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Music as rehabilitation at California prisons
Rock musician Cody Marks and her band have been playing at California prisons for more than a decade as part of the nonprofit Jail Guitar Doors, which offers music workshops as a form of rehabilitation.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 24m ListenRock musician Cody Marks and her band have been playing at California prisons for more than a decade as part of the nonprofit Jail Guitar Doors, which offers music workshops as a form of rehabilitation. Also, will a huge salt dome in Utah help Southern California go green? And will LA extend its bar hours to 4 am?
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3 storiesIs music effective rehab for California inmates?
Rock musician Cody Marks is onstage at a gymnasium at San Diego’s Richard J. Donovan prison, a few miles from the Mexico border. About 50 people are in the audience.
Read the story10 minThe future of LA’s clean energy could be under a salt dome
Los Angeles and the rest of California are committed to getting 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2045. But how do you store enough wind and solar energy for millions of Angelenos during cloudy windless days?
Read the story8 minWill LA bars be able to stay open until 4 am?
Last year, State Senator Scott Wiener's effort to extend bar hours to 4 am was blocked by former Governor Jerry Brown, who said it would add "two more hours of mischief and mayhem for police."
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