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Monica Motta runs a small house cleaning business and has lost her clients in Pacific Palisades, an area that accounted for two-thirds of her income.

Monica Motta runs a small house cleaning business and has lost her clients in Pacific Palisades, an area that accounted for two-thirds of her income.

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Welcome to KCRW Music Relief

Resources, mutual aid, news, and comfort for the Los Angeles music community impacted by the California wildfires.

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 Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly politics show where we take on the tough, divisive issues you’re afraid to talk about with your own family.

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Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly politics show where we take on the tough, divisive issues you’re afraid to talk about with your own family.

 Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

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 Domestic workers: Loss of Palisades clients, renewed deportation threat

Domestic workers: Loss of Palisades clients, renewed deportation threat

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

At the farmers market, chef Travis Hayden starts rebuilding by feeding others

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Is the ash and residue from the recent fires a danger to the fruits and vegetables in your garden?

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 All the 2025 SoCal James Beard Semifinalists

All the 2025 SoCal James Beard Semifinalists

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For the Lunar New Year, prepare a whole fish to bring prosperity

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 Trump tests limits of presidential powers with contentious first week

Trump tests limits of presidential powers with contentious first week

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 Scheer Intelligence

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 Weekend film reviews: ‘Presence,’ ‘Rose,’ ‘Inheritance’

Weekend film reviews: ‘Presence,’ ‘Rose,’ ‘Inheritance’

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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Scott Feinberg, Executive Editor of Awards for The Hollywood Reporter, joins Kim Masters to break down this year's Oscar nominations.

THR’s Scott Feinberg talks us through the Oscar nominations

Scott Feinberg, Executive Editor of Awards for The Hollywood Reporter, joins Kim Masters to break down this year's Oscar nominations.

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The Lively/Baldoni war rages on, Netflix adds 19 million subscribers in Q4, and David Ellison’s Paramount purchase looks to be gaining high level support.

Netlflix adds 19 million subscribers… and raises its prices

The Lively/Baldoni war rages on, Netflix adds 19 million subscribers in Q4, and David Ellison’s Paramount purchase looks to be gaining high level support.

from The Business

Mother and daughter Hsiao-Ching Chou and Meilee Riddle prepare for the Lunar New Year with recipes from their new cookbook.

For the Lunar New Year, prepare a whole fish to bring prosperity

Mother and daughter Hsiao-Ching Chou and Meilee Riddle prepare for the Lunar New Year with recipes from their new cookbook.

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LA transplant Vanessa Anderson, aka The Grocery Goblin on Tiktok, documents the city by visiting its markets.

The Grocery Goblin takes us on a sociological journey through LA via its grocery stores

LA transplant Vanessa Anderson, aka The Grocery Goblin on Tiktok, documents the city by visiting its markets.

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New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi follows a Haviland pattern of china that has set the table for five generations of women.

How one family passed down their fine china for five generations even as porcelain dishes are on the decline

New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi follows a Haviland pattern of china that has set the table for five generations of women.

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Chef Travis Hayden lost his home in the Palisades Fire but is finding time to feed first responders and other fire victims.

At the farmers market, chef Travis Hayden starts rebuilding by feeding others

Chef Travis Hayden lost his home in the Palisades Fire but is finding time to feed first responders and other fire victims.

from Good Food

Julia Van Soelen Kim shares advice for gardeners concerned about how ash from the Palisades and Eaton fires might impact their crops.

Is the ash and residue from the recent fires a danger to the fruits and vegetables in your garden?

Julia Van Soelen Kim shares advice for gardeners concerned about how ash from the Palisades and Eaton fires might impact their crops.

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Chris Douridas guest hosts Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: January 24, 2025

Chris Douridas guest hosts Morning Becomes Eclectic.

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Are Trump and Biden setting a dangerous precedent through their use of pardons? Will Congress retake its power to check the White House?

Trump tests limits of presidential powers with contentious first week

Are Trump and Biden setting a dangerous precedent through their use of pardons? Will Congress retake its power to check the White House?

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The latest film releases include Presence, Rose, Inheritance, and Myth of Man.

Weekend film reviews: ‘Presence,’ ‘Rose,’ ‘Inheritance’

The latest film releases include Presence, Rose, Inheritance, and Myth of Man.

from Weekend Film Reviews

808s stay bumpin’ to the bone when LA artist, DJ, and producer TOKiMONSTA turns her attention to music making.

Today’s Top Tune: TOKiMONSTA – ‘Feel It (Feat. grouptherapy.) (Clean)’

808s stay bumpin’ to the bone when LA artist, DJ, and producer TOKiMONSTA turns her attention to music making.

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What will it take for the natural landscape to heal from the Palisades and Eaton Fires? Tree People gives some insight.

Wildlands that burned may find that nature heals itself

What will it take for the natural landscape to heal from the Palisades and Eaton Fires? Tree People gives some insight.

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This is the political season to be thankful for small favors of optimism, and in this edition of Scheer Intelligence, host Robert Scheer and guest Joe Lauria, editor of the Consortium…

For once Trump gets it right

This is the political season to be thankful for small favors of optimism, and in this edition of Scheer Intelligence, host Robert Scheer and guest Joe Lauria, editor of the Consortium…

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A balanced diet of indie grooves, modern psych, alternative R&B and straight up rock and roll.

Tyler Boudreaux's playlist, January 23, 2025

A balanced diet of indie grooves, modern psych, alternative R&B and straight up rock and roll.

from Tyler Boudreaux

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm, only on FREAKS ONLY by Travis Holcombe.

FREAKS ONLY playlist: Jan 23, 2025

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm, only on FREAKS ONLY by Travis Holcombe.

from FREAKS ONLY

President Trump’s executive orders on immigration face legal roadblocks. But he’s still sending U.S.

‘They want immigrants to be scared’: Trump’s executive orders, border action

President Trump’s executive orders on immigration face legal roadblocks. But he’s still sending U.S.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

From what to do if your home burned, to what to expect on your next insurance bill even if it didn’t, a consumer advocate answers urgent coverage questions.

How the fires will change CA’s insurance industry

From what to do if your home burned, to what to expect on your next insurance bill even if it didn’t, a consumer advocate answers urgent coverage questions.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Chris Douridas guest hosts Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: January 23, 2025

Chris Douridas guest hosts Morning Becomes Eclectic.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic