KPCC soliciting your '92 riot stories

With the 20-year anniversary of the last Los Angeles riots coming at the end of April, newsrooms that plan ahead are gearing up on their packages. KPCC has gone so far as to post a form inviting listeners to confidentially submit their recollections for use by the station. "Whether you call it a riot, civil unrest, or uprising, the events of April 29, 1992 left a lasting mark on the people of Southern California," says the pitch. KPCC also says it will hold four community focus groups, then a public forum, asking "In all the talk about the ’92 Riots and race, what’s missing?” The riots broke out after the April 29, 1992 acquittal in Simi Valley of LAPD officers who took part in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King on Foothill Boulevard in Lake View Terrace. Rioting, looting and arson fires spread across much of the city and into other cities before the National Guard was called in.