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As tensions grew to violence against a UCLA student encampment erected in protest over the war in Gaza, many are criticizing law enforcement’s lack of intervention.
Today on AirTalk, the latest on this morning's UCLA encampment dispersal led by hundreds of police in riot gear. Also on the show, a new survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows shifting expectations for those heading into retirement; our critics review the latest shows on TV and streaming; and more.
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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell and Andy Klein review the latest releases on FilmWeek.
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A facility in Vernon has reached a $400,000 settlement with air quality regulators.
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The action by authorities began about nine hours after the initial order to disperse was issued around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday. Shortly after 5 a.m. the area was cleared, with just a small amount of protesters remaining.
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The maritime fire killed 34 people near Santa Cruz Island in 2019.
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A longtime Boyle Heights homeless shelter says about 90% of its occupants these days are new asylum seekers who’ve wound up unsheltered. As new migrants land on the street and in shelters, city homeless services and NGOs say it’s hard to get a sense of how many are falling through the cracks.
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We talk to historian Elsa Devienne about how beaches developed and her new book Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles.
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The homegrown O.C. comic left her corporate job to pursue comedy full time. Now she’s performing at the Netflix is A Joke Festival in L.A.
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Netflix Is a Joke fest kicks off, Michael Pollan on psychedelics, Accidentally Wes Anderson, and more.
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“Most everyone I know, at every level, is looking for work.”
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If a consumer product is successful, it can generate an eight- or nine-figure payday.
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Bob Bakish has been replaced by a troika of division leaders inside Paramount.
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