental institution?also known as the Los Angeles County jail. Do mentally ill inmates have to be held in jail? Would other solutions save the public money?
It?s lawyers versus insurance companies on the November ballot?with Obamacare in the background. That?s according to TV commercials for and against Proposition 45. We?ll go behind the slogans and catchwords with supporters and opponents of a measure that could impact your pocket book.
It used to be just your driver?s license, then your fingerprint. Now LA Sheriff?s deputies are prepared to record your picture, the shape of your eyeball and, possibly, the sound of your voice. Why is there no public debate about the potential invasion of privacy of the most intimate kind?
It?s harvest time in California? but the drought has cut deeply into crops available for both consumption and export. A big part of the state?s economy is suffering. Are farmers compounding the problem by wasting water? Is it time to regulate how water?s used and what crops it?s used on?
For decades, Skid Row has been a haven for thousands of homeless people who have no other place to go. One city councilman says Los Angeles should have a bona fide Czar to work on behalf of the homeless, but what would that job entail?
Hollywood filmmakers won?t have to go overseas to use drones any more. The FAA has given six companies permission to get aerial shots with small, unmanned aircraft for productions here in the US. There will be conditions. Will they allow sweeping panoramas that might include your apartment?
The Christian group InterVarsity has been ?de-recognized? by all 23 California State University campuses?because its leaders must adhere to evangelical views of the Bible. Is the schools? demand for openness a denial of religious freedom? We?ll hear both sides.
Six LA Sheriff?s deputies were sentenced to years in prison today for obstructing an FBI investigation into abuse of inmates in County jail. The judge found no evidence they were following orders. Does that mean higher-ups are off the hook?
Two GOP nominees for statewide office have refused to endorse Neel Kashkari, their own candidate for Governor. The party chairman calls one of them, ?felony stupid.? We?ll hear what happened at this weekend?s convention, despite the theme, which was Unity.
Subsidies and tax breaks have made California the nation?s leader in zero emission vehicles. But electric cars are concentrated in the wealthiest places?with the cleanest air. Would a new law get working people in polluted neighborhoods in on the deals?
Riding a bike in metropolitan traffic can be taking your life in your hands. But a new rule for the roads of California went into effect this week: Motorists have to give cyclists a three-foot buffer zone. But how will it be measured? How will the law be enforced?
