Anchor Marco Werman fills us in on Mariachi el Bronx, the LA-based punk band that undertook a format change to mariachi music.
Captain Planet is an LA-based DJ who takes world beats from old scratchy vinyl and mixes them into something new.
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The show was sold out for a singer who does not exist in flesh and blood.
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This week: a four-part series on how the economic downturn is affecting immigrants in California. So, take a quick economic tour of life in the Golden State these days. We talk to Mexican farm workers in the San Joaquin Valley, Asian health care workers in Los Angeles, and nannies in Hollywood. Listen to the Global Economy Podcast