Decreased Port Traffic Signals Increased Economic Weakness

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For the first time in 20 years, cargo shipments are down at the Ports of LA and Long Beach. We hear what that means for the local economy. State government’s closer to drafting IOU’s. In the killing that caused days of civil disturbance in Oakland, a Bay Area Rapid Transit guard has been charged with murder. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, prosecuting the Bush administration for possible war crimes.

Barack Obama wants to look forward, not back. But today a top Administration insider says a terrorist suspect was “tortured” at Guantánamo Bay. On this rebroadcast of today’s To the Point, Should there be prosecutions?  Where should the buck stop? Also on Which Way, L.A.?, a transit security guard is charged with murder in the shooting death that caused riots in Oakland. Southern California’s biggest economic engine shows signs of stalling, and the state moves closer to issuing IOU’s.

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Sonya Geis, Andrea Brody