Here in Southern California, over the weekend, climate activists launched what they call “The Great March for Climate Action” in Los Angeles. Activists are walking nearly 3000 miles from LA cross country to Washington DC to call attention to the increasing problem of climate change. Also, nearly 400 young people,...
There appears to be real hope that the L.A. River will once more be a river, but how fast will change come and where will the money to do this come from? And what will happen to the low-income families who’ve lived near the river for generations. Can a natural...
Surprising nearly everyone, LA County Sheriff Lee Baca announced on January 7th that he would be retiring from the Sheriff’s department after more than 40 years. Baca who has been LA County Sheriff for the last 15 years will step down at the end of January. Although he denied resigning...
A law hailed by California Governor Jerry Brown in 2013 was meant to address public over the controversial practice of “fracking,” or hydraulic fracturing. But SB 4* was a watered down version of what people calling themselves “frack-tivists” want. It requires a minimal level of regulation to be administered by...
Southern California has its own unique racial makeup, not just in urban areas, but in the suburbs. While most suburbs in the rest of the US is dominated by whites, here in the greater Los Angeles area, immigrant communities can dominate the suburbs. The most striking case in point is...
What are going to be the big stories of 2014 in Los Angeles? Our guests say look out for a shake-up at the LA County Sheriffs Department; keep track of the Cjhild Welfare issue; and look out for rain because there hasn't been enough of it. Guests Rob Greene from...
Deadline LA interviews Dr. Robert Gould of Physicians For Social Responsibility, who discusses the vulnerability the West Coast faces as radiation continues to leak from Fukushima’s power plant in Japan.
Deadline LA interviews U.S. Assistant Secretary Of Education Diane Ravitch to discuss her book, "Reign Of Error: The Hoax Of The Privatization Movement And The Danger To America's Public Schools."
Journalism has become a lethal profession, especially in the last 20 years says the new documentary, "Kill The Messenger." Deadline LA interviews Eric Matthews and Tricia Todd, creators of the film.
The film will be shown at a one-time screening at the Echo Park Film Center, Thursday November 14th.
Andrew Gumbel, author of “Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America,” joins Deadline LA to discuss the use of solitary confinement in California’s prisons.
Voting has begun for hundreds of different projects aimed at improving life in Los Angeles. And the poll is taking place online. The winners will receive $100,000 each from the Goldhirsh Foundation to bring their vision to life.
Pacifica's Dan Fritz reports from Los Angeles.
An Atlanta-based film producer who was wrongfully detained by Beverly Hills police last week is speaking out against what he calls the troubling racial profiling incident. Today, local civil rights leaders spoke out at the Beverly Hills police department calling for a racial profiling prohibition ordinance. In recent years, LAPD...
Health officials say that a patient held at a Kaiser facility in Sacramento for a possible Ebola infection has been evaluated as at a low risk of having the virus. The patient has been isolated and officials say Ebola is not a current health risk in California. Pacifica's Dan Fritz reports...
SeaWorld stock fell nearly 33% Wednesday after it reported weak earnings and poor attendance for the year, especially at its flagship theme parks in San Diego and Orlando. It's the first time SeaWorld has admitted that it's faced backlash from a scathing documentary that says SeaWorld mistreats its orcas. KPFK...
City officials continue to warn residents that the city is facing a historic drought, one of its worst in recent history. But a city-backed water event appears to be scheduled despite water conservation efforts. Downtown Los Angeles is preparing for “Slide the City,” a traveling waterslide attraction late next month....
Educators, students and community members at the University of California, Irvine, held a panel discussion recently spotlighting the on-going plight of the people of Haiti. The impoverished island nation is still reeling from years of challenges.
KPFK reporter Bradford Betz reports from Orange County.
Los Angeles officials and environmental groups welcomed a kick off walk and kayak tour of the LA River this morning. It’s part of the Nature Conservancy’s new Habitat Enhancement Project.
Labor and civil rights icon, Dolores Huerta, has endorsed an initiative to give California's Insurance Commissioner the power to deny health insurance rate hikes. The co-founder of the United Farm Workers has signed the argument that will appear on the ballot in favor of Prop 45. And state Democrats also...
There’s a new Latino environmental group.* The California Latino and Environmental Advocacy Network, or CLEAN, has formed to protect low-income communities from contaminated air and water. The budding group is meeting this evening to discuss the possibility of holding a fundraiser.* They’re focusing on developing tools to empower communities to...
California recently shut down a battery recycling plant in the city of Vernon that was found to be in violation of the Clean Air Act. The action against Exide Technologies came after months of outcry from neighbors who called for an investigation into toxic emissions. The South Coast Air Quality Management...
100 years ago this month, the Los Angeles aqueduct opened between the Eastern Sierra and the San Fernando Valley. Today, despite there not being enough water to satiate the citizens of Southern California, water managers are pushing a state bond in order to fund a pair of 30-mile underground tunnels.
WASHINGTON—Saying that there’s “still a little juice left in that lemon,” content producers across the internet announced Friday that they aren’t quite done milking Cory Monteith’s death for all it’s worth. “I figure until we get a sound bite from every single person who worked with Cory Monteith on Glee, exhaust...
The brother of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan stabbed to death in San Francisco last week after leaving a Giants game disputes claims that it was self-defense. Robert Preece Jr. -- the brother of slain Dodgers fan Jonathan Denver -- told Bay Area news station KGO-TV that they and a friend were not the aggressors...
