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For 10 years, the Los Angeles Police Department has had a program aimed at dealing with people with mental illness before they have a chance to do harm. The program, called the Systemwide Mental Assessment Response Team, or SMART, pairs a mental health professional with a police officer. Officers Charles Dempsey and Chuck Lennontalk to Val to explain how it works.
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David Haldane made the difficult choice to put his son in a mental health facility after several violent episodes.
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Some blame movies and violent video games for our current culture of violence.
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Madeleine sits down with Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez to talk about Prop 30 and the big money in the upcoming election.
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What is in the mind of a person who commits an act of mass violence? Are there warning signs the rest of us can detect?
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Even with a renewed debate over gun control laws sparked by events in Newtown, Conn., some experts say such tragedies don't lead to new gun laws. Will this time be different?
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All of the current problems community colleges face could seem minor if Prop 30 doesn't pass on Nov. 6.
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Every tragedy stands on its own, but it also becomes a link in a long, sad chain of similar events.
Jennifer London follows the Shuttle Endeavor's slow but exciting trek to L.A.'s Exposition Park and explores Southern California's new forays into space.
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Our new contributor Madeleine Brand explains why she loves to do the news. Join Madeleine and host Val Zavala for our Season 5 premiere on October 29 at 7pm.
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Val and Madeleine talk to Brian Janosch, Managing Editor of The Onion, about their new encyclopedia "The Onion Book of Known Knowledge."
Seeking advice on building her Twitter presence, Madeleine reached out to her friend and Twitter "royal," comedian Michael Ian Black. This is a clip from their Google Hangout.
