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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Sharks! Off the coast of Manhattan Beach, long-distance swimmer Steven Robles was out with friends for a two-mile swim on Saturday. And so was a 7 foot long, juvenile great white shark that bit Robles on the side of his chest.
Which Way, L.A.?
Baby Sharks in Santa Monica Bay Early this month, lifeguards cleared El Porto Beach in Manhattan Beach after sighting a couple of great white sharks about 6 feet long. A week later, the captain of a whale-watching boat saw an 18-footer eating a sea lion off the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There’s not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.
Design and Architecture
Securing Public Spaces, Super Wealthy Asians Vehicles are increasingly being used as weapons, as seen in the London Bridge attack over the weekend and in New York’s Times Square last month. The Compton-based company Calpipe is designing security bollards to help make public spaces safer. And novelist Kevin Kwan satirizes the “crazy rich” Asian jet set and their luxurious tastes in his latest book, “Rich People Problems.”