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What the Strike for Black Lives looked like in LA
Los AngelesNurses, fast food employees, Uber drivers and other workers walked off the job today in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Water Drop LA brings water to Skid Row’s unhoused residents
HomelessnessSkid Row has about 4,700 unhoused residents, and it’s tough for them to find clean water.
The power of the Latino vote in Southern California
Election 2020There are millions of eligible voters in America, including 8 million in California alone.
Why librarians make great contact tracers
Los AngelesHundreds of librarians are working as contact tracers in LA County during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why Jimenez Ranch Market in Santa Ana makes Gustavo Arellano’s favorite flour tortillas
Food & DrinkThe three years KCRW Great Tortilla Tournament has seen at least 125 different corn and flour tortillas duke it out for the title of the Golden Tortilla.
Face covering couture
CoronavirusSix months into the pandemic, people are looking for masks that meet their personal styles and needs. Designers have come up with bedazzled coverings to printed logo masks.
Inside the rise and fall of Burger Records
Orange CountyBurger Records was a garage rock record label in Orange County that built its brand on bringing rock and roll to teens and putting the spotlight on underground bands.
Why LA homelessness is getting worse
HomelessnessThere’s a move to get thousands of Angelenos off the streets and into shelters. A judge ordered it. The City and County of LA agreed to it.
New year brings more COVID-19 patients to Southern California hospitals
CoronavirusCategory 10 and World War III are descriptions of what’s happening inside LA’s hospitals and morgues.