Representative for California's Ninth Congressional District
Representative for California's Ninth Congressional District
PROFILE
Barbara Lee
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FROM Barbara Lee
Which Way, L.A.?
Congresswoman’s Lesson in Food Stamps and Poverty Millions of Americans try to survive on the weekly allotment of Food Stamps which averages to $21 dollars worth of groceries weekly. To dramatize what that means, some members of Congress took what they called the Food Stamp Challenge.
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Regulars at Borderline Bar & Grill reflect on the shooting This year there has been a mass shooting in America on average almost once per day. As you know, the most recent was the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks where 12 people were killed when a gunman opened fire inside a local bar. It was called Borderline Bar & Grill. KCRW’s David Weinberg talked to some of the bar’s regulars about what made the place special.