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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Real Talk on LA's Crime Uptick

    Last week's breaking news in Los Angeles included the first rise in all categories of crime for the first time in ten years. Mayor Garcetti and the LAPD will address the issue next week. But there's another side to the story. Recent figures show that, “yes, Rodney King, we can all get along.”

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 5, 2016 • 13m Listen

    Last week's breaking news in Los Angeles included the first rise in all categories of crime for the first time in ten years. Mayor Garcetti and the LAPD will address the issue next week. But there's another side to the story. Recent figures show that, “yes, Rodney King, we can all get along.” That's according to veteran crime reporter Sam Quinones, who left the LA Times in 2014. He now writes True Tales: A Reporter's Blog.

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    Good News behind the Rise in Crime
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    2. 14:42Pay Equality in California: Will It Work in Hollywood?
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Sam Quinones

      journalist and author of “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth”

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      Charis Kubrin

      UC Irvine

      News

    The full episode

    1 of 2
    Good News behind the Rise in Crime
    1. 0:30Real Talk on LA's Crime UptickYou’re reading this
    2. 14:42Pay Equality in California: Will It Work in Hollywood?
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