Philip Teresi

A valley assemblyman is arguing that surcharges on driving infractions should be eliminated because they were never approved to last 18 years. His colleagues killed it in committee twice and now he's starting a petition. Sacramento is proposing eliminating development-related fees in an effort to combat the state's housing crisis

Welcome to Tuesday! We start with an audit of the the CA Lottery shows it has shortchanged schools by $36 million dollars. Impromptu PSA regarding multitasking and whether or not women are better at it than men. The District 16 Congressional Debate is tonight and the big question is, will Esmeralda Soria show? A new study of census data shows that Fresno ranks #2 for least educated large city in the US. Philip, Skip and listeners discuss.

Demolition company accidentally tears down the wrong house and now they're being sued. In the spirit of screwups, Philip shares a few details of haphazard homebuilder fails during the housing boom. As if San Francisco residents didn't have to deal with enough noise, now they have the sound effects of "Matrix 4" to deal with. Sen. Chuck Schumer admits to spending over $8k in cheesecake over a decade and Skip admits she's not against a tub full of it to herself. A man drives a Jeep off a 6-story roof of LA area garage and embodies one of Philip's childhood fears. 2020 Mardi Gras in New Orleans now has 2 deaths attributed to floats... will it change the festivities in the future? Wrapping up the show with a pair of lover birds out on a date... who happen to be off duty law enforcement and present for an attempted robbery.

Debate night is tomorrow night at 6p but someone is missing. Trustee Slatic receives a small win to the tune of $1286 for the attempt at a restraining order against him. A skeptic of the "round Earth" dies when his homemade rocket crashes over the desert in Barstow. Sacramento has already found around Sacramento rules about solar on every roof.

From Italy, to Moscow to the US, the world reacts in very different ways to the spread of the coronavirus. Harvey Weinstein is found guilty on two counts. Philip, Skip and listeners discuss. A naked man breaks out of a group home, attempts to grab girls on the way to Central High and catches one.

Welcome back from the weekend! Following the earlier discussion on the Mayor Pete and a 9 yo who

The Dow plunges 1000 points on news of the coronavirus. Is this typical spring skittishness or something bigger? Where will the US feel the pressure of the virus- electronics, medicine, something else? Listeners comment.

Russia is already meddling in the 2020 election but there's disagreement on whether it's helping Trump or Bernie. We hear a terrible new song from Ozzy with Elton and the news that Costco is now checking membership cards for the food court and decide "Which is Worse?" Wrapping up the week with a story about a BYU pole vaulter who caught the pole in a very inopportune way. It'll make you feel better about your struggles going into the weekend no matter what they are.

Conversation continues on the issue of literacy in California, the $50 million allocation and the best way to improve outcomes for our students.

The boss is back from a family vacation. Skip & Philip compare notes on what makes a successful vacation. CA agrees to allocate $50 million to help kids who can't read... will it be enough? Listeners respond.

Update on the bullied kid story from Thursday-- The GoFundMe is close to $400k but with the good, comes the bad... internet trolls claiming the 9 yo boy with dwarfism is a con artist. The NY Times allowed a Taliban leader to write an Op-Ed piece leading up to US-Taliban "reduction in violence." Is this an attempt to be provocative or an attempt to understand our enemy to get our troops home?