Kitty Felde Washington, D.C. Correspondent
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Kitty Felde is KPCC's Washington, D.C. Correspondent.
Before moving to the nation's capital, Kitty hosted KPCC's "Talk of the City" from 1997-2006.
In addition to her work in Los Angeles, Felde has reported from Africa and The Hague on AIDS and the war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and Bosnia.
When Felde puts down her microphone, she puts on her pointed shoes in ballet class. She's also an award-winning playwright. Her work has been produced at the National Theater in Washington, D.C., and at various theaters in New York and Los Angeles. If you look very closely in Woody Allen's "Radio Days," you'll spot her playing the role of Mrs. Riley.
Stories by Kitty Felde
UC students vote absentee from DC
If you were planning to vote absentee in Tuesday’s election — sorry, it’s too late. The deadline to apply for a vote-by-mail ballot passed yesterday. Record numbers of Californians are voting by mail — including University of California students spending this fall in the nation’s capital.
Would California be better off with a Republican senator?
Whether the issue was stimulus spending, health care or financial regulation, Democrats courted senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. They’re moderate Republicans willing to cross party lines. Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel called them “focused negotiators” that use their votes to bargain for the best interests of their state. Would a Republican – say, Carly Fiorina – help California cut better deals in the Senate?
Zombies on the mall...just another day in Washington
Nice to know the site where Marian Anderson sang and Martin Luther King preached and anti-war demonstrators gathered has now become a backdrop for AMC to plug its zombie series. Early this morning, a gaggle of the undead arrived on the national Mall - only to be turned away by the brave US Park Police.
Calif's high speed rail project gets $900M from federal government
California’s high-speed rail project just got a jolt of federal investment money.
You think your ballot is confusing?
I spotted lawn signs all over south Jersey for next week's election...most of them for very odd political offices we just don't have in southern California. What the heck is a "Freeholder" or a "Surrogate" anyway?
Philly fans gracious in defeat
I've been watching the Giant/Phillies playoff games in the heart of south Jersey, the communities around Atlantic City. I had no idea this was the heart of Phillies country.
Goodbye Yankees
Good for the Texas Rangers. It'll be so nice to see someone besides the New York Yankees in the World Series.
This is what I miss about California
I don't know why they sing "God Bless America" in the middle of a ballgame. I know it's a holdover from after 9/11. I think "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" is pretty darn patriotic.
Dana Rohrabacher sings!
When you picture a child of the 1960's from California, you picture tie die and the faint scent of marijuana and lots of quinoa.
Dan Schorr's typewriter
I was signing the paperwork, turning over my collection of ephemera from my days covering the Simpson/Goldman murder trial to the Newseum. It was nice to have someone else store my collection of cartoons, press pass, media party passes, pictures, etc.
Gerrymandering
There are two measures on the November ballot dealing with gerrymandering.
Schwarzenegger tweets about Calif. governor's race
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in London today where he told British Prime Minister David Cameron “not to be an economic girlie-man.” The Governor also found time to Twitter his way into California’s political fray.
CIA looking for espias
The CIA is looking for Latinos. Or rather, looking to hire Hispanics.
Schwarzenegger endorses candidate in Senate race... in Florida
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, flying back from a trade mission to Russia, lent his endorsement to a high profile Senate candidate. But that candidate is not running in California; it's Florida's Charlie Crist.
Looking for Superwoman
Attention Mayor Villaraigosa and LAUSD Board: Michelle Rhee is available.
