Patt Morrison Tues, 12/30

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

1-3 p.m.

 

1:00 – 1:30

OPEN

 

 

1:30 – 1:40

The End of Public-Access Television

 

Guests:

TBD

 

 

1:40 – 2:00

Green Funerals

In addition to Do-It-Yourself solar paneling, "green burial" is the latest fad in fighting global warming on a micro-scale. Mark Harris, author of Grave Matters: A Journey Through the modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial joins us for a graphic look at the modern funeral industry, its impact on the environment, and how to arrange a green funeral.

 

Guests:

Mark Harris, former Los Angeles Times Syndicate international environment columnist

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2:00 – 2:20

Back Away from the Phone!

Last July, a California ban on driving while talking on a hand-held cell phone went into effect. But the law had an obvious--and dangerous--loophole. It failed to ban texting-while-driving. Technically, laws against reckless driving would already cover someone who takes their hands off the steering wheel and their eyes off the road in order to text. But an update to the cell phone law will formally ban texting on January 1. Can you still dial a phone in the car? Can you text while at a red light? Answers coming.

 

Guest:

Officer Vince Ramirez, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol

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2:20 – 2:30

Other New laws for '09

Want to open a massage parlor? Want to take your wife's name instead of her taking yours? Afraid that expensive bottle of pure spring water may actually come from a hose off the Santa Monica pier? Laws will impact all of these things and more in 2009. Make sure you know what's still legal--and what's not--next year.

 

Guests:

Dan Weintraub, Editorial Columnist, Sacramento Bee

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2:30 – 3:00

Havana Before Castro

Since Fidel Castro’s resignation as Cuba’s leader in February, the world is turning its attention once again to the former “Paris of the Caribbean.” Architectural historian and author Peter Moruzzi is here with his homage to the tropical playground of yore.

 

Guests:

Peter Moruzzi, architectural historian and author of Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground

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