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Managing Editor, @NPR's California Newsroom. Host @thecrashcourse statistics and economics. Alum @kpcc @laist @marketplace and @wbez. Easily amused.
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Smoke, Screened: The Clean Air Act’s Dirty Secret

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By Dillon Bergin, Emily Zentner Verified, Adriene Hill Verified
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“Smoke, Screened” is an investigative series by The California Newsroom, MuckRock and the Guardian on the large environmental impact of a little-noticed deregulatory tool found in the Clean Air Act. The provision in the Clean Air Act has allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to strike pollution from clean air tallies in more than 70 counties, enabling local regulators to claim the air was cleaner than it really was for more than 21 million Americans.
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Why does my zipper say YKK?

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By Adriene Hill Verified
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Next time you zip up, or zip down, check out your zipper. There’s a good chance it’ll say YKK. But, what is YKK? I head to South Gate, California, to find out. At Koos Manufacturing in South Gate, they make AG jeans, with YKK zippers. Yul Ku, the owner of the company, shows me around. And it’s a sight. Cutting. Lasering. They make 10,000 pairs of AG jeans a day. There are men whose job it is to buff the butts of the jeans to make them soft.
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What the political climate means for award shows like the Oscars

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By Adriene Hill Verified, Bridget Bodnar Verified
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In front of the Dolby Theater (formerly Kodak) on Hollywood Boulevard, preparations for the Oscars have already begun. The award show airs Sunday and it’s a night when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrates the best filmmakers and actors of the year. One of the people behind the ceremony who won’t be accepting an award that evening is Mike De Luca. He, along with Jennifer Todd, is producing the awards show this year.
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