Steven Mercer

Insurance hikes aren’t just affecting homes at high risk of fire. Homeowners in urban areas share the brunt of climate change too. Condos are hit especially hard.

Lulu’s Place will offer LA kids free sports and academic programs inside state-of-the-art facilities funded by major donations.

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.

The founder of Famous Amos Cookies, Wallace “Wally” Amos, died this week at age 88.

You might know that Los Angeles beaches get dirty after a winter storm, but it remains a problem in the summer, too. Why? And does it keep anyone away?

Train passengers up and down California and Oregon say it’s worth keeping Amtrak as a vital lifeline and a nostalgic leisure activity.

After his felony conviction, Donald Trump wants to secure a lot of cash from tech and business sector donors at three fundraisers in California this week.

Are Trump’s campaign promises a cause for concern? KCRW also discusses activism in journalism and the role of school vouchers in closing achievement gaps.