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Novelist based at Tufts University in Boston; author of Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Daylight Saving in California The biannual “spring forward fall back” dance that we Californians do may be a thing of the past if assembly member Kansen Chu (D-San Jose) gets his way. He’s introduced a bill to do away with the business of clock-adjusting. Michael Downing joins us to give some much-needed perspective on this practice.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Preparing for Terror Brussels is on lockdown for a third straight day because of concerns of a possible terrorist attack there. And France is in a three-month state of emergency. Los Angeles is not under any kind of imminent threat, but what are the city’s plans to handle a terrorist incident, or the possibility of one?
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Design and Architecture
Farewell LA freeways, Peter Shire is back Angelenos don't want more freeways but we seem not to want mass transit either. Metro has killed the 710 freeway extension, and bus and train ridership is down across the region. What's the future of getting around in LA? And, Peter Shire is having a comeback. What attracts a new generation to his playful ceramics and furniture?