Alejandro Lazo

reporter, CalMatters

Alejandro Lazo on KCRW

California’s labor commissioner fined Playa Vista Car Wash $2.3 million for underpaying its workers. That was in 2019. Workers still haven’t received any of that back pay.

LA car wash workers are still waiting years for their back pay

California’s labor commissioner fined Playa Vista Car Wash $2.3 million for underpaying its workers. That was in 2019. Workers still haven’t received any of that back pay.

from Greater LA

On Saturday, Mayor Garcetti plans to sign a measure the City Council passed almost unanimously.  It will make Los Angeles America’s biggest city to raise the minimum wage.

The Challenges of Making LA's Minimum Wage a Reality

On Saturday, Mayor Garcetti plans to sign a measure the City Council passed almost unanimously.  It will make Los Angeles America’s biggest city to raise the minimum wage.

from Which Way, L.A.?

More from KCRW

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni examine the latest developments in the Disney proxy fight. They also take a look at a peculiar lawsuit filed against CBS Studios and Paramount.

from The Business

On this episode of Scheer Intelligence, host Robert Scheer and Les Leopold discuss Leopold’s new book, “Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the…

from Scheer Intelligence

Disneyland is eyeing a $2.5 billion plan that would extend its park into Anaheim's streets, raising concerns about potential traffic problems and increased influence for the park.

from KCRW Features

You fall in love, move in, adopt a dog, and then? You break up. So who gets the dog? Dividing up the pets can be as contentious as a child custody battle.

from KCRW Features

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni examine media mogul Byron Allen’s offer to acquire Paramount Global.

from The Business

Eric Deggans speaks to Gary Oldman about starring in Apple TV+’s spy thriller series, Slow Horses.

from The Business

As people look for eco-friendly solutions to non-recyclable wrapping paper, furoshiki, the Japanese art of wrapping packages in cloth, is becoming more widely adopted.

from Greater LA

Since 1925, members of the Los Angeles Breakfast Club have been meeting bright and early to sing songs, solve puzzles, and eat ham and eggs.

from Greater LA

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni take stock of layoffs at Amazon as a result of consolidation and reorganizing across its studios.

from The Business