Shirley Raines

Jacob Chow leads the Pasadena Relief Boutique, an organization supplying thousands of shoes and other essentials to families affected by the Eaton Fire.

The San Clemente City Council voted down a ban on giving food to strangers in public, including unhoused people.

Our current recycling system isn’t set up to recycle textiles. But a new CA law gives clothing brands a deadline to figure out how to do it.

Unhoused people say city cleanups destroy what they need to survive. But the movement against them has fractured.

KCRW collected a list of volunteer opportunities across the Los Angeles area for those who’d like to offer a helping hand this Thanksgiving.

The Japanese market has dominated the trade in American vintage clothing for decades. Now economic and cultural changes are testing Japan’s vintage supremacy.

Hecklers at a recent town hall accused Congresswoman Laura Friedman of not fighting hard enough against the Trump administration. She says she understands the frustration.

Altadena Girls pairs teenagers who lost their belongings in the Eaton Fire with stylists who help them rebuild their closets – and their self-esteem – for free.

LA County supervisors approved a plan to create a county-only homeless agency after years of joint partnership with the City of Los Angeles.