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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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The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
To the Point
Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
To the Point
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.