Los Angeles

With rising costs of living in California and the proliferation of remote work, many Angelenos are starting new lives where it’s more affordable: Mexico City.

from KCRW Features

Conditions appear just right for a spring superbloom after a rainy winter, meaning colorful California hillsides and fields are coming.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Sous chef Kamran Gill discusses the challenges he faces while fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.

How a Muslim chef observes the Ramadan fast while cooking for others

Sous chef Kamran Gill discusses the challenges he faces while fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.

from Good Food

A springtime delicacy, sugar snap peas add crunch to salads and bring a delicate flavor to soups.

Market Report: Sugar snap peas are in season

A springtime delicacy, sugar snap peas add crunch to salads and bring a delicate flavor to soups.

from Good Food

Four years after the COVID pandemic made telecommuting a norm, Angelenos are getting lonely on the job. LA event organizers are now offering coworking pop-ups.

Lonely doing your job from home? Turn to pop-up coworking spaces

Four years after the COVID pandemic made telecommuting a norm, Angelenos are getting lonely on the job. LA event organizers are now offering coworking pop-ups.

from KCRW Features

Kanye West, now Ye, will headline the hip-hop festival Rolling Loud. Despite past controversies like his antisemitic remarks, the comeback hints at a forgiving audience.

Antisemitic rants to Inglewood performance: Is Kanye West back?

Kanye West, now Ye, will headline the hip-hop festival Rolling Loud. Despite past controversies like his antisemitic remarks, the comeback hints at a forgiving audience.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Karen Bass talks about the efficacy of her signature Inside Safe program, preparing LA for the Olympics, and Measure HLA.

LA Mayor Karen Bass says Olympics could help solve homelessness

Karen Bass talks about the efficacy of her signature Inside Safe program, preparing LA for the Olympics, and Measure HLA.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Sommelier Courtney Kaplan explains shochu, Japan's indigenous distilled spirit.

Shochu, with a lower alcohol content than many spirits, finds a new audience in the US

Sommelier Courtney Kaplan explains shochu, Japan's indigenous distilled spirit.

from Good Food

At the farmers market, chef Daniel Matho shops for butternut squash while Lettie Garcia talks grapefruit.

Market Report: Chef Daniel Matho uses butternut squash in a seasonal sandwich

At the farmers market, chef Daniel Matho shops for butternut squash while Lettie Garcia talks grapefruit.

from Good Food

Intrepid food writer Bill Esparza shows us where to find Dominican food in Los Angeles.

Where to find Dominican food in Los Angeles

Intrepid food writer Bill Esparza shows us where to find Dominican food in Los Angeles.

from Good Food

Poised to open a restaurant complex in Los Angeles, Rose Previte traveled spice trade routes to see how cooking traditions informed each other.

Maydan brings Middle Eastern and North African flavors to LA with a new cookbook and a massive restaurant complex

Poised to open a restaurant complex in Los Angeles, Rose Previte traveled spice trade routes to see how cooking traditions informed each other.

from Good Food

Incumbent Kevin De León is expected to compete in a run-off election in November in LA’s 14th district — after leaked audio showed him making contentious remarks about race.

Kevin De León remains popular among voters, despite controversial history

Incumbent Kevin De León is expected to compete in a run-off election in November in LA’s 14th district — after leaked audio showed him making contentious remarks about race.

from KCRW Features

Though votes are still being tallied, LA Magazine Reporter Jon Regardie weighs in on which LA races will go to a run-off in November and which saw early wins.

LA district attorney, City Council: Primary race results so far

Though votes are still being tallied, LA Magazine Reporter Jon Regardie weighs in on which LA races will go to a run-off in November and which saw early wins.

from KCRW Features

With thousands of votes yet to be counted, political observer Raphael Sonenshein zooms in on the Senate race and key congressional races in Southern California.

Senate, state congressional races: Early primary results

With thousands of votes yet to be counted, political observer Raphael Sonenshein zooms in on the Senate race and key congressional races in Southern California.

from KCRW Features

LA’s teachers union pulled its endorsement of school board candidate Kahllid Al-Alim the night before Election Day. He had promoted antisemitic social media content.

Antisemitic social posts lead to Al-Alim losing UTLA support

LA’s teachers union pulled its endorsement of school board candidate Kahllid Al-Alim the night before Election Day. He had promoted antisemitic social media content.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Thieves stole hundreds of bronze headstones and plaques from LA County cemeteries. The metal used is worth big money in the scrap metal market.

Metal thieves turn to cemeteries, historical markers

Thieves stole hundreds of bronze headstones and plaques from LA County cemeteries. The metal used is worth big money in the scrap metal market.

from KCRW Features

LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Yess, a new Japanese restaurant in the Arts District.

Yess: 'The most quietly ambitious cooking to emerge in LA'

LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Yess, a new Japanese restaurant in the Arts District.

from Good Food

At the farmer's market, chef Deau Arpapornnopparat shops for Holy Basil, his Atwater Village Thai restaurant.

Market Report: Chef Deau Arpapornnopparat finds his cilantro roots

At the farmer's market, chef Deau Arpapornnopparat shops for Holy Basil, his Atwater Village Thai restaurant.

from Good Food

Measure HLA, which is on the ballot, has attracted passionate support and strong opposition, amid a broad reckoning over the future and priorities of safety in LA transportation.

Measure HLA promises safer – but slower – LA streets

Measure HLA, which is on the ballot, has attracted passionate support and strong opposition, amid a broad reckoning over the future and priorities of safety in LA transportation.

from KCRW Features

The Downtown LA gay bar Redline opened in 2015. Now it joins a long legacy of LGBTQ spaces that have closed in the city center.

Gay bar Redline says ‘see you later’ after 10 years in business

The Downtown LA gay bar Redline opened in 2015. Now it joins a long legacy of LGBTQ spaces that have closed in the city center.

from KCRW Features