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
Behind the Mixed Signals in U.S.–China Education Ties | Joshua Philipp
American universities are known for their openness to global collaboration. But some partnerships may carry more than academic goals. In this episode, investigative journalist Joshua Philipp looks at ...
28 Jun 202551min
Why Is the Solar Industry in California on the Brink of Collapse? | Johnny Graham
California has long been a testing ground for clean energy solutions like rooftop solar. State and local leaders promoted adoption to cut emissions and lower long-term costs. But recent policy shifts ...
25 Jun 202539min
Meet the Pharmacist Whose Personalized Medicine Reaches 18 Countries | Dr. Nayan Patel
As California pushes health care innovation, working through a system not built for individual care can be limiting. That challenge led pharmacist Nayan Patel to develop tailored treatments now helpin...
24 Jun 202546min
California Is About to Lose 20% of Its Gas Supply—What Happens Next?
As California continues investing in clean energy, the gradual decline of in-state refineries is drawing attention. In this episode, a panel explores how this shift could influence long-term energy re...
22 Jun 20251h 38min
