LA's Troubles with America's #1 Sport
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Los Angeles is supposed to be a great sports town. The Dodgers, Lakers and Clippers are going strong, but USC and Michigan--the teams in next month's Rose Bowl game--are disappointed, and the National Football League is playing games with local officials. Plus, the State Supreme Court may throw out the ban on gay marriage; and, will LA County ban trans fats in restaurants?
Making News
State Supreme Court to Review Gay Marriage Ban ()
Proposition 22 passed by a large margin in 2000, defining marriage in California as "a union between a man and a woman." Today the State Supreme Court agreed to decide if it violates the constitutional ban against discrimination.
Guests:
- Itir Yakar: Staff writer for the Daily Journal
Main Topic
A "Great Sports Town" and Its Trouble with Football ()
This year's Rose Bowl decided the championship of college football. In next month's game, USC and Michigan will be also-rans--and the NFL has been gone for 12 years. The Pac 10 will again play the Big 10 again next month at the Rose Bowl, but the 93-year tradition is turning into just another college game. Meantime, another, less celebrated, tradition was established 12 years ago. That's when the pro-football Rams left Anaheim and the Raiders departed the LA Coliseum. Ever since, the National Football League has played hard-to-get with a series of public officials.
Guests:
- Chris Dufresne: Sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times
- Mark Ridley-Thomas: State Senator, @mridleythomas
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Reporter's Notebook
LA County Considering Banning Trans Fats ()
New York City's already done it and Chicago's thinking about it. Now Los Angeles County is among the local governments exploring a possible ban on trans fats in restaurants.
Guests:
- Jonathan Fielding: LA County Director of Public Health
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Underwriters
Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.
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