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All across California, people are asking the same question: Why are eggs so expensive?Californians walk into grocery stores only to find them sold out, or that they’re going for $7 or more a dozen. Thanks to inflation, everything is more expensive right now. But when it comes to eggs, there’s more to the story.Today, how a history of California policy and a global bird flu scrambled the economics of a food staple. Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times metro reporter Sonja SharpMore reading:$7 a dozen? Why California eggs are so expensive — and increasingly hard to findWatch: California eggs are becoming expensive, and increasingly hard to findOp-Ed: Why does California have an egg shortage?

For over a century, Native American tribes along the Colorado River have seen other entities take water that had nourished them since time immemorial. With the depletion of this vital source for the American West, Indigenous leaders see an opening to right a historical wrong.Today, we check in on one tribe doing just that. Read the full transcript here.Host: The Times senior producer Kasia BroussalianGuest: L.A. Times water reporter Ian JamesMore reading:Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 1: A Dying RiverColorado River in Crisis, Pt. 2: The SourceInside the water crisis: A journey across the Colorado River Basin

In a span of 25 hours, three men of color died after encounters with Los Angeles police officers. Could a change in tactics long asked for by activists have prevented the deaths?Today, we talk about the incidents, the aftermath — and what’s next. Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times investigative crime reporter Richard Winton and L.A. Times metro columnist Erika D. SmithMore reading:Column: MLK had a dream about ending police brutality. In L.A., we’re clearly still dreamingLAPD’s repeated tasing of teacher who died appears excessive, experts sayAmid concerns over three deaths, LAPD releases video

A gunman shot and killed 10 people just after a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California. This attack, one of California's worst mass shootings in recent memory, is sparking concerns about public safety and conversations about anti-Asian hate — and renewing calls for gun control. Read the full transcript here. Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times Asian American communities reporter Jeong Park More reading: Authorities identify 72-year-old man as suspected gunman in Lunar New Year mass shootingTerror at Monterey Park dance studio: What we know about Lunar New Year mass shooting Lunar New Year shooting: A grim moment in Monterey Park, America’s first suburban Chinatown

The main way the American West harvests the Colorado River for its water use is by dams that create reservoirs, which are quickly drying up because of climate change. Can knocking some dams down help?Today, in our continuing series on the Colorado River, we go to Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell to talk to some people who think so. Read the full transcript here.Host: “The Times” senior producer Denise GuerraGuests: L.A. Times water reporter Ian JamesMore listening:Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 1: A Dying RiverColorado River in Crisis, Pt. 2: The SourceColorado River in Crisis homepage 

For decades, Republicans across the country looked to California for conservative stars and ideas even as the GOP lost its way in the state. Not anymore.Today, we talk about how how Kevin McCarthy’s tortuous path to become Speaker of the House was yet another loud death rattle for the California GOP. Read the full transcript here. Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times politics columnist Mark Z. BarabakMore reading:Column: Kevin McCarthy ‘won’ the House speakership. Now the country will pay the priceListen to “The Battle of 187”Today’s GOP could snub even Reagan

Something unexpected is going on in traditionally conservative Saudi Arabia.Over the last few years, the kingdom has been announcing a loosening of social restrictions at a surprising rate. Movie theaters are reopening, new professional opportunities for women are popping up and the country is hosting Western-style music festivals.It’s all part of a plan by the country’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who says he wants to dramatically transform his country.Today, how the prince’s push comes with a price: While dancing in Saudi Arabia might be in these days, political dissent is still most definitely out. Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times Middle East bureau chief Nabih BulosMore reading:Dancing is in, dissent is out as Saudi Arabia’s crown prince transforms his countrySaudi Arabia is giving itself an extreme makeover with ‘giga-projects.’ Will it work?Saudis sentence U.S. citizen to 16 years over tweets

The Colorado River begins in the Rocky Mountain snowpack, which provides the water that starts off the river on its epic journey. But as the American West gets hotter, that snowpack keeps getting smaller and smaller.Today, the second in our six-part special on the future of this vital waterway. New episodes will publish every Friday through Feb. 10. Follow the project here. Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times water reporter Ian James and L.A. Times video journalist Albert Lee More reading:Our full Colorado River seriesListen to the first episode in this series, “Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 1: A Dying River”Video: The Colorado River is drying up. Climate change and drought have taken a major toll.

This month’s record-setting rain and snow across California also comes with terms many of us know but can’t explain. Today, we do that with our Masters of Disasters. Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times earthquake reporter Ron Lin, L.A. Times Fast Break disasters reporter Hayley Smith, and L.A. Times water reporter Ian JamesMore reading:California snowpack is far above average amid January storms, but a lot more is neededDeadly results as dramatic climate whiplash causes California’s aging levees to failCalifornia storm death toll reaches 17 as more rain, winds arrive. Damage could top $1 billion

The Golden Globes is going to air this week on NBC after a year-long hiatus in the wake of a scandal over its parent company, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Can its comeback stick? Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times Company Town reporter Stacy Perman, and L.A. Times film business reporter Josh RottenbergMore reading:‘It took a crisis in order to make changes,’ says new Golden Globes ownerHollywood Foreign Press Assn. approves sale of Golden Globes assets to Todd BoehlyGolden Globes voters in tumult: Members accuse Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. of self-dealing, ethical lapses