Kari Moran, Reporter/Anchor, Weekend Edition
Video game industry weathers the recession; Hollywood Park fate
06/02/2009
KPCC's business analyst Mark Lacter discusses the opening of the Electronic Entertainment Expo and how the video game industry is faring during the recession; Mark also previews this week's vote by the Inglewood City Council on whether to tear down Hollywood Park and replace it with a retail and residential complex.
Impact of budget crisis on state economy, state jobs
05/26/2009
KPCC's business analyst Mark Lacter looks at the impact the state budget crisis is having on the broader economy and the state's employment rolls.
03/12/2009
KPCC'S Kari Moran talks to Marc Haefele, dean of the city hall reporters, about Measure B, the city of Los Angeles's solar power measure, and about how it's headed for defeat.
Dodgers begin play in their new Spring Training home: Arizona
02/26/2009
For five decades, the Dodgers played their Spring Training games in Vero Beach, Florida. Not anymore. This year, you'll find them in Arizona. Yesterday, the Dodgers opened up Spring Training with a loss to the Chicago Cubs, an away game. The Dodgers will play their first Spring home game at their new stadium in Glendale, Arizona this Sunday Tony Jackson covers the team for the Daily News. He spoke to KPCC's Kari Moran about the team's reaction to the move and whether there was a sense of a tradition being lost by moving from Vero Beach.
Supermarkets cut workers; Lenders change names
02/24/2009
KPCC business analyst Mark Lacter says supermarkets are expected to fare well during the recession, but that they're still doing some belt-tightening; and two well-known lenders are changing their names.
Slumdog Millionaire is runaway winner at Oscars
02/23/2009
Last night, the movie industry celebrated excellence at the 81st annual Academy Awards. KPCC's Kari Moran spoke with film critic and historian Leonard Maltin about the awards and the success of "Slumdog Millionaire."
Lawmakers focus on Pakistan; Immigration reform makes a return?
02/23/2009
Jack Shaw of Market News International explains why Van Nuys Rep. Howard Berman is criticizing Pakistan; Sen. Dianne Feinstein may have said too much about Pakistan in a recent committee hearing; and Rialto Rep. Joe Baca says he's ready to begin a major push on immigration reform.
State Republicans penalize lawmakers who supported tax hikes
02/23/2009
State Republicans held their convention this past weekend in Sacramento and the focus was on six GOP lawmakers who voted last week to increase taxes as part of the state budget. Some convention delegates had threatened to censure the six lawmakers who voted for the tax hikes, but they ended up adopting a watered-down measure. Carla Marinucci, a reporter with the San Francisco Chronicle, was at the convention and spoke with KPCC's Kari Moran about the measure that was approved.
Haefele on the District 4 School Board elections
02/19/2009
Kari Moran talks to Mark Haefele, Dean of the L.A. City Hall reporters, about the upcoming District 4 School Board elections in March.
Haefele on 5th District council race
01/22/2009
Kari Moran talks to Marc Haefele about the 5th District council race.
Before joining KPCC, Kari Moran worked as a reporter and anchor for a variety of national and local radio news outlets, including Mutual Broadcasting, AP, NBC, KNX, and KFWB. She has covered many major stories, including the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Loma Prieta earthquake, and NASA's first space shuttle landing in the Mojave Desert.
In a previous incarnation, Kari developed publicity campaigns for clients in health care, non-profit housing development, and online real estate. Kari developed a love of microphones at an early age, singing before audiences at the tender age of two and a half, and winning talent contests in high school and college.
When she came to Los Angeles in 1969, Kari began her media career as a voice-over artist, singer, and published songwriter, appearing on L.A. TV variety shows and at local folk venues... and even recording "cover" albums for The Carpenters and Carole King.
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