News Producer
Darrell Satzman, our former associate producer of Morning Edition, has worked as an interim producer on KCRW's To the Point and Which Way, LA?. He's also done regular freelance work for the Los Angeles Times, and was previously a news writer at KFWB Los Angeles. His news sense, writing abilities and professional demeanor are a great asset to the station.
The Hunt for Christopher Dorner Christopher Jordan Dorner was formally charged today with killing a Riverside police officer and attempting to kill two others. So-called "special circumstances" make him eligible for the death penalty. In his lengthy manifesto on Facebook, Dorner vows "unconventional warfare" against all officers involved in his firing by the LAPD — and their families. In many Southern California neighborhoods, armed guards have been assigned to guard his possible victims. Dorner says his careers as police officer and Navy reservist have been ended because he was falsely accused of lying because he is black. He says the LAPD is as racist as it was before the Rodney King beating, despite years of investigations, reforms and new chiefs leading a department with a majority of ethnic minorities. The subject of a manhunt big enough to be called unprecedented in Southern California history, a $1 million reward has been offered for information leading to his arrest and conviction.
The Power and the Peril of Social Media Social media have been a force for liberation in repressive countries. They've also been used to organize crime...
Republican Candidates: the Ins, the Outs and the In-betweens The Republican slate of presidential contenders was shaken up this weekend. We hear what Rick Perry brings to the race and how it’s been changed by the Iowa Straw Poll.
GOP Candidates Head to Iowa for Debate and Straw Poll Last night's debate in Iowa produced fireworks between Republican presidential contenders. What did it reveal about a Republican Administration if one of these candidates defeats Barack Obama?
Child Deaths and Emergency Preparedness in LA County There's more trouble at LA County's Department of Children and Family Services, and the State Auditor says the County's withholding documents concerning the deaths of children...
Redistricting Maps Redraw California's Political Landscape For the first time, district lines for the legislature and Congress have been drawn up by a citizens' commission sworn not to take politics into consideration...
Debt Showdown: Playing Politics with the US Economy E-mail and phone lines are jammed on Capitol Hill, and there's a nasty Twitter campaign against all of Washington. But despite the impending deadline...
Hunger Strike Ends but Isolation Continues in California Prisons After three weeks, the hunger strike in California prisons is over, but it reached 6600 inmates at 13 institutions, and some prisoners showed signs of early starvation...
How was the trip? President Trump's travels got less fun as he went from the Middle East to Europe.
President Trump: US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord Trump says he was elected to serve Pittsburgh, not Paris.
Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.