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Host Steve Chiotakis connects you to the people and places of Southern California.

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25:48

Vine to cafeteria line: Inside SoCal’s growing...

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2023/10/30

California is investing millions to change the way kids eat at school. Learn how one SoCal program is turning kids on to fresh produce, one watermelon at a time. The Where Has All The (affordable) Housing Gone? exhibit at the Beyond Baroque Gallery in Venice features photography, poetry and a giant map to examine the policies that led to the removal of nearly 1,500 rent-controlled units in the beachside neighborhood. Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto of the “Cannabis Cafe Bill,”

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26:07

Thousands of Angelenos could see their rent jump 7%...

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2023/10/26

Rent-stabilized tenants in LA could see an increase in February as high as 7%. Landlords say it’s necessary to keep up with expenses. The Museum of Latin American Art hosts its annual Día De Los Muertos festival on Oct. 29. This year’s theme, Hecho con Amor, celebrates the diversity of Latin American cuisine. The nonprofit ActiveSGV’s ArroyoFest will shut down six miles of the 110 freeway from Lincoln Heights to South Pasadena for cyclists and pedestrians on October 29.

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30:10

How to have peaceful interfaith dialogue amid...

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2023/10/25

NewGround promotes relations and dialogue between Jews and Muslims in Los Angeles. The group calls itself “a convener.” running trainings and classes promoting interfaith engagement. LA is in the height of spooky (and spider) season, so the Nature Nexus Institute is holding a “Spooky Critter Crawl” to highlight some of the city’s creepiest residents. An LA start-up is tackling a problem that developed in tandem with the invention of polyester: how to divert clothes from the

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26:01

Actors’ Gang: Decades later, punk rockers are still...

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2023/10/24

The Actors’ Gang’s new show, “Methusalem,” is directed by Brent Hinkley. He and fellow co-founder Tim Robbins discuss the show and the group’s legacy. Measure J requires LA County to allocate funds to incarceration alternatives and community/youth programs, instead of police. Some community groups say they still haven’t seen the money.

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26:08

Will El Niño bring more rain this year? Either way,...

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2023/10/23

Each week on KCRW’s The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast, hosts Caleigh Wells and Candice Dickens-Russel answer a listener’s environmental question and give advice on how they can help the planet. As SoCal looks to fall and winter, scientist predictions say El Niño weather patterns will bring heavy rains, but climate change is making it tricky to predict. In 1973, Knott’s Berry Farm became the first theme park to transform itself completely for the Halloween season. Since then, many

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25:13

Burbank’s ‘horror row’ celebrates Halloween year-round

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2023/10/19

Spine-tingling thrills, oddities, and costumes. A handful of small businesses in Burbank are keeping things scary beyond Halloween. The three co-directors of the 1980 parody film “Airplane!” recount their careers’ humble origins and the movie’s “endearing” comedy legacy. LA-based engineering and design nonprofit Miyamoto Relief is hosting “The Night of 1000 Drawings,” which raises money for reconstruction in Kyiv.

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25:48

Absent LAUSD kids are trickling back to class. Thank...

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2023/10/18

LAUSD student absences soared during the pandemic. Slowly, in large part due to school attendance counselors’ tireless work, kids are returning to class. Tom Morello, a political activist and Rage Against the Machine guitarist, is partnering with a nonprofit to launch music programs at schools across the country. Alex Da Corte’s solo exhibition, The Daemon, transforms the Matthew Marks Gallery into a 1960s house with a conversation pit and a splash of surrealism.

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28:33

Aetna Street encampment residents say ‘Inside Safe’...

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2023/10/17

The Aetna Street Collective came together three years ago to advocate for a tight-knit unhoused community facing harassment and street sweeps. Scribble, a Highland Park-based nonprofit, launched on Oct. 3 to provide affordable therapy, music shows, game nights, tai chi classes, and more. Neighborhoods historically cut off from government-backed home loans continue to suffer the consequences. That includes smaller and less diverse bird populations.

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25:55

Child-free and loving it: Meet these LA women

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2023/10/16

Three women in LA share their reasons to forgo parenting: more freedom, more travel, and more time to focus on their careers and passions. What’s up with the Dodgers? Despite winning 100 games during the regular season, again, the Dodgers’ were eliminated in the first round, again. Along Beach Boulevard, from Rosecrans to Orangethorpe, is Buena Park’s Koreatown, a name that’s only been official for a few weeks.

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30:31

Who gets priority for affordable housing? Mayor Bass...

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2023/10/12

Unhoused Angelenos in temporary shelters will get priority for many city-funded affordable housing units — under policy shift enacted by Mayor Karen Bass. UCLA Professor Justin Torres’ new novel, Blackouts, is a “socratic dialogue” between an unnamed narrator and a dying man. It’s also a finalist for the National Book Award. Big Bear’s Oktoberfest has been running for 53 years, attracting locals and people from all across SoCal for revelry, beer, and the chicken dance.

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27:02

Nazis stole art from LA family. They spent decades...

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2023/10/11

A new exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center details the story of one Jewish family’s fight to reclaim art that was stolen by Nazis. Walter Mosley is known for writing crime novels. But his latest book, Touched, is science fiction. It involves the Big Bang and threats to the planet. One of the laws that Gov. Newsom recently signed will give fast food workers higher wages, more on-site safety, and their own council. Meanwhile, he said cannabis cafes violate smoke-free workplace

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25:25

Jewish and Palestinan Angelenos try to cope with...

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2023/10/10

LA has large populations from both the Israeli and Palestinian diaspora, and many are reeling from Hamas’ attacks near the Gaza strip and the Israeli government’s retaliation. As burglaries and robberies rise at LA’s cannabis shops, owners double down on security measures. The Made in LA biennial features 39 local artists from various neighborhoods and backgrounds. Some of the work centers on quotidian scenes of domestic life.

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25:22

South Central Run Club redefines health in an...

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2023/10/09

The South Central Run Club is using the sport to build up community and wellness in the neighborhood. A year ago, three LA City Council members had an insiders’ talk about how to control Los Angeles’ redistricting. The racist audio was leaked, decimating trust in local government. Sacred Places Institute is a community-based organization working to protect land and water that once belonged to Indigenous tribes in California.

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32:59

Vernon green-lights hundreds of new apartments....

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2023/10/05

Vernon, an industrial city with a population of just 222, is poised to add up to 874 new units of housing. This weekend at The Ford theater, The Milk Carton Kids will host the LA Folk Festival, where “misfits” and folk musicians can connect. At Burbank’s IKEA, an art residency inspires people to get creative with furniture, monkey wrenches, and maybe even meatballs.

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24:52

LA sees renewed activism for tenants’ and workers’...

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2023/10/04

This past weekend, tenant advocates, labor unions, workers, and renters marched in Downtown LA to demand good wages, better employee benefits, and housing security. Curators Diana Nawi and Pablo José Ramiréz traveled across LA to put together the Hammer Museum’s biennial show, Made in LA. It features works by 39 local artists.

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25:57

Is life coaching a scam? ‘The Dream’ podcast...

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2023/10/03

In the latest season of her podcast “The Dream,” skeptical journalist Jane Marie investigates the legitimacy of the life coaching industry. For the last 50 years, Robert Sanchez (a.k.a. Pnutman) has been a vendor at Dodger Stadium. He shares how he got the job, and climbed the ranks from selling soda to peanuts — and even pizza. The Tom of Finland Foundation will be holding an Art & Culture Festival this weekend at SoHo Warehouse. All art shown will nod to founder Tom of

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25:16

El Sereno GreenGrocer honors the tradition of tienditas

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2023/10/02

Two El Sereno residents opened a market to give their neighbors access to affordable and healthy food, plus a sense of community. For just 12 days, Hadestown is returning to Los Angeles – the city where two producers began to develop the original album into a hit musical. Jordan Brandman was a former Anaheim City Council member who resigned amid scandal and eventually became a whistleblower. He died over the weekend.

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32:24

‘Cultural atlas’ preserves local history as LA...

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2023/09/28

A new, three-year collective history project from the nonprofit Clockshop is gathering stories and memories from rapidly changing communities along the LA River. The iconic Roxy Theatre turned 50 this month. Neil Young kicked off the anniversary celebrations, and Rickie Lee Jones will keep them going with a performance in October. Artist Jane Tsong’s Underflow LA is a project is showcasing underground river sounds from across the city.

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25:52

At LA Ukelele Festival, versatile instrument...

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2023/09/27

Last weekend, about 1,000 people gathered at the LA International Ukulele Festival in Torrance to celebrate the little instrument with a big following. Yunte Huang’s final book in his Rendezvous with American History trilogy focuses on the remarkable life of Chinese American actress Anna May Wong. The LA Public Library has acquired thousands of unpublished celebrity pictures by John Verzi. They were auctioned off to the library after the postal worker’s death in 2018.

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34:44

There’s nothing cheesy about the Pizza Strike Fund

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2023/09/26

The Pizza Strike Fund is a grassroots effort to feed Hollywood writers and actors. Volunteers have delivered over 2,500 cheesy and meaty pies to picket lines since May. Nick Offerman is best known as an actor (Parks and Recreation), but he’s also an author. His latest book, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play, is coming out in paperback. For 15 years, the Hola México Film Festival has been bringing the best of Mexican cinema to Los Angeles. Now they’re celebrating with a big

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