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Which Way, L.A.?

Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back in LA's War on Gangs

Hosted by Warren Olney Mar. 06, 2007
There's good news and bad news with two gang-related arrests in the past two days.  What do they tell us about the latest efforts to crack down on gangs and prevent kids from joining them? Also, there are 38 elections today in Los Angeles County, but the turnouts are expected to be dismal as usual.

There's good news and bad news with two gang-related arrests in the past two days.  What do they tell us about the latest efforts to crack down on gangs and prevent kids from joining them? Also, there are 38 elections today in Los Angeles County, but the turnouts are expected to be dismal as usual.

From this Episode:

Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back in LA's War on Gangs

There's good news and bad news with two gang-related arrests in the past two days. Today, LA's Mayor and Police Chief announced today the arrest of Steve Garcia , a murder...

14 min

Election Ennui

There are 38 elections today in Los Angeles County , with the most attention being paid to LA. But the most attention is not very much and turnouts are expected to be...

10 min

Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Dan Konecky, Andrea Brody

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