National Correspondent, McClatchy Newspapers
National correspondent for McClatchy newspapers covering the justice department and homeland security.
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Marisa Taylor
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FROM Marisa Taylor
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BP Not Releasing Facts About Oil Spill In past disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the federal government was in charge. But this time, BP - the oil giant that owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig - has been designated the “responsible party.” That’s led to concerns about the flow of information. How big is the Gulf oil spill? How safe are workers trying to plug the broken well…
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Best of KCRW Podcasts: Forces of Nature This is a special holiday episode highlighting the best KCRW podcasts of 2018. After a year of fires and mudslides, who doesn’t think about how to reckon with the forces of nature? In a story from the newest podcast in the KCRW fold, Nocturne , we learn how animals deal with the most destructive force of nature: humans. Then, KCRW’s podcast The Organist tries to convince us that plants have secret lives, and to embrace the overlap of science and art.
KCRW Features
Who are the political players in the LA teachers strike? Thousands of LA public school teachers are going to be back out on the picket lines for a second day. They walked off the job Monday after failing to reach a contract agreement with the LA Unified School District, despite months of negotiations.
The Mixer
The march toward a teachers strike sounds familiar Higher salaries, larger class sizes, more counselors, librarians and nurses. Those are just some of the demands that members of United Teachers, Los Angeles - the union that represents teachers' at LAUSD - are asking for.
The 805
One year later, the threat of more mudslides still exists One year ago, torrential rain pelted the hillside community of Montecito, which was scorched a month earlier by the Thomas Fire. It unleashed a flow of mud and boulders the size of cars and killed 23 people. We check in with the community one year later and talk about what’s being done to prevent another debris flow.