Average LA gas hits $6/gallon. What’s driving the rise?
NewsLA drivers are paying $6/gallon for gas on average. That’s partly due to rising crude oil prices and California’s gas taxes.
Hollywood strikes: What roles do Newsom and Bass play?
NewsThe WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes are costing California billions of dollars. Could the governor and LA mayor help broker a fair deal between workers and studios?
What happened to the American boy band?
NewsBoy band sensation *NSYNC reunited at last week’s MTV Video Music Awards, igniting strong feelings of early 2000s nostalgia.
Nina Simone’s newly unearthed live album is about love and revolution
News“You’ve Got to Learn,” a previously unreleased recording of Nina Simone’s set at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, is now widely available.
Weekend film reviews, intellectual disabilities within a family
NewsCritics review the latest film releases: “A Haunting In Venice,” “Cassandro,” “Rotting In The Sun,” and “A Million Miles Away.”
US dams are old, poorly maintained, threatened by climate change
NewsA massive storm that’s killed thousands and caused two dams to collapse in Libya is a reminder of the danger of aging American infrastructure.
LA food pantry rarely turns anyone away as poverty rate rises
NewsThe U.S. poverty rate jumped to more than 12% as COVID programs helping with food, rent, and unemployment ended. Now food banks are seeing higher demand.
Grace Potter pays a musical homage to the open road
NewsGrace Potter wrote her latest solo album, “Mother Road,” during cross-country trips that began in 2021. She left her LA-area home to reflect on life and COVID.
