AirTalk
Living A Richer Life With Less Stuff
01/16/2007
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Closets crammed with clothes, basements filled with boxes ready to topple, and kitchen counters awash in a maze of unused appliances. Sound familiar? Peter Walsh, the organizational guru from TLC's hit show Clean Sweep, understands how easy it is for clutter to creep into your life and how hard it is to get rid of it. Larry talks with Walsh about his new book, All Too Much, in which Walsh shares his system for letting go of clutter - both emotional and physical.
KPCC News
Hurricane Puts Pair of Priests on New Spiritual Trek
08/29/2006
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Two Roman Catholic priests who left New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina are now preaching in the Southland and looking for a spiritual meaning in one of the nation's worst natural disasters.
KPCC News
New Orleans-Born Artist Plans Exhibit Honoring Hurricane Victims
08/29/2006
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Many New Orleans natives have sent money or supplies to help victims of Hurricane Katrina, but artist William Pajaud is honoring his hometown another way - with his paintbrush.
Patt Morrison
Katrina Brought Them Here: Third of Three Stories
08/29/2006
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The Katrina trilogy continues - the stories of people driven from New Orleans who chose to or had to come to Los Angeles. This time it's a woman who spent four days in the notorious Convention Center before she could ultimately join her son in her new life in Altadena. Ernestine Sara and her son Kenny Sara join Patt in studio to share their story of how Katrina brought a mother and son together.
On September 1st , Kenny Sara and the Sounds of New Orleans will be playing the summer concert series at the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts in Pasadena. The music will be a blend of New Orleans Jazz, Cajun Zydeco, and R&B.
Patt Morrison
Coverage One Year Later
08/29/2006
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Looking back at the news coverage of Hurricane Katrina, we see some recurrent problems with reporting on disasters. Have journalists changed their coverage on this one year anniversary? Keith Woods, Dean of Faculty for The Poynter Institute, sees five major lessons that news organizations should remember when the next catastrophe strikes.
"Katrina: One Year Later (KPCC Reports on Victims of Hurricane Katrina Residing in Southern California)" is made possible in part by a grant from the California Council for the Humanities, as part of the Council's statewide California Stories Initiative.
