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Governor Gavin Newsom today signed a bill that sets aside nearly $7 billion for schools that reopen for in-person instruction by the end of March.

Governor Gavin Newsom today signed a bill that sets aside nearly $7 billion for schools that reopen for in-person instruction by the end of March.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Let KCRW know: Are you fully vaccinated? How are you living differently?

If you're vaccinated, are you hugging loved ones again, starting to plan trips, feel less anxiety when entering grocery stores? Let us know.

Vaccine FAQs: How to get shots for you and your family in California

California’s vaccine rollout has been less than smooth.

Director Regina King’s ‘One Night in Miami…’

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When to use ‘who’ versus ‘whom,’ and why you should freely use adjectives and adverbs

What grammatical error does Benjamin Dreyer run into most when editing? Hypercorrection.

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KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

Morning Becomes Eclectic

KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

 Los Angeles is having an identity crisis. City officials tout new development and shiny commuter trains, while longtime residents are doing all they can to hang on to home.

There Goes the Neighborhood

Los Angeles is having an identity crisis. City officials tout new development and shiny commuter trains, while longtime residents are doing all they can to hang on to home.

 Los Angeles County is spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to combat homelessness. Yet the problem is getting worse. Why?

Samaritans

Los Angeles County is spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to combat homelessness. Yet the problem is getting worse. Why?

 Henry Rollins hosts a mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.

Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins hosts a mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.

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Today on Morning Becomes Eclectic, we got the rump shaking gems to help kick off your weekend with new releases from St.

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California’s vaccine rollout has been less than smooth.

from KCRW Features

Josh Barro talks with Megan McArdle and Christine Emba about the decision to end mask mandates in certain states as vaccination continues, covid relief and stimulus payments, the…

from Left, Right & Center

Mexico City’s ambassador of electronic Cumbia Camilo Lara—a.k.a. Mexican Institute of Sound—writes an album in the form of a love letter to his beloved city.

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Los Angeles

 Should California reopen schools soon? Opinions differ among teachers, parents, sports coach

Should California reopen schools soon? Opinions differ among teachers, parents, sports coach

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Let KCRW know: Are you fully vaccinated? How are you living differently?

 Greater LA

Vaccine FAQs: How to get shots for you and your family in California

 KCRW Features

Food & Drink

 ‘In the Weeds’: golden, crispy domes bring solace

‘In the Weeds’: golden, crispy domes bring solace

 Good Food

The rice cooker: liberating generations of chefs

 Good Food

Using a ‘ricebreaker’ to start a conversation about cultural identity

 Good Food

Politics

 Not now, but soon?

Not now, but soon?

 Left, Right & Center

The House passes a big election reform bill. It won’t go anywhere in the Senate if Republicans filibuster

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Texas blames blackouts on the Green New Deal, and Joe Biden says ‘America’s back’

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Best New Music

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 Eclectic 24

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 Eclectic 24

Kick off your weekend with rump shaking new releases from St. Vincent, Benny Sings and Issa Wood!

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Live Performances

 How Arlo Parks followed her musical instincts into ‘Sunbeams’

How Arlo Parks followed her musical instincts into ‘Sunbeams’

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Hollywood

 Robin Wright’s directorial debut, ‘Land,’ focuses on human resilience and is fitting for the pandemic

Robin Wright’s directorial debut, ‘Land,’ focuses on human resilience and is fitting for the pandemic

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A deep dig into fertile soil

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Married couple and filmmaking team on the journey to make ‘Miss Juneteenth’

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Robin Wright says of her new film: "It's about spiritual growth, human growth, and how we can find a new sense of hope, a renewed sense of faith.

Robin Wright’s directorial debut, ‘Land,’ focuses on human resilience and is fitting for the pandemic

Robin Wright says of her new film: "It's about spiritual growth, human growth, and how we can find a new sense of hope, a renewed sense of faith.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Why is that results from drug research studies are so much rosier than the experience using those same drugs in the real world?

Accuracy of newly approved cancer drugs

Why is that results from drug research studies are so much rosier than the experience using those same drugs in the real world?

from Second Opinion

Studies with premature babies and in Romanian orphanages show when infants and babies are caressed, they flourish and gain weight.

The wonder and science behind human touch

Studies with premature babies and in Romanian orphanages show when infants and babies are caressed, they flourish and gain weight.

from Life Examined

Several years ago, British economist Noreena Hertz began to notice something different: An increasing number of her students said that they felt lonely.

The global increase in loneliness

Several years ago, British economist Noreena Hertz began to notice something different: An increasing number of her students said that they felt lonely.

from Life Examined

KCRW's all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all KCRW's DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day.

Eclectic 24

KCRW's all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all KCRW's DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day.

from Eclectic 24

KCRW's all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all KCRW's DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day.

Eclectic 24

KCRW's all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all KCRW's DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day.

from Eclectic 24

In "The Truffle Hunters," a new documentary by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, Italian men in their 60s, 70s and 80s do as they've done for decades--search the forests of the Alba…

A deep dig into fertile soil

In "The Truffle Hunters," a new documentary by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, Italian men in their 60s, 70s and 80s do as they've done for decades--search the forests of the Alba…

from Film Reviews

Golden Rice Co. , a pop-up run by the mother and daughter team of Farah and Sophia Parsa, was originally a backyard supper club that ran for five years.

‘In the Weeds’: golden, crispy domes bring solace

Golden Rice Co. , a pop-up run by the mother and daughter team of Farah and Sophia Parsa, was originally a backyard supper club that ran for five years.

from Good Food

Cooking rice on a wood burning stove was an art, says Anne Ewbank. Around 1945, engineer Masaru Ibuka started a small company in an abandoned department store that fixed radios.

The rice cooker: liberating generations of chefs

Cooking rice on a wood burning stove was an art, says Anne Ewbank. Around 1945, engineer Masaru Ibuka started a small company in an abandoned department store that fixed radios.

from Good Food

Dr. Amber Spry is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Politics at Brandeis University.

Using a ‘ricebreaker’ to start a conversation about cultural identity

Dr. Amber Spry is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Politics at Brandeis University.

from Good Food

In the American South, rice turns a collection of dishes into a meal. Michael Twitty is an African American Jewish writer, culinary historian, and educator.

How did rice find its way to the American South?

In the American South, rice turns a collection of dishes into a meal. Michael Twitty is an African American Jewish writer, culinary historian, and educator.

from Good Food

Paella is precious in Valencia, Spain. Food writer Matt Goulding asserts that you can find the entire history of Spain within the perimeter of the paella pan.

Stirring up controversy in a paella pan

Paella is precious in Valencia, Spain. Food writer Matt Goulding asserts that you can find the entire history of Spain within the perimeter of the paella pan.

from Good Food

Like anything in America, the story of rice is not monolithic.

Growing Japanese rice in California

Like anything in America, the story of rice is not monolithic.

from Good Food

Josh Barro talks with Megan McArdle and Christine Emba about the decision to end mask mandates in certain states as vaccination continues, covid relief and stimulus payments, the…

Not now, but soon?

Josh Barro talks with Megan McArdle and Christine Emba about the decision to end mask mandates in certain states as vaccination continues, covid relief and stimulus payments, the…

from Left, Right & Center

The mother-daughter coming-of-age movie “ Miss Juneteenth ” tells the story of Turquoise Jones and her teenage daughter Kai.

Married couple and filmmaking team on the journey to make ‘Miss Juneteenth’

The mother-daughter coming-of-age movie “ Miss Juneteenth ” tells the story of Turquoise Jones and her teenage daughter Kai.

from The Business

With vaccines rolling out and business reopenings on the horizon, heads of movie studios are making it clear they have not given up on theaters.

Movie studios prepare for audiences to head back to theaters

With vaccines rolling out and business reopenings on the horizon, heads of movie studios are making it clear they have not given up on theaters.

from The Business

We’ve been basically close to home for almost a year. When we first went into lockdown, the shock of needing to feed ourselves at home by ourselves took awhile to understand.

‘Cool Beans’ and ‘Vegetable Kingdom’ are among the bestselling cookbooks in LA during pandemic

We’ve been basically close to home for almost a year. When we first went into lockdown, the shock of needing to feed ourselves at home by ourselves took awhile to understand.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

More than half a million Americans have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic took off here almost one year ago.

OSHA didn’t investigate many workplace safety complaints it received during pandemic, report finds

More than half a million Americans have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic took off here almost one year ago.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Critics review Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon,” starring Kelly Marie Tran as a warrior princess on a mission to restore peace to her country in Southeast Asia; “Coming 2 America,”…

‘Coming 2 America’ is a nostalgia fest, says critic. Will you enjoy it if you haven’t seen the original?

Critics review Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon,” starring Kelly Marie Tran as a warrior princess on a mission to restore peace to her country in Southeast Asia; “Coming 2 America,”…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand