Traci Watson

LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino is running to replace Mayor Eric Garcetti, and he held his first official campaign event on Monday along the Venice Beach boardwalk.

With the state’s color-coded reopening tiers riding off into the sunset, there’s no more social distancing, and masks in almost every indoor situation are being retired.

It’s been two weeks since a gunman in San Jose reported to work, opened fire, and killed nine people before killing himself.

Legalizing the sale of cannabis in California has turned out to be a fruitful endeavor for the state thanks to taxes.

Santa Monica has a reputation as a paradise for lefties. But the city isn’t exactly welcoming to Latinos.

Isaac Bryan is the founding director of the UCLA Black Policy Project and a big proponent of Measure J, which funds alternatives to incarceration.

The former Congress member talks to Robert Scheer about his life and the dramatic events surrounding his political rise, as told in his new book “The Division of Light and Power.”

Josh Barro and Ken White talk about the grand jury empaneled to consider indictments for or related to former President Trump, and more.

KCRW’s Press Play asked audience members to share one habit they’ve picked up in the past year that they hope to keep.