The pickleball pickle
It’s pitting neighbors against neighbors in suburbs across the United States. Tempers are flaring. Tension is high. And nope, all the drama has nothing to do with politics or COVID or any of the usual...
31 Touko 202215min
A visit to Vancouver's safe injection site
Overdose deaths in the United States have risen rapidly during the pandemic. It’s a trend driven largely by the spread of fentanyl.In California, the push to save lives and stop the fallout has led so...
27 Touko 202220min
California’s gun control wars sway the U.S.
Today we talk about California’s huge role in influencing gun control laws in the U.S. and about the backlashes. We discuss the state’s historic 1989 ban on assault weapons and why a federal judge iss...
26 Touko 202226min
L.A. mayoral candidates debate homelessness
Last week, we partnered up with KCRW for a live mayoral debate with some of the city’s top candidates for the top job.It was the final group debate before the primary on June 7. And in it, three candi...
25 Touko 202247min
Tijuana's toughest time
In this episode of the “Border City” podcast from our sister paper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, longtime U.S.-Mexico border reporter Sandra Dibble brings us to an awful time for Tijuana: the three-ye...
24 Touko 202231min
Desperately seeking restaurant workers
The pandemic has made a lot of us rethink a lot of things. On the forefront of that existential rethink: restaurant workers. This realignment of priorities and personal interests drove lots of restaur...
23 Touko 202219min
ICE released dying detainees, avoiding responsibility
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which detains hundreds of thousands of people nationwide, typically says fewer than a dozen detainees die in its custody each year. But if the agency releases...
20 Touko 202219min
Cryptocurrency's addiction problem
The ups and downs of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin can bring quick wealth — or quick bankruptcy. It's the hope for a huge payoff that keeps people hooked on these fluctuations, to the point where t...
19 Touko 202216min
