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Abercrombie & Fitch controversy sparks movement to clothe the homeless

Greg Karber tries to hand a homeless man on Skid Row clothes from Abercrombie & Fitch.

Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries made waves recently for saying in an interview that he doesn’t want “not so cool” people or obese women to wear his company’s clothes.
In response, LA filmmaker Greg Karber came up with a funny way to readjust the Abercrombie & Fitch brand – by giving away their clothes to the homeless of Skid Row.
KCRW’s Steve Chiotakis spoke with …

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Today’s News: Schools get a boost in Brown’s budget; LAUSD moves to cut suspensions; USC feels the music

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Governor’s budget. Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest budget proposal includes more money for schools, and less money for just about everything else. Even with state revenues surging, Brown’s revised budget trims $1.3 billion from the plan he presented in January.
Brown says there’s no guarantee the surge in tax revenue will last. And he says California’s finances remain unstable because of the federal sequester budget cuts …

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Live from New York, it’s the Upfronts

This week in New York, television network executives are presenting their offerings for the fall season – and pitching those shows to press and major advertisers. The goal? To allow marketers to buy commercial airtime “up front,” before the fall season begins.
About $9 billion in advertising revenue is expected to be raised at the Upfronts.
Kim Masters hosts KCRW’s The Business and spoke with KCRW’s …

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Happy ‘Bike Week!’

During Bike Week L.A., many cycling shops are offering bicycle repairs and free tutorials on how to care and service your bike.

Yes, yes, we all know Los Angeles is supposed to be the Kingdom of the Car and the Fiefdom of the Freeway. But this week, L.A. cyclists are getting some love, attention and care. It’s all part of  Bike Week L.A., an annual event that celebrates bicycle culture in the region and encourages people to try commuting using pedal power.
Bike Week L.A. events include  …

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Is it time to get rid of ‘Pilot Season?’

Associate Producer, Marshall Boone works 20-hour days during pilot season.

This week, the big five broadcast networks will unveil their fall lineups to advertisers and press at the Upfronts in New York City, hosting star-studded presentations and lavish parties to lure advertisers and press.
The Upfronts also mark the end of pilot season, the frenetic time of year from January to April when the television industry churns out dozens of pilots, which are trial episodes …

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Foster youth share their story in song and dance on stage

The cast of "Stop Requested"

In LA County alone, there are 20 thousand youth who have more urgent concerns besides iPhones, cars, and dating.  They’re foster kids, struggling to transcend neglectful and abusive homes, and then to survive in a system which turns them out to fend for themselves at age 18.
This weekend, I visited the offices of the Southern California Foster Family and Adoption Agency to meet a group …

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Today’s News: School Board could curb suspensions

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Dealing with defiance. The L.A. Board of Education is due to vote tomorrow on a landmark resolution that would ban suspensions for what’s called “willful defiance.” The move comes amid a growing belief in some quarters that suspending students for disruptive behavior is counterproductive.
“Willful defiance” can involve anything from cursing at a teacher to incessant talking or failing to wear a school uniform. The …

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Friday Mixer: Polls, schools and optics

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On today’s Mixer, we welcomed Gene Maddaus from the LA Weekly and Howard Blume, the education reporter from the Los Angeles Times.
There are a couple of new polls that came out this week. One comes from the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs at Cal State Los Angeles, showing 46% of likely voters backing Wendy Greuel and 45% who back Eric Garcetti.
Nine percent are still undecided.
The Cal State survey shows Greuel polls …

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USC poaches UCLA brain research lab

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The UCLA-USC crosstown rivalry took a new turn today with a major case of academic poaching. USC has lured away two prominent neuroscientists from UCLA with a promise to expand their internationally renowned lab.
Their research uses brain imaging techniques to study Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, autism and other disorders. Arthur Toga and Paul Thompson will move to the USC Keck School of Medicine campus next …

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Remember Tabitha Soren of MTV news? She’s an artist now

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What do you do with the rest of your life when you’ve become a TV star and an icon for a generation at age 23?  Tabitha Soren and MTV news were to the 90s Presidential campaigns what Twitter was to Obama.  After running around covering President Clinton, she married a superstar writer (Michael Lewis), won a prestigious journalism fellowship at Stanford (the Knight), and had three …

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