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    Which Way, L.A.?

    What Does the LA Fire Department Have to Hide?

    The LA Fire Department is limiting public information on emergency calls. Is it related to the controversy over response times, which could have life-or-death consequences?

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    By Warren Olney • Mar 22, 2012 • 48m Listen

    The Los Angeles City Fire Department is limiting public information on emergency calls: public updates to the press and the agency’s Twitter feed won’t be as detailed as they used to be. Is it related to the controversy over response times, which could have life-or-death consequences? If the public’s at risk, will warnings be specific enough to help people protect themselves? What if it’s at a school? Also, California could be the state that decides if Mitt Romney can sew up the presidential nomination before the GOP convention in Tampa. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, the price of gasoline and the race for the White House.

    Banner image: Paramedics evacuate the injured, near the wreckage of two trains that collided in Glendale, California. Photo by Hector Mata/AFP/Getty Images

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:00

      What Does the LA Fire Department Have to Hide?

      The Los Angeles City Fire Chief Brian Cummings admits he issued misleading statistics on whether his department has been responding to emergency calls in time to save lives. Now he's announced that he's limiting public updates on emergency calls, saying he's acting on advice from City Attorney Carmen Trutanich.

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      16 min
    2. 15:55

      Will CA Finally Get to Play Ball in a Presidential Primary?

      California's statewide primary elections are held in June. The last time the largest state in the union was important in a presidential race was 1972, when George McGovern beat Hubert Humphrey to win the Democratic nomination. This could be the year when California's voice is heard again, this time on the Republican side.

      Read the story
      8 min
    3. 23:51

      The Price of Gasoline and the Race for the White House

      Americans are suffering from increased pain at the gas pump, and Republicans are blaming President Obama. What are the real causes of increased gasoline prices? Can the President persuade voters it's not his fault and that he's doing all he can?

      Read the story
      24 min
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:0016 min

      What Does the LA Fire Department Have to Hide?

    2. 15:558 min

      Will CA Finally Get to Play Ball in a Presidential Primary?

    3. 23:5124 min

      The Price of Gasoline and the Race for the White House

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