Apple CEO Jobs’ ‘Thoughts on Music’
The tech and music worlds are still buzzing after Apple CEO Steve Jobs' recently published essay, "Thoughts on Music" appeared on the company blog. In the essay, he suggests a drastic change in the way record labels sell their music online. Andy Sternberg has more on what this might mean for the future of digital music downloads and DRM. (posted 2/28/07)
By Andy Sternberg

The Face of Poetry
David Kates spoke with Andrew Wulf and Tyson Gaskill about the USC exhibit "The Face of Poetry." (posted 2/26/07)
By David Kates

A Veggie Oil Solution
Gas prices are going down, but the demand for alternative fuel isn't going away. One solution is the household ingredient vegetable oil to replace diesel gasoline. Two men began Veggieoil.org in Van Nuys, California. Dominique Vargas reports. (posted 11/21/06)
By Dominique Vargas

Healing in Rwanda
The Rwandan genocide occurred more than a decade ago. But survivors and perpetrators of the violence are just now beginning the painful process of discussion and healing. Reporter David Kates spoke with Marissa Sellers about her trip to Rwanda last summer. They talked at the opening of the photography exhibit, "Orphans of the Rwanda Genocide." (photo by Jerry Berndt, California African American Museum) (posted 10/25/06)
By David Kates

Bimini Place
The Metropolitan Transit Authority wants you to ride the bus, or at least get out of your cars and walk every once in awhile. One way the MTA is encouraging this is through a series of neighborhood grants designed to make streets more pedestrian friendly. Caitlan Carroll went to Bimini Place, a historic eastside neighborhood that will soon be getting a facelift courtesy of the MTA. (posted 10/24/06)
By Caitlan Carroll

Shining Up the Shrine
Alfonso Corona can be found at Hollywood's biggest award shows. But he doesn't walk the red carpet, he vacuums it. Corona has been a maintenance man for the Shrine Auditorium in downtown L.A. for over 20 years, and it's a job that he loves.
Download/View the print version. (posted 10/21/06)
By Lindsay Watts

Bracing For the Next Storm
It's hurricane season again, but people along the Gulf Coast are just starting to come to terms with the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina. Shirley Shin spoke with a New Orleans native who worries that another storm could hit and wipe out the recovery efforts of the past year.
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By Shirley Shin

Faith and Prejudice: Being Muslim in America
USC sophomore Zeyad Ali is no stranger to discrimination. He says his Saudi Arabian background and Muslim name caused him to be stopped at Boston airport when he was 15. Ali recounts being strip-searched and asked if had plans to be a suicide bomber.
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By Lindsay Watts

The Original Dog Whisperer
Five years before the National Geographic's "Dog Whisperer" became a worldwide hit, Paul Owens released a DVD and book with the same name but an entirely different approach. Andy Sternberg met with Owens to discuss the bastardization of the art of "dog whispering." Download/view this article (.pdf). (posted 10/19/06)
By Andy Sternberg

Katrina Evacuee Tells Her Story
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, an inner-city outreach facility in Los Angeles extended its aid to the Gulf Coast. The Dream Center is currently housing, feeding and clothing more than 200 evacuees. One New Orleans resident told Taleen Ananian her journey out of the floodwaters of New Orleans to Los Angeles. (posted 10/17/05)
By Taleen Ananian