Patt Morrison is the award-winning host of KPCC’s afternoon public affairs program.  Among many other honors her program has won the “Best Public Affairs” Golden Mike from the Radio & TV News Association of Southern California for the three out of the past four years.  She is best known as a longtime reporter and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, where she has won numerous awards, including a share of two Pulitzer Prizes. In addition to the Times, Morrison is read, heard, and seen in many other places. She is a regular commentator on National Public Radio's Morning Edition and has published a best-selling book on the Los Angeles River. She is frequently interviewed about Southern California on the BBC and other television and radio programs, and was a founding host of Life & Times on KCET-TV, for which she won six Emmys and six Golden Mike awards. Among her other honors is the fact that Pink's, the famous Los Angeles hot dog stand, named its veggie dog after her!