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Powering L-A through a hot summer When it gets hot in California, utilities are quick to tell you to watch your electricity use.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Prop. 60 calls for condoms in porn Among the long list of ballot measures Californians will vote on this November is one that would put more restrictions on the porn industry. Proposition 60 would require actors in adult films to use condoms during sex scenes. It would also require producers to pay for some medical expenses related to preventing sexually transmitted infections. But the measure has sparked a lot of backlash, and not just from the adult entertainment business. Both major political parties and eight newspaper editorial boards have lined up against it. What are the pros and cons?
Which Way, L.A.?
Deluge Bears Down on Southland Foothills The weather service predicted small hail, wind gusts over 50 miles per hour, torrential downpours for LA today -- and even weak tornados. Evacuation orders were issued this morning for 489 homes in La Canada-Flintridge , La Crescenta , Acton and Glendale . The City of Los Angeles issued 262 evacuation orders in and around Tujunga Canyon .
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Timber Troubles California has 4 billion trees, and it’s time they took some responsibility for their actions.
KCRW Features
Inside the company helping LA County change its elections Big changes are coming to L.A. County elections starting in the year 2020. You’ll see 11 days of voting, not just one, ballots on high-tech touch screen terminals instead of paper and all new election software. Los Angeles County isn’t making the changes by itself. It has a partner in the effort, a private company that’s headquartered abroad and was once the focus of federal investigators. Is it a company that voters can trust with improving its elections?
To the Point
Rebecca Traister and the Power of Women’s Anger One of America’s leading feminist writers says women have changed history since Ancient Greece. And, she says, they’ll do it again. The backlash to President Trump was just the beginning. Record numbers of women are running for congress, state governorships and local offices. She tells Warren about her latest book,“Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger.”
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What you need to know about the Gas Tax Last year, California legislators increased California’s gas tax by 12 cents a gallon. The revenue raised from the increases, over $5 billion a year, is supposed to be spent on improving transportation in the state. But there’s been a backlash to the gas tax increase, resulting in Proposition 6 on the November ballot. If passed, it would roll back the tax and require all future fuel tax increases to get voter approval.