Author, 'The Best We Could Do'
Thi Bui on KCRW
More from KCRW
Hawaiians plead with SoCal tourists amid COVID spike: Vacation somewhere else
TravelHawaii is experiencing its highest number of COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths since the pandemic began.
CA recall election wasn’t a total waste of $300 million, says Joe Mathews
RecallSecretary of State Shirley Weber said the total cost of the special election could exceed $300 million.
Juniors
PoliticsKen and Josh discuss the Trump Organization, “felonious” behavior and the fate of the very recognizable defendant known as the QAnon Shaman.
Gov. Newsom keeps his seat after a majority of California voters reject the recall
RecallThe attempt to recall Governor Gavin Newsom has failed, according to a call by The Associated Press, allowing the governor to stay in office until at least 2023.
Fates of the henchmen
PoliticsJosh Barro and Ken White talk about the fate of Rudy Giuliani associate, and why you should closely read the script before recording a Cameo.
Difficulty of closing Gitmo, quiet tragedy of police suicides
NationalOn the eve of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Guantánamo Bay detention center is still open, and 39 detainees are still in custody, down from a high of nearly…
Small businesses power Newsom recall, LAPD collects social media data of everyone they stop
PoliticsCalifornia’s recall election has been powered by some small business owners who are disgruntled about pandemic-era restrictions and pessimistic about the state’s future.
Newsom put himself in recall danger
RecallCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom now seems likely to survive the effort to recall him, but he should reflect on what got him into trouble.
‘Great Wall of LA’ expansion, jobs for incarcerated firefighters, OC COVID ‘gag order’
Race & EthnicityA multi-million dollar grant will expand Judy Baca’s iconic mural called “The Great Wall of Los Angeles” and invest in the area surrounding it.