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Your TL;DR for what's happening in SoCal. Get caught up in less than ten minutes every afternoon on The LA Local. From culture to crime to politics to the offbeat, Jonathan Serviss and the KNX News team have you covered.

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Jun 23, 2026

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Crazy gas prices and hope for Catalina's mule deers 05.03.2026

Coming up on today's Local: Gas prices keep getting higher following the war in Iran, and is there a chance to save the deer on Catalina Island?

Iran and Beyond: Tensions, Travel, and the World Cup 04.03.2026

Coming up on today's Local: How will Southern California feel the impacts of the war with Iran? Also, will Iran still be allowed to play in the World Cup?

The Wilshire Blvd subway is almost open. Well, part of it. Over budget. Very late. 28.02.2026

Coming up on today's Local: LAFD firefighters give their version of what went down leading up to disastrous Palisades fire ... LAUSD trying to figure out what to do with their embattled Superintendent Carvalho.

Paramount wins the fight for Warner Bros 27.02.2026

Coming up on today's Local: Olympic champion Alysa Liu gets the LA mural treatment ... ICE/CBP implicated in the death of a blind refugee in Buffalo ... Pasadena's public library marks a historic milestone.

Altadena fire survivors ain't buying Edison's Black History Month efforts 21.02.2026

Coming up on today's local: it's big, it's bloated, it's stinky, and it's stuck on Newport Beach ... 107 years young for a World War II combat vet, still going strong.

Car drives into Westwood market, turning lunch hour into a nightmare 06.02.2026

Coming up on today's Local: Rick Caruso reconsiders running for mayor, only to reconsider his reconsideration ... man with rifle killed at the California Science Center ... and, get married at the Disneyland Haunted Mansion, but it'll cost yah.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan enters race for California governor 30.01.2026

Coming up on today's local: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has entered the race for California governor, the cost of rent in L.A. is dropping, and the L.A. Public Library celebrated its 100 year anniversary by unveiling a time capsule from 1926.

Failure in prevention, failure in response: One year after LA's devastating fires, the criticisms continue 29.01.2026

Coming up on today's Local: anonymous LAFD firefighter blasts the department on the slow pace of reforms and Mayor Bass defends her rebuilding efforts against Trump's attempted interference.

TikTok deals with censorship claims, settlements 27.01.2026

Coming up on today's Local: Gov. Newsom weighs in on TikTok censorship claims, Pali High is back in action, and a mobile laundry truck is helping families in Pasadena.

ICE is crashing the Super Bowl and thousands of California nurses are on strike 26.01.2026

Coming up on today's episode: Over 30,000 healthcare professionals hit the picket lines today across the state. More people are moving out of California because of the high cost of living. And ICE vows to be at the Super Bowl in Santa Clara.

LA Metro choo-choo-chooses the Sepulveda Subway option 23.01.2026

Coming up on today's Local: More affordable modular homes come to burn sites in Altadena ... ICE shuns judicial warrants for house raids ... LAUSD stares down a major financial crisis.

Border Patrol agents once again fire into a car in a LA neighborhood 22.01.2026

Coming up on today's Local: Calabasas residents are none-too-pleased about wildfire debris landing in a neighboring landfill ... KROQ's Klein finds his wife's stolen car with some help from listeners ... is there a bitter Lakers feud between Jeanie Buss & LeBron James?!

LA Local special: KNX meets the new Democratic Socialist candidate for LA mayor 22.01.2026

A special LA Local short: raw & unedited interview between KNX city hall bureau chief Craig Fiegener & DSA candidate for LA mayor, Rae Huang ... which got a little contentious.

Protesters mark Trump 2.0's first year in office with demands to get ICE out of U.S. cities 20.01.2026

Once bitten, twice shy by mosquitoes in El Segundo ... Trump admin could make it very hard for foreign travelers to visit LA for the World Cup ... OMG OMG Sabrina Carpenter at the Grammys!!

AFTER ACTION: Lessons learned from the January Fires with 4 fire chiefs 07.01.2026

KNX News Special Correspondent Steve Gregory interviews Los Angeles City Fire Chief Jaime Moore, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone, Angeles National Forest Fire Chief Robert Garcia, and CalFire’s Chief Joe Tyler about the firefighting process on January 7th, 2025, and how pre-deployment was determined, mistakes that were made, lessons learned, and misinformation.

Mayor Karen Bass talks 'hard lessons learned' from SoCal wildfires 07.01.2026

In this special edition of the L.A. Local, our Craig Fiegener sits down with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass to talk about the Southern California wildfires and the criticism of the recovery efforts.

Record travel, a looming massive storm and oncoming holiday--what could go wrong? 24.12.2025

Coming up on today's Local: holiday getaway travel day in full effect, as a powerful storm moves in.

Warner Bros. says thanks but no thanks to Paramount's hostile takeover bid--so now what? 18.12.2025

Coming up on today's Local: Mayor Bass sounding defensive as pivotal fires anniversary approaches ... Nick Reiner makes his first court appearance in the murder of his parents Rob & Michele ... so much for diversity in Hollywood.

What happens when you find an uninvited guest in your Waymo ride? 12.12.2025

Coming up on today's Local: An unexpected guest found in a Waymo, the Laugh Factory is celebrating its 45th anniversary, and some big changes in the world of college football.

L.A. ranked the most generous community 11.12.2025

Coming up on today's Local: GoFundMe's "Year In Help" report ranks California as the most generous state and L.A. as the most generous community, a federal judge orders all National Guard troops to leave L.A., and wildlife officials are working to lure a bear from an Altadena crawlspace using food.

Tudum! Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. 06.12.2025

Coming up on today's Local: Netflix is set to buy Warner Bros., there are some whacky Waymos, L.A. to host first World Cup game, and you won't believe what one person is suggesting could be the new poverty line.

Hate crimes spike across LA County 05.12.2025

Coming up on today's Local: A fire at Kennedy High School ... yet another fire at a commercial building in Boyle Heights that injured a firefighter ... travelers' answer to Trump administration's plea to dress up on airplanes met with Pajama Protest

A Burbank K9 officer--a very good boy--crosses the rainbow bridge with honor 03.12.2025

Coming up on today's Local: Californians wronged by ICE can now report bad behavior, but will it make a difference ... union workers want LA28 chief Casey Wasserman kicked out of his job ... Chris Paul is unceremoniously dumped by Clippers.

Sabrina Carpenter tells the White House to please, please, please not use her song 03.12.2025

Coming up today's Local: A man was arrested after he allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail in downtown L.A., Sabrina Carptener pushes back after the White House uses her song in an ICE video, and an L.A. County therapy dog won a big award!

A roar from underneath the kitchen: a bear of a story from Altadena 02.12.2025

Coming up on today's Local: LA County Board of Supervisors take on masks wearing ICE agents, but not all Supes agree ... UCLA's struggling football team hires a new coach ... who knew the North Pole was in Duarte?

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