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For the broadcast of September 08, 2007
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listenOff-Ramp TemperaTour(TM)

John takes us on a TemperaTour(TM) with weatherman Bill Patzert of JPL and and Steve LaDochy of CalState LA.


listenTemperaTour(TM): In Route to Griffith Park

A writer once said, "We all come here for the climate but here in California there's hardly any weather." Patzert says, "That's not true!"



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listenTemperaTour(TM): Griffith Park

JPL climatologist Bill Patzert (L) and Cal State LA meteorologist Steve LaDochy take readings at Griffith Park, as part of their Off-Ramp TemperaTour.



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listenTemperaTour(TM): Santa Monica Pier

Cal State LA meteorologist Steve LaDochy (L) and JPL climatologist Bill Patzert take readings at the Santa Monica Pier, as part of their Off-Ramp TemperaTour.


listenTemperaTour(TM): USC Weather Station

When you see weather readings of Los Angeles, you're seeing the temperature from the USC station.
listenTemperaTour(TM): Disney Hall

Temperature readings at the "heat projector" and then lunch!
listenTemperaTour(TM): Angeles National Forest

The tour goes up the mountain. How hot does it get?
listenTemperaTour(TM): Back Home

The TemperaTour comes to an end at KPCC's Pasadena studio.



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listenThis Old Thing?

John goes to a new exhibit of old Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.



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listenThe Best Milkshake in Riverside

The Fast Food Dude of the Riverside Press Enterprise takes Queena Kim to find the best milkshake in town.



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listenBelmont Fiasco

Sam Hall Kaplan asks why in the Sam Hill the Belmont Learning Center still isn't finished. And why it's so unattractive architecturally.



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listenGronk's Takes on Film

Glendale Community College is screening a new film in its planetarium. An animation of the LA artist's Gronk's brain. KPCC's Doualy Xaykaothao reports.



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listenSenator Craig Finds Sympathy with Older Gay Men

The co-author of Gay LA Stuart Timmons says Senator Larry Craig has become the poster child for the persecution gay men have suffered at the hands of police.


listenDomanick on Pelicano

Joe Domanick on the Anthony Pellicano case, the trial of the century that fizzled.
listenMacArthur Park is Alive with the Sound of Music

Not only is it now much safer to go to MacArthur Park, it's a lot more fun. This summer, they're holding thirty free evening concerts at Levitt Pavilion.
listenListener Call

Last week, Queena Kim took us to a Southern California institution, Bob Baker's Marionette Theater. A listener called in to share this memory.
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On September 15: Jerry Stahl reads from his new book "Love Without."

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