Patrick Roberts

Today’s entire show looks deeply at the Boyle Heights neighborhood of LA.

KCRW is joining other public radio stations up and down the state to mark the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.

Last year, California passed legislation that requires the Office of the State Attorney General to investigate all police shootings that result in the death of an unarmed civilian.

Joe Mathews says that focusing on the state budget, when it appears in good shape, obscures California’s systemic failures.

"I do think we're going a little fast. There's still about 35% of the adult population that is not vaccinated, and that, of course, includes all children under the age of 12.

For most of American history, abortion has been legal, outlawed only from 1867 to 1973. Now the U.S. Supreme Court might outlaw it again by overturning Roe v. Wade.

In Hollywood, merger mania continues, this time with a tech twist. Amazon is buying the storied MGM Studios, and the library of 4,000 movies and TV shows that comes with it.

A gunman in San Jose killed nine people and then himself at a light rail yard on Wednesday.

California officials laid out new rules — or lack of them — for what reopening on June 15 means. Life will look a lot different than what we’ve been experiencing for well over a year