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Greater LA

Host Steve Chiotakis connects you to the people and places of Southern California.

Reproductive health workers nationally have been turning to unions for support since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Planned Parenthood in Orange County could be next.

OC clinic workers organize in response to abortion law changes

Reproductive health workers nationally have been turning to unions for support since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Planned Parenthood in Orange County could be next.

Unions across industries are staging more strikes and showing more solidarity, prompting some experts to forecast a “hot labor summer.”

More strikes, more solidarity expected as LA enters ‘hot labor summer’

Unions across industries are staging more strikes and showing more solidarity, prompting some experts to forecast a “hot labor summer.”

Public housing used to be enormously popular in Los Angeles, but that changed amid a surge of anti-communist sentiment in the 1950s.

Red scare led to the end of LA’s public housing boom

Public housing used to be enormously popular in Los Angeles, but that changed amid a surge of anti-communist sentiment in the 1950s.

Underdog Community Project is a mutual aid group of volunteers and trained veterinarians who help unhoused Angelenos keep their pets happy and healthy.

Helping unhoused Angelenos care for their pups, cats, bunnies

Underdog Community Project is a mutual aid group of volunteers and trained veterinarians who help unhoused Angelenos keep their pets happy and healthy.

California and LA are seeing major pushes for “social housing,” which is government-supported, not owned by a for-profit entity, and is affordable to people of different income levels.

Could social housing help curb homelessness in LA?

California and LA are seeing major pushes for “social housing,” which is government-supported, not owned by a for-profit entity, and is affordable to people of different income levels.

Some disabled veterans are shut out of supportive housing due to VA disability income. It’s a catch-22 that reflects larger challenges in filling subsidized units.

Income restrictions make it harder to house homeless vets

Some disabled veterans are shut out of supportive housing due to VA disability income. It’s a catch-22 that reflects larger challenges in filling subsidized units.

Across from LA City Hall, a vacant lot has signs that boast, “Good things are coming!” The signs have been there for a decade. What’s going on?

‘Good things are coming?’ Likely not at this empty lot in DTLA

Across from LA City Hall, a vacant lot has signs that boast, “Good things are coming!” The signs have been there for a decade. What’s going on?

As summer approaches and Angelenos head toward the beach, it turns out that lots of sharks are swimming in the waters off the SoCal coast, says a CSULB study.

Sharks are all over SoCal; your risk of getting bitten is very small

As summer approaches and Angelenos head toward the beach, it turns out that lots of sharks are swimming in the waters off the SoCal coast, says a CSULB study.

If you put food scraps into a green bin with your yard waste, are you truly helping the planet? For LA residents, the answer is definitely yes.

LA’s green bin food scraps find a second life — in Bakersfield

If you put food scraps into a green bin with your yard waste, are you truly helping the planet? For LA residents, the answer is definitely yes.

Some 30,000 unhoused kids may be living in Orange County, says a new report from an OC grand jury.

OC counted 700 homeless kids last year. Grand jury thinks it has 30,000

Some 30,000 unhoused kids may be living in Orange County, says a new report from an OC grand jury.

With over 80% of major event ticket sales in California, Ticketmaster/Live Nation has a stronghold on the industry.

Ticketmaster is too big: Democrats and Republicans agree

With over 80% of major event ticket sales in California, Ticketmaster/Live Nation has a stronghold on the industry.

Hello, LA bridesmaids! This wedding season, we want to know what you’re wearing, where you’re traveling, and how much you’re spending.

Always the bridesmaid? KCRW wants to hear from you

Hello, LA bridesmaids! This wedding season, we want to know what you’re wearing, where you’re traveling, and how much you’re spending.

Millones de californianos perdieron los beneficios de alimentos de la era COVID a finales de marzo. ¿Eres uno de ellos? ¿Cómo te va con menos dinero para comestibles?

¿Tenías beneficios durante la pandemia? ¿Ahora que?

Millones de californianos perdieron los beneficios de alimentos de la era COVID a finales de marzo. ¿Eres uno de ellos? ¿Cómo te va con menos dinero para comestibles?

Eater’s Mona Holmes explains where to grab breakfast, lunch, dinner — and maybe even dessert — on your next Central Coast adventure.

How to spend a perfect day sampling the food of Santa Barbara

Eater’s Mona Holmes explains where to grab breakfast, lunch, dinner — and maybe even dessert — on your next Central Coast adventure.

June ushers in Pride month and with it celebrations and remembrances. Brody Levesque of the Los Angeles Blade gives a survey of SoCal happenings.

From sea to IE, Pride is everywhere in SoCal this month

June ushers in Pride month and with it celebrations and remembrances. Brody Levesque of the Los Angeles Blade gives a survey of SoCal happenings.

As bumble bees decline, local volunteers fan out to find them. Together they’ll create the California Bumble Bee Atlas to help guide conservation decisions.

Citizen scientists count bumble bees to save them

As bumble bees decline, local volunteers fan out to find them. Together they’ll create the California Bumble Bee Atlas to help guide conservation decisions.

The beloved video store Vidiots reopens its doors this week with a bigger collection of film rarities, and a new movie theater.

Iconic video store Vidiots is reopening with bigger collection, movie theater

The beloved video store Vidiots reopens its doors this week with a bigger collection of film rarities, and a new movie theater.

Artist Keith Haring is known for painting radiant babies and barking dogs through simple line work. His first-ever LA museum exhibition is now at the Broad Museum.

Keith Haring’s work brings music, activism, play to The Broad Museum

Artist Keith Haring is known for painting radiant babies and barking dogs through simple line work. His first-ever LA museum exhibition is now at the Broad Museum.

Sometimes the best way to cope with anxiety over the climate crisis is to focus on something you can control. So why not start with your trash?

You can cut landfill waste by 96%. Here’s how I did it

Sometimes the best way to cope with anxiety over the climate crisis is to focus on something you can control. So why not start with your trash?

Small businesses that support the film/TV industry are feeling the economic ripple effects of the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike.

Small businesses cut hours during writers’ strike

Small businesses that support the film/TV industry are feeling the economic ripple effects of the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike.