Michael Rains

This week, Kevin de León will be sworn in as a new member of the LA City Council. He’ll represent downtown, Boyle Heights, and parts of northeast Los Angeles.

T he Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to debate and vote on the president’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. The debate starts at 6 a.m. PT.

There are millions of eligible voters in America, including 8 million in California alone.

Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are targeting incumbent lawmakers with vicious online attacks and death threats.

In California, more than 4.5 million voters have already returned their mail-in ballots. Over a third of those ballots are from voters ages 65 and up. According to Dr.

KCRW speaks with incumbent LA District Attorney Jackie Lacey , as well as her opponent George Gascón , who used to be district attorney in San Francisco.

LA County is home to the largest Filipino community outside of the Philippines. Now there’s an energized group of Filipino Americans here who support President Donald Trump.

Measure J would set aside 10% of locally-generated unrestricted money in LA County's budget — to be spent on alternatives to incarceration.

This week, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to move forward with removing armed police from responding to nonviolent 911 calls in the City of LA.