Los Angeles

Sunset’s bright purple Cafe Tropical, which shut down suddenly last week, was known for its excellent Cuban food and its role as a safe haven for those in recovery.

from Greater LA

From a zookeeper he met on Twitter to musician Phoebe Bridgers, Brandon Stosuy’s latest book features 115 essays, poems, and stories on sadness and crying.

from Greater LA

The San Gabriel Mountains are the largest open public space in Los Angeles, but some of the range’s most popular spots are covered in piles of trash.

San Gabriel Mountains are getting trashed. This group wants to change that

The San Gabriel Mountains are the largest open public space in Los Angeles, but some of the range’s most popular spots are covered in piles of trash.

from Greater LA

Chef Jeremy Fox of Birdie G's shops in preparation for his Hanukkah(ish) collaboration dinner series.

Market Report: Jeremy Fox hangs persimmons out to dry

Chef Jeremy Fox of Birdie G's shops in preparation for his Hanukkah(ish) collaboration dinner series.

from Good Food

The Mutual Aid LA Network provides a central hub where Angelenos looking to help can find the best volunteer opportunity for them.

Mutual Aid LA helps Angelenos plug in — and give back — to their communities

The Mutual Aid LA Network provides a central hub where Angelenos looking to help can find the best volunteer opportunity for them.

from Greater LA

Want to contribute on Skid Row? Missions need your help, and not just in December.

Skid Row has holiday volunteers, but need is year-round

Want to contribute on Skid Row? Missions need your help, and not just in December.

from Greater LA

Homeschooling has long been common for religious families and those with aversions to public school, but the pandemic seems to have widened its appeal.

‘We’re not all anti-vaxxers’ – meet LA’s new homeschoolers

Homeschooling has long been common for religious families and those with aversions to public school, but the pandemic seems to have widened its appeal.

from Greater LA

Vanessa Anderson says grocery stores are “anthropological treasure troves” — which is why she’s trying to visit every single one in LA.

LA’s self-proclaimed ‘grocery goblin’ shares her favorite stores

Vanessa Anderson says grocery stores are “anthropological treasure troves” — which is why she’s trying to visit every single one in LA.

from Greater LA

During the 1980s, ACT UP LA advocated for greater awareness of the AIDS epidemic. Now the organization is collecting 100 testimonies from its former members.

ACT UP LA chronicles 35 years of its AIDS activism

During the 1980s, ACT UP LA advocated for greater awareness of the AIDS epidemic. Now the organization is collecting 100 testimonies from its former members.

from Greater LA

Over the course of 48 hours, The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern visited dozens of non-Tesla EV charging stations around LA County. A significant portion of them didn't work.

LA’s EV charging woes: Out-of-order signs, payment problems

Over the course of 48 hours, The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern visited dozens of non-Tesla EV charging stations around LA County. A significant portion of them didn't work.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Urban falconer Adam Baz has carved out an interesting career for himself and his four birds of prey in a city with a lot of pigeons and crows to chase.

LA falconry marries business and mouse heads

Urban falconer Adam Baz has carved out an interesting career for himself and his four birds of prey in a city with a lot of pigeons and crows to chase.

from Greater LA

Monica Lee’s restaurant Beverly Soon Tofu is part of LA culinary history. Now she’s published a cookbook called “Sohn-mat: Recipes and Flavors of Korean Home Cooking.”

Red, spicy, silky: Make famed Beverly Soon Tofu soup with new cookbook

Monica Lee’s restaurant Beverly Soon Tofu is part of LA culinary history. Now she’s published a cookbook called “Sohn-mat: Recipes and Flavors of Korean Home Cooking.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The pandemic and an impulse to curb food waste led Balo Orozco to create Sunset Cultures, an artisanal kombucha and preserves company.

Balo Orozco ferments funky flavored kombuchas

The pandemic and an impulse to curb food waste led Balo Orozco to create Sunset Cultures, an artisanal kombucha and preserves company.

from Good Food

This holiday weekend is a perfect time to hike around LA due to cooler temperatures and red-orange autumn foliage. Cris Hazzard, aka The Hiking Guy, shows you where to go.

Big Horn Mine Trail, Mt. Jacinto: Where to hike off Thanksgiving calories

This holiday weekend is a perfect time to hike around LA due to cooler temperatures and red-orange autumn foliage. Cris Hazzard, aka The Hiking Guy, shows you where to go.

from Greater LA

Last week, with 100 Thanksgiving pies on order for the wholesale business she runs on Instagram , Sasha Piligian got bad news: She would have only one oven to do all the baking.

For LA’s pie bakers, Thanksgiving is their Super Bowl

Last week, with 100 Thanksgiving pies on order for the wholesale business she runs on Instagram , Sasha Piligian got bad news: She would have only one oven to do all the baking.

from Greater LA

UCLA scientists say the way ants build their nests might help humans improve traffic and transportation logistics.

Antsy about holiday travel? The tiny insects can help humans solve traffic issues

UCLA scientists say the way ants build their nests might help humans improve traffic and transportation logistics.

from Greater LA

Honeybees have long been the face of the “Save the Bees” campaign, but according to bee researchers at UC Irvine, they aren’t the only bees who need help.

Putting diapers on bees might be the key to saving them

Honeybees have long been the face of the “Save the Bees” campaign, but according to bee researchers at UC Irvine, they aren’t the only bees who need help.

from Greater LA

Zach Phillips, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s “Bug Guy,” takes KCRW on a walk around the grounds to get some sights and sounds.

Take a walk with the ‘Bug Guy’ from Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Zach Phillips, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s “Bug Guy,” takes KCRW on a walk around the grounds to get some sights and sounds.

from Greater LA

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is one of the biggest landlords on Skid Row. A report from the LA Times has revealed squalid and dangerous living conditions.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s housing efforts failed Skid Row residents

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is one of the biggest landlords on Skid Row. A report from the LA Times has revealed squalid and dangerous living conditions.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The cashiers, cooks, baristas, and bartenders represented by Unite Here Local 11 are pushing airport concessionaire Areas USA for better benefits and wages.

LAX concession workers strike amid record-setting Thanksgiving travel

The cashiers, cooks, baristas, and bartenders represented by Unite Here Local 11 are pushing airport concessionaire Areas USA for better benefits and wages.

from KCRW Features