16 California Universities Rejected Asian Teen Prodigy, So Google Hired Him | Nan Zhong
Stanley Zhong, a teen prodigy from Palo Alto, earned a 1590 on the SAT and built a secure code tool during the pandemic that later led to a job offer from Google. However, he was rejected by every Uni...
19 Jul 202542min
California Reforms Major Environmental Law: What’s Next? | Jim Righeimer
Assembly Bill 130 and Senate Bill 131 aim to speed up housing approvals by limiting the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in targeted areas. Former Costa Mesa Mayor Jim Righeimer explains ho...
16 Jul 202538min
California Prisons Gang and Drug Culture Making Reform an Impossible Task | Zach Skow | Hector Bravo
California’s prison system has been experimenting with rehabilitation for years. Programs like Zac Skow’s dog rescue work inside facilities to build trust and teach responsibility. But as Hector Bravo...
12 Jul 202544min
US Army Corps Exits LA Fires Cleanup Effort — What’s Next? | Elaine Culotti
Cleanup in LA’s fire zones has slowed to a crawl. The Army Corps finished its work, but half the burned lots are still sitting untouched. Homeowners are now on their own, facing blocked haul routes, l...
9 Jul 202540min
How a Family-Run Truck Business Survived LA’s Shifting Industrial Landscape | Mark Baatz
Mark Baatz moved to Los Angeles from Canada in the 1980s and took a sales job at a small tow truck dealership run by his father and a partner. Over the next 37 years, he helped grow the business throu...
8 Jul 202524min
How is LA's Mansion Tax Impacting Housing Development? | Mott Smith
Voters thought Los Angeles’ mansion tax would target luxury home sales to help fund solutions for homelessness. In practice, it’s affecting a much wider range of properties, including apartment buildi...
5 Jul 202539min
California Is Rolling Back Its Landmark Environmental Policy to Create More Housing |
For decades, California’s environmental law, CEQA, has made it harder to build housing, even in places where it makes the most sense. A new reform changes that. In this episode, land use attorney Dave...
3 Jul 202526min
California’s Gas Prices Are 50 Percent Higher Than National Average—What's Next? | Michael Mische
California’s Phillips 66 refinery will close this October, and Valero’s Northern California facility is expected to follow in 2026, reducing in-state refining capacity by 20 percent. USC professor Mic...
2 Jul 202549min
