Producer, 'Press Play'
Anna Scott is a reporter and producer for KCRW, focused on housing. She works on Press Play with Madeleine Brand and reported for KCRW's podcast There Goes the Neighborhood: Los Angeles. Before that, she produced Warren Olney's news programs To the Point and Which Way, LA? Anna also reports regularly on homelessness for NPR's national programs. She's previously written for Bloomberg Businessweek, the Los Angeles Times and various local publications.
What charter school growth has to do with the LA teachers strike The Los Angeles’ teachers strike has lasted a full school week . Class sizes and school staffing remain key sticking points in the impasse between United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District.
With teachers striking, did most kids go to school or not? Thirty-one thousand LAUSD teachers, nurses, librarians, and counselors went on strike this morning. They want a salary increase, smaller class sizes, and the hiring of more nurses, counselors, and teachers.
Homelessness strains compassion for some Los Angeles residents Approximately 50,000 people are experiencing homelessness in and around L.A., according to the latest count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. The vast majority of them live unsheltered on the streets.
More and more LA renters take to activism More than half the homes in L.A. are rented, which is the biggest share of any major American city. Most renters here spend at least a third of their income on rent. And rents keep going up.
What will Malibu do differently after the Woolsey Fire? The wildfires that started a week ago are the most destructive in California history. More than 10,000 homes and buildings have been destroyed. The cost to homeowners, the state, and insurers could be more than $19 billion.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation president’s big efforts to fight development in L.A. and house the homeless Last week, California voters rejected Proposition 10. The measure would’ve potentially expanded rent control throughout the state. Real estate investment companies spent more than $70 million to defeat Prop 10.
The big fight in Venice over a planned homeless shelter Los Angeles city officials plan to open 15 new homeless shelters – one in every city council district. The idea is to move people off the streets by bringing services to where they’re already living.
Challenging what we think we know about rent control Proposition 10 would allow California cities and counties to expand rent control. But there’s a lot of disagreement over whether stronger rent control would help or hurt LA’s housing crisis.
Inside the new homeless housing at El Pueblo LA has a plan to put an emergency homeless shelter in every city council district. We look inside the first one built. It’s downtown, near Olvera Street. It’s a little village of trailers in a parking lot.
Dorm-living for adults It’s a struggle to keep up with LA’s high rents. So how about moving into a “community home” to save money? That’s a building offering private rooms -- but shared kitchens, bathrooms, and living space.
Deborah Eisenberg: Your Duck Is My Duck: Stories Again Deborah Eisenberg demonstrates herself as a masterful and electric writer, in her new collection of seven stories, Your Duck Is My Duck.
Nadine Labaki on her Oscar-shortlisted film ‘Capernaum’ Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki cast street children as the stars of ‘Capernaum,’ her gritty tale of 12-year-old Zain, who runs away from home and ultimately sues his parents for condemning him to a life of poverty and desperation.
Left, Right & Center presents: Two Years, Diaries of a Divided Nation Listen to America change… one person at a time. For these six people, the politics of the Trump era have changed everyday life. Follow them in real time through the tumultuous two years since he became president.