KCRW Features

KCRW Features

KCRW's stories, special interviews, and in-depth reporting from the field. KCRW's features air on Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

Evacuation-related expenses might be covered by home insurance. Get a copy of your full policy and keep all related records and receipts.

Cheat sheet: These are the steps fire victims need to take to make an insurance claim

Evacuation-related expenses might be covered by home insurance. Get a copy of your full policy and keep all related records and receipts.

A guide to effectively providing aid of all kinds to communities and individuals impacted by the fires.

Wildfire donations and volunteering: How and where to help

A guide to effectively providing aid of all kinds to communities and individuals impacted by the fires.

A DIY volunteer group is helping local firefighters and Topanga residents, as Palisades Fire continues to burn.

Heat Hawks: Topanga neighbors step up as volunteers amid fires

A DIY volunteer group is helping local firefighters and Topanga residents, as Palisades Fire continues to burn.

Sign up for the KCRW Wildfire Crisis Newsletter Emergency updates, disaster relief, ways to connect, and how to help — the California Newsroom is here to deliver free, reliable, and…

Sign up for the KCRW Wildfire Crisis Newsletter

Sign up for the KCRW Wildfire Crisis Newsletter Emergency updates, disaster relief, ways to connect, and how to help — the California Newsroom is here to deliver free, reliable, and…

In Orange County, restaurants, hotels, and volunteers have formed a coalition to provide resources to people displaced by LA wildfires.

OC community steps up to help LA wildfire refugees

In Orange County, restaurants, hotels, and volunteers have formed a coalition to provide resources to people displaced by LA wildfires.

The Palisades Fire torched homes in suburban neighborhoods. But they weren’t built with wildfires in mind, unlike those areas near vegetation.

LA homes near wilderness are built differently for wildfires. Should the suburbs follow?

The Palisades Fire torched homes in suburban neighborhoods. But they weren’t built with wildfires in mind, unlike those areas near vegetation.

It’s a headline no one would want to see: Fire hydrants being used to fight the Palisades Fire were running dry. How exactly the shortage happened?

Fact check: What really happened with the Pacific Palisades water hydrants?

It’s a headline no one would want to see: Fire hydrants being used to fight the Palisades Fire were running dry. How exactly the shortage happened?

The Eaton Fire has devastated communities throughout Altadena, including many Black homeowners who have been there for generations.

Altadena’s historic Black community is determined to rebuild

The Eaton Fire has devastated communities throughout Altadena, including many Black homeowners who have been there for generations.

How and where to get help if you’ve been impacted by California wildfires, from immediate support to navigating the long-term.

Wildfire aid resources: From shelter and food to mental health and insurance

How and where to get help if you’ve been impacted by California wildfires, from immediate support to navigating the long-term.

In need of resources during LA’s ongoing fire emergency? Want to help, but not sure how? Here’s a list.

LA wildfires: Resources for finding and offering help

In need of resources during LA’s ongoing fire emergency? Want to help, but not sure how? Here’s a list.

The Hotel Association of Los Angeles has a dynamic list of hotels with rooms available, including discounts for wildfire evacuees.

LA hotels offering rooms and discounts to wildfire evacuees

The Hotel Association of Los Angeles has a dynamic list of hotels with rooms available, including discounts for wildfire evacuees.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District extended a smoke advisory for Los Angeles due to multiple wildfires.

Toxic air quality amid wildfires: How to protect your health

The South Coast Air Quality Management District extended a smoke advisory for Los Angeles due to multiple wildfires.

As the Palisades Fire burns on, residents are trying to piece together what’s left of their once-idyllic Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Palisades community assesses what might be left after fires

As the Palisades Fire burns on, residents are trying to piece together what’s left of their once-idyllic Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

The Palisades Fire burned vegetation around the Getty Villa but did not reach the building, leaving the art intact.

Palisades Fire burns near Getty Villa, museum untouched

The Palisades Fire burned vegetation around the Getty Villa but did not reach the building, leaving the art intact.

Residents fleeing the Palisades Fire evacuated horses, dogs, rabbits, and chickens to an emergency shelter at Pierce College on Tuesday.

Large animals find shelter from wildfires at Pierce College

Residents fleeing the Palisades Fire evacuated horses, dogs, rabbits, and chickens to an emergency shelter at Pierce College on Tuesday.

A life-threatening and destructive windstorm sparked at least two fires in SoCal on Tuesday, prompting evacuations and some power shut-offs.

Wind storm sparks multiple fires in LA

A life-threatening and destructive windstorm sparked at least two fires in SoCal on Tuesday, prompting evacuations and some power shut-offs.

Disney is set to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to Disneyland workers for violating Anaheim’s minimum wage law.

House of Mouse settles hefty lawsuit over OC workers’ wages

Disney is set to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to Disneyland workers for violating Anaheim’s minimum wage law.

Squirrels are omnivores, eating both meat and plants, but for the first time, they’ve been seen hunting and eating voles at Briones Regional Park.

Carnivorous mystery: Squirrels are eating rodents at CA park

Squirrels are omnivores, eating both meat and plants, but for the first time, they’ve been seen hunting and eating voles at Briones Regional Park.

The Japanese market has dominated the trade in American vintage clothing for decades. Now economic and cultural changes are testing Japan’s vintage supremacy.

The best American vintage is ‘sitting in Tokyo’

The Japanese market has dominated the trade in American vintage clothing for decades. Now economic and cultural changes are testing Japan’s vintage supremacy.

The potential loss of non-stop dining at the La Cienega Norms distressed LA’s night owls. KCRW stayed up late to meet these loyal customers.

No more 24-7 dining at Norms? LA night owls are distressed

The potential loss of non-stop dining at the La Cienega Norms distressed LA’s night owls. KCRW stayed up late to meet these loyal customers.