Thirty Mile Zone is the LA Podcast movie club. We are interrogating classic  and obscure LA movies to try to better comprehend the image of our city  that Hollywood exports to audiences near and far.

Watch along with us: The next Thirty Mile Zone release is on December 8: "Marriage Story"

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Below you can find links to subjects discussed on LA Podcast #202.

Headlines:

• An LAFD firefighter wiped his behind in front of his bosses with a piece of paper from the city asking him to acknowledge that he needs to get vaccinated.
• A former LASD deputy claims the department is retaliating against him for not being down with falsifying reports. 
• What should we make of a city contract to Urban Alchemy to respond to 911 calls involving unhoused residents in Hollywood and Venice?
  • Previous reporting on Urban Alchemy by Jon Peltz.

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Below you can find links to all subjects discussed on LA Podcast #201.

Headlines:

• US Senators considering his appointment to ambassadorship are aware of the allegations of sexual harassment against one of Eric Garcetti's closest advisors. 
• Metro Directors will consider potential changes to the role of law enforcement aboard transit.
  • See draft recommendations for changes to onboard policing on Metro buses and trains here.
• Union Rescue Mission director Andy Bales may be headed to the LAHSA commission. 
• The air quality in LA this last week was horrible.

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Scott is joined by Alison Herman (The Ringer) and Andrew Ti (Yo Is This Racist?) to talk about 2001’s The Fast and the Furious, humble franchise launchpad that takes on the late 90s street racing scene in LA. We talk about the birth of modern film franchises, movies about male friendship, and The Supply Chain.

Thirty Mile Zone is the LA Podcast movie club. We are interrogating classic  and obscure LA movies to try to better comprehend the image of our city  that Hollywood exports to audiences near and far.

Watch along with us: The next Thirty Mile Zone release is on November 24: "The Terminator"

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Below you can find links to all subjects discussed on LA Podcast #199.

Headlines:

• Eric Garcetti tests positive for Covid-19, and rehires his old chief of staff.
• LA City Council Redistricting map changes completely now it's in the hands of the council itself. Some districts still stand to change.
  • Congressional maps are also changing, and LA could lose a Black US Congressmember.
• Several policing items were discussed, we link here:
  • The dismissal of a case brought by an LASD whistleblower claiming the Compton Executioner deputy gang retaliated against him.
  • An LASD deputy is on trial for manslaughter.
  • Murder-2 chargers filed against Long Beach School Officer who killed 18-year-old.
  • $17 million awarded to family of Kenneth French, the 32-year-old disabled man who was shot and killed in a Costco by an off-duty LAPD officer.
  • Inglewood PD officer indicted for cocaine trafficking.
• LASD stops and searches bicyclists all the time.
• New UCLA report says Film and TV representation is still unequal.
• The Aliso Canyon natural gas field is going to get bigger.

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Below you can find links to all subjects discussed on LA Podcast #198.

Headlines:

• Feds hint more co-conspirators coming in the Mark Ridley-Thomas corruption trial.
• LA launches a "basic income" program. But is it really public assistance?
• What can we learn from a court case about corruption in homeless services?
• Mayoral candidate Joe Buscaino is pushing a ballot measure for next June. Why? 
  • Link to council motion proposal.
• What even was the point of the redistricting commission when  it's all going to change anyway?
  • Link to memo from LA City's Chief Legislative Analyst office.

Scott talks to Alison Herman (The Ringer), Juliet Bennett Rylah (The Hustle) and Lindsay Katai (Infinity Train, Teen Creeps) about Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2016 horror film The Neon Demon.

Join us as we talk about witches, how LA presents itself to the unprepared, and a P22 sighting in Pasadena.

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Below you can find links to all subjects discussed on LA Podcast #197.

Headlines:

• Cerise Castle reports on an LASD deputy who has fatally shot two people in the last 18 months, but is still on the job.
• The City of LA does a poor job of tracking deaths from extreme heat. Now CM Paul Koretz is proposing some changes.
• Meanwhile, we've officially achieved "drought emergency" status. 
• The LA City Council approves enforcement of the anti-homeless law 41.18 at 54 locations around the city.
• Whistleblowers say the Los Angeles Fire Department harbors a toxic and misogynist culture.
• LA City's vaccine mandate for public employees keeps getting extended. What's going on?

Main Story:

• What's going to happen to Council District 10 now its representative has been suspended?

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Below you can find links to subjects discussed on LA Podcast #196.

Headlines:

• We’re sorry’: L.A. moves to make amends for wrongs committed against Indigenous people
• A son’s troubles, financial desperation brought USC dean, Mark Ridley-Thomas together
• How USC Became the Most Scandal-Plagued Campus in America
• LA clears another park encampment in battle over worsening housing crisis
• IATSE and AMPTP Close to Deal to Avert Crippling Hollywood Strike