Will the Kings move away? Anaheim is
looking to bring the Kings to the Honda Center, but the Lakers and Clippers
are saying, "Not so fast" to splitting sponsorship
money. Now that a new arena deal for the
Sacramento Kings has fallen apart, Anaheim is again looking to
lure the NBA team south, but a couple of other teams might not be
so hospitable to those plans. The Maloof family, which owns the Kings, said an
arena agreement reached in early March wasn't good for the team or
the city. The deal was brokered by the league and tentatively
agreed to by the Kings. We'll speak with Ed Joyce,
Orange County Reporter, KPCC about what separates the facts from
the rumours.
Banker's Dozen Trial The trial for the 11 UC
Davis students and one UC Davis faculty member who shut down the
on-campus branch of U.S. bank by blocking the entrance for two
months begins Friday, April 27. Each member of the group, known as the Banker's Dozen, faces a maximum
six month jail sentence for charges of obstructing access.
The activists say their blockade was constitutionally protected
free speech. But, the United States Supreme Court has continually
ruled that blocking physical access to a building is not a
constitutionally protected form of civil disobedience? So
what might make the case of the Banker's Dozen different if at all,
and why is blocking access to a building not considered an exercise
of free speech? UC Davis Law Professor Alan Brownstein joins us
for the discussion. He has recently published an article
in the Jurist about the "Bank Blockade" titled "Defining the Boundaries of Free Speech in College
Protests."
High Suspension Rates The LA Times has
recently reported that Stockton has one of the highest rate of
suspended black students: Among the state's larger school systems,
Stockton
Unified stood out for suspending 38% of black male students,
according to the federal data on which the study is based. But
other minority students also were suspended: 19% of Latino males,
23% of white males and 13% of Asian males. We'll speak
with Daniel Losen, Director of the Center
for Civil Rights Remedies, a research group based at UCLA that
focuses on increasing educational opportunities for minority
students.
"The Pink Room" Joel Sandvos, a documentarian is showcasing
"The Pink Room", a 45-minute award winning documentary on
sex-trafficking in Cambodia, following the story behind one
particular girl named Mien. The film is scheduled to be
showcased at the Artisan during the Sacramento International Film Festival on April
24. Its goal is to expose this illegal growing industry to
the public.
The Pink Room Official Trailer from The Pink Room Documentary on Vimeo.