Walter Molony

Political fallout is mounting as LA grapples with how to house its many residents living on the streets.

On June 15, the Golden State is saying goodbye to many of the regulations that have shaped daily life for the last pandemic year.

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

Echo Park Lake reopened to the public this week after two months of being closed for repairs, with some obvious changes.

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.

All of California is officially facing drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor . And much of the state is in extreme or severe drought after the dry winter.

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Central America this week. She told would-be migrants in Guatemala “do not come” (to the U.S.), which drew criticism from progressive democrats.

More than half of all American adults have been vaccinated, according to the Biden administration, and life is seemingly speeding back to normal.

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.