Why Bird and Lime turned off their scooters in Santa Monica and urged riders to rally

The two companies took their own fleets offline to protest the possibility they might be shut out of the city's mobility pilot program, putting their future in the city at risk.

On Wednesday's show:

• L.A. doctors could get warnings when patients overdose on opioids.
• Iranian studies scholars from around the world gather for their association’s conference this week in Irvine.
• California bill attempts to get more women on corporate boards of directors.
• Westlake residents battle affordable housing development.
• National anthem protests continue in the NFL.
• The skies may darken around the Ojai Valley in Ventura County.

Highlights from Wednesday's show:

• State lawmakers introduced a series of bills in the wake of #MeToo. Where are they now?
• LAPD Chief Moore: hostages killed in crossfire, body camera videos, predictive policing and more
• New Weinstein lawsuit rides on the legal definition of Hollywood’s ‘casting couch’ and more

On Wednesday's show:

• Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, co-creators of the Stephen King TV series, "Castle Rock"
• Singer-songwriter Neko Case
• Ramzi Fawaz, author of "The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics.”

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