Julie discusses the new laws taking affect across the country in the new year: minimum wage; recreational marijuana; psychedelic mushrooms; cash bail; and in California alone… sales ban on fur products; pedestrians can now jay walk; citizenship no longer a requirement for becoming a police officer; and decriminalization of rap lyrics in court cases.  Rick Singer, mastermind of varsity blues scandal, is sentenced to three and a half years in prison.  Pope Benedict’s funeral and the traditions of the Catholic church.