Dangerous heatwave for SoCal, Rancho Palos Verdes under emergency declaration, diving into LA...

the impact of climate change is in every bite you take I'm Gob chabon LA's food and culture editor join me on September 12th as we explore the intersection between food and climate at a new live event including a baking demo and Tasty Bites tickets available at las.com events on imperfect Paradise La district attorney George gasone is fighting to win reelection his Progressive policies under attack a look at the justice system gasone set to change listen to imperfect Paradise district attorney gasone from Las Studios wherever you get your podcasts today on the LA [Music] report a dangerous Heatwave arrives in [Music] SoCal an emergency's been declared in Rancho Palace veres as the land continues to slide what's [Music] next and it's much ad do about La district attorney George G [Music] gone good morning it's Wednesday September 4th I'm Austin cross and you're listening to the LA report from La EST [Music] 89.3 get ready for excessive heat over the next few days it's going to be dangerously hot Peak highs in The Valleys will be around 103 113 low to mid 90s in the basin Coachella Valley will reach up to a scorching 118 not a lot of relief at night either with highs in the 70s 80s for the deserts come tomorrow the coasts will warm up with temps in the mid 80s around the beaches tomorrow and Friday will be the hottest days of this heat wave remember drink plenty of fluids stay out of the sun check on your loved ones Morning Edition producer Jillian Manan Perez says all that heat means more smog that's LED air quality officials to issue an ozone advisory for Southern California as pollutant near the ground react to more sunlight that can cause breathing problems especially for people with asthma Santa Clarita San Gabriel Valley and some mountains and valleys in San Bernardino could get it worse this week it's a good time to run an air pro fire and avoid running big polluters like gas powered gardening equipment until the evening running your air conditioner can also help with keeping the indoor air quality pure just make sure you have a good filter that keeps pollutants out the city of La has opened a sixth cooling center to help angelinos and their pets cope with this excessive heat the latest Center is located in West Lake at Lafayette multi-purpose Community Center the centers will be open from 10: to 9: now until Friday the city's public libraries are also available for residents seeking a spot to cool down Governor Newsome declared a state of emergency yesterday in Rancho Palace veres as the city deals with hundreds of homes without power use for farzon reports the emergency declaration City officials said will all the City to immediately recover costs related to the power shut offs the state will also deploy equipment and manpower to assist City staff in repair work soel Edison and the city have also put residents in the Portuguese b beach club area unnoticed for a potential P shut off the utility company said it will not be able to provide ample notice to Residents as the land movement situation is fluid with damages to power lines happening on a daily basis for La I'm Yus Rafa arzan coming up our friends over at the imperfect Paradise pod are doing a deep dive on La district attorney George gasone we'll talk about it stick around on imperfect Paradise La district attorney George gon's critics are attacking his reforms that include seeking shorter sentences his opponent calls him pro-criminal but gasone says he's trying to undo Decades of mass incarceration when you're going after very entrenched systems there's going to be a push back right look at the justice system gasone set to change listen to imperfect Paradise district attorney gasone from Ala Studios wherever you get your podcasts laist and show Andel present an evening with Fran leitz be part of the live audience as one of our most insightful social commentators takes on current events this is liba witz off the cuff the evening will also include a book signing after the show along with an audience question and answer session it's Wednesday September 25th at the Ricardo montal Bond theater in Hollywood tickets and information at l.com [Music] events back now with the LA report I'm Austin cross early voting for The 2024 elections is about a month away in California and La district attorney George gon's re-election bid against Challenger Nathan Hawkman is one of the most high-profile and closely wanted races alist Civics and democracy correspondent Frank stz has been doing deep reporting gasone and his policies as part of a new series for our podcast in perfect Paradise it launched today Frank joined me on Morning Edition to talk about his series we started off with why the focus is on gas gone well first of all you remember gasone was elected in 2020 on a platform of progressive reform it was the year George Floyd uh was murdered and the black lives matter protest swept Los Angeles and the rest of the country voters seemed ready for change on his very first day Austin gasone carried out his promise to make sweeping changes to the way prosecutors handle criminal cases no more charging juveniles as adults no more seeking the death penalty and perhaps most significantly no more seeking what are called sentencing enhancements what are those Frank well those are the laws that let prosecutors pile on many more years to someone's potential sentence for things like carrying a gun or committing a crime for the benefit of a gang gasone told me he's trying to combat mass incarceration which disproportionately affects black and Latino men what I wanted to do really is kind of go back to the ideal of our system right it wasn't so much about just creating a a a different system it's really going back to the core functions of what our criminal legal system is that it's about fairness in the process that we were not seeing and we still don't and as you know Austin throughout gon's time in office he's been under attack uh from his own prosecutors from law enforcement politicians he became a punching bag for right-wing media he was even called out by name at the Republican National Convention so in this podcast we explored the national debate over the criminal justice system through gasone who is part of a broader Progressive da movement and we try to present a three-dimensional picture of what gasone has done during his time in office well finally it's the last week to see Brothers size at the geffin playhouse in Westwood the play tells the story about the relationship between two brothers one of them just returned from prison it's the first show under new artistic director Terrell Alvin mccraine he also wrote the play mccraine says he thought starting with his own work would also allow other artists to be vulnerable too I hoped it would be a calling card a kind of invitation in for folks the GE and playhouse has a program to bring people affected by the prison system to see the play for [Music] free hey thanks 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