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Los Angeles-based reporter for the New York Times
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Ian Lovett
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Developers use a loophole to bypass Calfornia’s environmental rules Developers are exploiting a loophole in California’s ballot initiative process to bypass environmental laws and speed developments. Normally, the planning process for development takes years, stalled by environmental reviews and lawsuits. But a developer in California can put a proposal before voters as a ballot initiative instead. And that means, because of a loophole, city officials can fast-track a proposal before it even makes it on the ballot. It’s a strategy pioneered by Wal-Mart.
Which Way, L.A.?
Will the Smartphone 'Kill Switch' Get New Life in Sacramento? Three million smartphones were stolen last year nationwide. In Los Angeles alone, 3000 were taken away. Legislators in Sacramento are considering a new law to require a "kill switch," so you could disable your phone, making it useless to thieves. For the moment, iPhone owners have an alternative, an app called " Find My iPhone ." New York Times reporter Ian Lovett wrote about how that worked for Sarah Maguire in West Covina. Maybe that worked for Maguire, but law enforcement says chasing after your stolen cellphone can lead to unintended consequences.
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Hollywood Breakdown
Awaiting judge's ruling on CNN's lawsuit against the White House CNN sued the president, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and others over the confiscation of reporter Jim Acosta's press pass. Other news networks--including Fox--have expressed support for CNN.
Martini Shot
Microdosing This is Rob Long and on today’s Martini Shot I hypothetically and with names changed, explore some of the ways writers get scripts written, from Adderall to ten micrograms of LSD, everything but just sitting down and doing the work.
Film Reviews
Widows One of the many things you may learn from “Widows” is that cemeteries don’t have gravediggers anymore; backhoes do the job.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Why reading on a page is different from reading on a screen Reading literature not only stirs up empathy, it changes our brains. So what happens to our brains when we no longer deep-read, but skim through pages in between digital disruptions, or read only short blurbs on our phones and other devices?