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The Mixer

Steve Chiotakis talks to Los Angeles journalists about the week's leading news stories.

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Episodes

Knee Deep in LA’s Infrastructure: Who Pays?

More than 20 million gallons of water went pouring down Sunset Boulevard and onto the UCLA campus this week. The culprit? A 93-year old pipe that meanders a few feet under the road. And the age-old question is, who pays?

Aug 01, 201411 min

High LA Rents; Are Wages Keeping Up?

As cities go across the country, LA isn’t the most expensive - it’s not San Francisco or New York - but it’s pricey enough. And that has people in town scrambling for cheaper areas of town in which to live.

Jul 26, 201412 min

The State of a Border State, Where Murrieta Marks the Spot

This week, House Speaker John Boehner said it’ll be difficult to monetarily address the flow of undocumented kids across the U.S./Mexico border, until the 2008 law that allowed their travels to the aforementioned place is changed. All the while, protests have continued in the town of Murrieta, in Riverside County, where busloads of migrant kids without parents were turned away a few weeks ago.

Jul 18, 201411 min

A Brit Reports from LA

British reporter Matthew Garrahan joins KCRW's Steve Chiotakis for a look back on his eight years in LA.

Jul 11, 201410 min

Fujioka Leaves, So Do TV Pilots

LA lags behind NYC in the local filming of TV drama pilots, and LA County CEO Bill Fujioka plans to retire in November.

Jun 27, 201410 min

A New Jail, and a New Clippers Owner

Douglas Marino from the Los Angeles Register and Ben Bolch from the LA Times talk to KCRW's Steve Chiotakis on this week's Mixer.

May 09, 201410 min

Union Investments and Toyota Jobs

Dakota Smith from the Daily News and Tim Logan from the LA Times join KCRW's Steve Chiotakis for this week's Mixer.

May 02, 201413 min

Digging into the DWP Trusts

LA Weekly's Gene Maddaus joins KCRW's Steve Chiotakis to discuss the latest developments from the Department of Water and Power on this week's Mixer.

Apr 25, 20146 min

Gas Prices and Sidewalk Repairs

Emily Alpert Reyes from the LA Times and San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group business editor Kevin Smith join KCRW's Steve Chiotakis for this week's Mixer.

Apr 18, 201410 min

Yee and Others Get the Soft Senate Boot

Chris Megerian of the Los Angeles Times and Melody Gutierrez of the San Francisco Chronicle join KCRW's Steve Chiotakis for this week's Mixer.

Mar 28, 201410 min

A Pot Shop Crackdown

Dennis Romero from LA Weekly and Kerry Cavanaugh from the LA Time join KCRW's Steve Chiotakis for this week's Mixer.

Mar 14, 201410 min

The FBI's Al Qaeda Mole in LA

Richard Esposito, the senior executive producer of the NBC News Investigative Unit, speaks with KCRW's Steve Chiotakis for this week's Mixer.

Feb 28, 20147 min

Drought Politics and Cable TV Mergers

California Report Central Valley Bureau Chief Sasha Khokha and Joe Flint of the LA Times join KCRW's Steve Chiotakis for this week's Mixer.

Feb 14, 20149 min

Wax-out, but Who's Next?

Gene Maddaus from the LA Weekly and Seema Mehta from the Los Angeles Times join KCRW's Steve Chiotakis for this week's Mixer.

Jan 31, 201411 min

Resignation and Designation

Gene Maddaus of the LA Weekly and Seema Mehta of the LA Times join KCRW's Steve Chiotakis for this week's Mixer.

Jan 10, 201411 min

Saying Farewell to 2013

NBC's Andrew Blankstein, Univision's Oswaldo Borraez, KCRW's Madeleine Brand, and LA Weekly's Gene Maddaus join Steve Chiotakis for a year in review.

Dec 20, 201313 min

Density and DWP

Which Way, LA? host Warren Olney, David Zahniser of the Los Angeles Times and Gillian Flaccus of the Associated Press join KCRW's Steve Chiotakis for this week's Mixer.

Dec 13, 201312 min
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