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Subscribe to the LA Newsletter !  Read Edition 1 in your browser. Have a question about LA that you’ve never had a good answer to? You hear a lot from us, but we want to hear from you, too. Leave us a voicemail with a question, and we’ll answer it on the show: 323-250-2106 Below you can find links to all subjects discussed on LA Podcast #188. Headlines: LAUSD schools re-open for in-person instruct...

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Have a question about LA that you’ve never had a good answer for? You hear a lot from us, but we want to hear from you, too. Leave us a voicemail with your name and a question, and we’ll answer it on the show: 323-250-2106 Below you can find links to all subjects discussed on LA Podcast #186. After The Action Headlines: The Avenue 26 Night Market Shut Down . Can Celebrities hear themselves when th...

Thirty Mile Zone (TMZ) is a show for discussing the canon of LA movies. Who are they for? How do they depict LA and living here? What are the worldviews at play? For more episodes and other members-only perks, please consider supporting LA Podcast for just a couple bucks a month at patreon.com/lapodcast. In Episode 18, we talk about the second film in the Conjuring Universe: Annabelle. The titular...

What happens now that City Council has approved a new anti-homeless ordinance? How is wage theft impacting grocery workers in Los Angeles? Why was a community group's bid to purchase the Crenshaw mall ignored? Why did the Banditos gang in the Sheriff's Department host an inking party? Scott is joined by Cerise Castle and Rachel Reyes to discuss the latest news from LA.

Samanta Helou Hernandez joins Scott and Matt to talk about the ongoing pandemic, continuing coverage of the LAPD's bomb in South Central and the sewage spill in the Santa Monica Bay. Then, Scott shares his experience at the trial of Ed Buck.

Rachel Reyes joins Matt and Scott to talk LA's reinstated mask mandate, police brutality and right wing violence at Wi Spa, a sewage spill in Santa Monica Bay, racism in the foster care system and Food 4 Less workers bargaining a new contract.

Eric Garcetti answers the call, Wi Spa becomes international news, Los Angeles’ buildings are as vulnerable as South Florida’s, and a dive into how the Venice housing situation got so bad.

The L.A. City Council passes a strict new anti-sleeping in public law, Metro's bus system re-think has a rocky start, LAPD sets off a bomb in a residential neighborhood, and the latest on the novel coronavirus in Los Angeles. 

Alissa and Scott sit down with reporter Lexis-Olivier Ray to talk about city-provided hand-washing stations for the unhoused. Ray has investigated Los Angeles’ failure to maintain basic sanitary resources for its unsheltered residents during the pandemic, despite public promises to do so. We want to know what you think about LA Podcast. Send us a note explaining why you listen to LA Podcast, what...

A not-so-life-changing rail connection to LAX breaks ground, Herb Wesson lights up a second career, the latest on the Sheriff in Venice, and an examination of California’s several iterations of pandemic rent relief.

California reopens, and Governor Newsom holds his victory-lap press conference at… Universal Studios? More details about a questionable workplace environment over at the Office of L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, the L.A. City Council considers whether to break-up with LAHSA, and Measure J is in trouble.

Federal agents seize deposit boxes in Beverly Hills. New depositions in the harassment case against Garcetti's former aide. Another recall is announced. Joe Buscaino and Alex Villanueva roll into Venice in an attempt to lift their political fortunes.

Pour one out for Mitch Englander. A fire commissioner becomes a fired commissioner. A few bills make waves in Sacramento. Place and Thank You: The Queen Mary. And a deep dive on LA County's child migrant holding sites and the federal policies that brought them about.

It's all but certain that Mayor Garcetti is headed to India. Who's going to take his place as interim Mayor? Metro passed its budget. What are the wins and losses? Echo Park Lake is open again. What's it's like? And a new segment about things happening in other cities that could make their way to LA.

Scott and Alissa join guest host MATT TINOCO. California is reopening. Echo Park Lake is reopening. The Citizen app has gone beyond just putting up bounties in LA, it's now launching an on-demand private security service. And how Metro's $8 billion budget still doesn't serve bus riders.

Hayes and Alissa are joined by guest host and labor organizer RACHEL REYES. Fire in the Palisades. No more masks. Newson turns the money hose back on. Three Kroger stores permanently revenge-close. Three eventful LA City Council meetings. The Mayor goes to Washington (and comes back). And ALEX FERRER of SAJE and UCLA joins to talk about his research into the role of the stakeholder in municipal de...

The Mayor eyes a job on the other side of the world and prospective candidates line up to replace him. People's Budget Coalition convenes a meeting with City Councilmembers. A report on waste collected at Echo Park generates debate. Amazon told to end "diesel death zones." Garcetti to India + Mayoral Race Biden considering LA Mayor Eric Garcetti for ambassador to India (Hans Nichols; Axios; 5/4/21...

Alissa on location at the Union Station Oscars. California loses a seat. The recall is happening. The LA Alliance injunction in limbo. Eli Broad dies at 87. Vaccine limitations shift from supply to demand. LAPD wants more money to reform itself. New allegations on Ray Chan and "indirect bribes."

Schools are open as another LAUSD superintendent steps down. California puts up a big number for renewable energy generation. An order from a federal judge has big implications for skid row and homelessness in LA. And MELISSA ACEDERA of Polo's Pantry talks about her word in food provision and mutual aid.

A Covid vaccines is put on hold. City Controller blows up LA's excuses about Project Roomkey expansion. County considering Dr. Drew for LAHSA oversight. Bruce's Beach may be returned 100 years after racist seizure action. LAPD acquitting itself of policy violations. Farewell to the ArcLight. Show Notes Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Pause California pauses Johnson & Johnson vaccine use (Luke Money, T...

LA enters the era of vaccine abundance. A restaurant in Burbank has been having a normal pandemic. Metro appoints a new CEO. The Tejon Ranch development gets postponed again. A number of horrific deaths connected to homelessness in the aftermath of Echo Park Lake -- what can we do now?

Museums and in-person events are coming back. Video of an LAPD arrest is released. Ralphs is closing in Crenshaw. And journalist Jamie Loftus joins Scott, Alissa, and guest host Matt Tinoco to discuss her reporting for KNOCK-LA and the aftermath of the brutal raids on Echo Park Lake. Show Notes Museums and Concerts California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge (Adam Beam, Jamie Har;...

A brutal week culminates in the forced removal of the unhoused community at Echo Park Lake amid hundreds of LAPD officers and almost as many arrests. And freelance reporter CERISE CASTLE returns to talk about her multi-part series for Knock LA on deputy gangs within the LA County Sheriff's Department.