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Hope, in a time of disasters
2021 has been a bad year for disasters: Drought. Oil spills. Bomb cyclones. Wildfires. Delta. Omicron. Yet if you’re reading this, you’ve survived.
Ou…
4 years, 2 months ago
Next U.S. ambassador to India might be L.A.'s mayor. Huh?
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is political royalty in the City of Angels. His father was a district attorney. Eric Garcetti won his last election w…
4 years, 2 months ago
Today, we feast!
Hungry? The Los Angeles Times' annual list of the 101 best restaurants just dropped. Whether you live here, want to visit or are just craving inspira…
4 years, 2 months ago
There she is, Miss Navajo Nation...
The Miss Navajo Nation pageant has been going on almost every year since the 1950s. It’s not about swimsuits or evening gowns, though. This tradition…
4 years, 2 months ago
The life and legacy of Jacqueline Avant
Jacqueline Avant was a force many times over in Black Los Angeles and beyond. She was a renowned philanthropist, a political king and queen maker, a …
4 years, 2 months ago
Now hiring! Formerly incarcerated people
There are about 20 million people in the United States with felony records and unemployment rates among the formerly incarcerated is especially high …
4 years, 2 months ago
Kirsten Dunst on her new movie, family and mental health
Our sister podcast “The Envelope” — which does deep-dive interviews with movie and TV stars — just started a new season, so we’re giving you a taste.…
4 years, 2 months ago
A Chinese tennis star disappears
On Nov. 2, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai published a letter on her verified social media account that accused a former top Chinese government offici…
4 years, 3 months ago
David Chang gets very honest with us
Today, we’ll spend the show with food personality David Chang to talk about his new Hulu series, "The Next Thing You Eat," which — full disclosure — …
4 years, 3 months ago
College degrees for incarcerated folks
For more than a century, California's approach to incarcerating people has gone mostly like this: Incarcerate them. But now, there’s a program offere…
4 years, 3 months ago