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 Under Pressure, Uber Drops Arbitration Requirement for Sexual Assault Victims | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 234

Uber says customers, drivers and employees who are sexually harassed or assaulted will no longer have to go to arbitration, which had required them to keep their stories private.

 Koreatown's St. Mary's Episcopal offers a safe haven for homeless living in their cars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 481

A stucco church in the heart of K-town, nestled between homes, apartments and a community garden, is doing its part to solve a local crisis.

 Broken pipes and limited gas storage: Why it's a risky summer for the power supply | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 57

Southern California Gas Company doesn't know when outages on four major gas pipelines will be fixed, and as a result, we'll have less gas imported this summer, heightening the possibility of power outages.

 What your fellow humans want to know about voting in the primary election | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 365

Questions about the elections from Southern California voters and our answers will be updated every week leading up to California's primary election on June 5.

 From Delta blues to SoCal surf: These songs will make you move and feel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 481

Artists Ry Cooder, La Luz and TT make for an eclectic edition of Tuesday Reviewsday.

 On the ground in Gaza: Is Israel’s use of force justified? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1068

US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the UN Security Council this morning no member “would act with more restraint than Israel has.”

 FAA picks San Diego as pilot region for US DOT trial commercial drone program | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1125

Drones delivering lab samples to and from labs and take-out orders right to your door just got one step closer to reality.

 ‘New Journalism’ creator and best-selling author Tom Wolfe dies at 88 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 531

Tom Wolfe, the white-suited wizard of "New Journalism" who exuberantly chronicled American culture from the Merry Pranksters through the space race before turning his satirical wit to such novels as "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and "A Man in Full," has died. He was 88.

 KPCC special: How your culture impacts the user of painkillers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1257

LA County has lower rates of opioid use and abuse than much of the US.

 Proposed ballot initiative wants to protect your data, but some tech companies says it will lead to job losses | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1735

The Cambridge Analytica scandal brought renewed scrutiny to how internet companies access, collect and use your data, as well as calls from consumer advocates for more stringent regulations.

 With 60 Killed In Gaza, U.N. Rights Commissioner Criticizes Israel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 378

Attempts to cross or damage a fence "are not sufficient grounds for the use of live ammunition," the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said.

 How new superintendent Austin Beutner plans to help LAUSD's struggling schools | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 280

But the most intractable challenge L.A. Unified faces are not financial; at their heart, they're academic. How does Beutner think he can reverse them?

 The opioid epidemic isn't hitting LA as hard as the rest of the country. Ethnic diversity might explain why | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 280

L.A. County's opioid OD rate is much lower than the overall U.S. rate. The county’s leader in substance abuse prevention says racial and ethnic diversity could be a factor.

 Why Painting A Black Boy's Nails Isn't 'Going Against His Culture' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1877

Being a kid who defies gender norms is tough. It can be even tougher when you're also contending with pressures — and stereotypes — tied to your race.

 Nike Sees Executive Departures In Harassment Reckoning | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 236

Some former Nike employees say a jock mentality that celebrated athletics also encouraged bullying and the departure of talented women.

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