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Gun Control in the Wake of Tucson, Gardena High Shootings
As several schools in the San Fernando Valley are locked down while police look for a man who shot a school policeman, columnist Steve Lopez debates the Executive Director of Gun Owners of America. Also, while cities work overtime to protect redevelopment money, Governor Brown tells them he needs it to help solve the state's massive financial problems. Plus, Sheriff Lee Baca responds to an LA Times editorial accusing him of performing official favors for wealthy contributors in Beverly Hills. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, Iran, Stuxnet and international diplomacy.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenAs several schools in the San Fernando Valley are locked down while police look for a man who shot a school policeman, columnist Steve Lopez debates the Executive Director of Gun Owners of America. Also, while cities work overtime to protect redevelopment money, Governor Brown tells them he needs it to help solve the state's massive financial problems. Plus, Sheriff Lee Baca responds to an LA Times editorial accusing him of performing official favors for wealthy contributors in Beverly Hills. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the New York Times reports that the US and Israel tested equipment just like that in Iran's nuclear program, which was partly disabled by the Stuxnet computer virus. Is Stuxnet the future of cyberwarfare? What are the risks of blowback and the immediate consequences for renewed talks with Iran?
Banner image: Lichelle Hill (R) hugs her daughter Breann Hill (L), 15, outside Gardena High School in Gardena, California January 18, 2011 after two students were shot, one in the head, when a gun went off accidentally in a classroom. Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
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4 storiesBrown Faces City Officials over Proposed Elimination of Redevelopment Funds
Governor Jerry Brown addressed the California League of Cities today after reports in the morning papers that cities around the state are trying to protect redevelopment money he wants to spend on public safety and schools. John Myers is Sacramento reporter for public radio station KQED in San Francisco and host of The California Report .
Read the story5 minGun Control in the Wake of Tucson, Gardena High Shootings
A high school and a middle school in Woodland Hills were locked down today after a school policeman was shot and a manhunt got under way for man described as possibly in his 40's. The officer was wearing body armor, and was hospitalized in fair condition.
Read the story12 minCharges of Favoritism Dog Sheriff Baca
On Saturday, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was accused of favoritism in an LA Times editorial . In two previous articles and one since, the paper reported that Baca personally intervened on behalf of two people in Beverly Hills.
Read the story7 minIran, Stuxnet and International Diplomacy
The US and Israel now say Iran is not as far along in developing nuclear technology as they thought just a few months ago. Hillary Rodham Clinton says that's due to international sanctions. The outgoing chief of Israeli intelligence cites what he calls " technical setbacks ."
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