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For a few month now, COVID-19 instances have been rising steadily across the nation, together with in Southern California. Right now, Los Angeles has a 7-day common of almost 3,000 COVID-19 instances, Orange and Riverside counties have seen comparatively decrease will increase, with a mean of greater than 600 and 400 respectively. What’s behind California’s rise in instances, and the way does what’s taking place in Southern California evaluate to what’s taking place in different elements of the nation? In our persevering with sequence trying on the newest medical analysis and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with KPCC & LAist senior well being reporter Jackie Fortiér and Dr. Dean Blumberg, professor of drugs and chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital.

Many teenagers are turning to TikTook, social media and on-line suppliers to be taught extra about ADHD and different psychological well being and neurological problems. But specialists fear concerning the misinformation, exaggeration of signs and misdiagnoses that may include these fast-hit posts or quick telehealth visits, particularly after they result in new prescriptions for adolescents. Today on AirTalk, we’ll speak to Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences on the University of Washington Maggie Sibley, John Piacentini, UCLA Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy on the University of Southern California, Julie Dopheide, to listen to extra about the advantages and downfalls of ADHD remedy within the web age.

The June main is developing and many individuals have acquired their mail-in ballots at residence. Here at KPCC and LAist, we’re shifting the main focus of our political protection away from politicians and towards voters. To that finish, we requested listeners and readers to inform us what’s essential to you this election season, and the questions and feedback we acquired fell largely into 4 key subjects, what we’re calling “destiny issues”: housing and homelessness, systemic racism, equitable economies, and training. So right here on AirTalk, we’re spending the month earlier than the first drilling down on every of these 4 areas.

Today, we have a look at the hovering price of fuel and its influence on Southern California households. The common fuel worth per gallon elevated to greater than $6.00 in California, hitting a document excessive. That’s in accordance to AAA. In Los Angeles, the common is about $6.09, in comparison with the nationwide common of almost $4.60. Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed an $18.1 billion aid package deal as an effort to handle rising prices and inflation. Ben Lefebvre, power reporter centered on enterprise and politics at POLITICO, joins Larry to debate the newest with fuel costs and the way the Biden administration and nationwide leaders are reacting. Plus, we hear from listeners about how the rise in fuel costs is affecting their backside line.

Our newsroom is getting you prepared for the first with our new “Voter Game Plan”… proper now at LAist.com/votergameplan, you’ll discover interviews with 4 of the main candidates for Los Angeles mayor, together with information on methods to vote and the problems at stake. 

The news is lots to deal with proper now, so on Airtalk, we’re setting apart time every week to speak about a few of the positives, like all the nice folks doing nice issues throughout Southern California. We requested you to assist us shine a highlight in your native heroes, and we acquired loads of nice submissions. Today on AirTalk, we’re talking with Frank Miuccio, vice-president of the Reaction Research Society, Inc, the place he shares his information and love for rockets with underserved youth in Compton, Watts, & Boyle Heights.

You can discover extra information on his group right here.

To assist us shine a highlight in your native hero, go to kpcc.org/airtalk. You’ll discover a link proper below our present description the place you may nominate your native hero. And they might be interviewed right here on AirTalk. We’re hoping to do one in every of these every week, and we will’t do it with out your assist.

Writer, playwright, director, and producer George Stevens Jr. was born into a movie household. His father was the legendary director of “Shane,” “Giant,” and “The Diary of Anne Frank.” And for some time, it regarded like Stevens would comply with in his footsteps. But life had different plans. In 1962, broadcaster Edward R. Murrow recruited Stevens for the U.S. Information Agency, with the objective of utilizing movie to advance American diplomacy around the globe. He went on to discovered the American Film Institute and co-create the Kennedy Center Honors whereas persevering with to provide, direct, and write movies and miniseries. His life and careers are detailed in a brand new memoir, “My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington” (University of Kentucky Press, 2022). Today on Airtalk, Larry talks with Stevens about his life, profession, and the facility of movie.