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Denser housing may be on the horizon near LA's transit centers
A new bill seeks to address lagging transit ridership and the state's housing shortage in one fell swoop. SB79 would upzone thousands of parcels throughout California, allowing for more dense housing near major transit centers. “It's hard to think of a better place to build multi-unit apartment buildings, townhomes and condos, than around the highest quality public transportation,” said California Sen. Scott Wiener, who introduced the bill.
Griffith Observatory celebrates 90th birthday
A star was born in 1935, when Griffith Observatory became the first public observatory west of the Mississippi. Now, “Griffith Observatory is the most visited public observatory on the planet,” says Ed Krupp, longtime director of the observatory. In the 90 years since its founding, more than 7 million people have peered through the historic Zeiss telescope that adorns the peak of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park. “More than any other telescope on Earth,” Krupp adds.
Evan Jacoby
Hi, I’m Evan! I’m an audio producer and writer here in L.A. My favorite types of stories make me care about something I didn’t think I’d find important. I’m a former producer for LAist Studios: How To LA. My favorite things to do here are rockclimb and cook. I also sometimes film things, and I main Ness.
Altadena Library reopens to the community for fun, games and a LeVar Burton reading
LAist relies on reader donations to power our nonprofit newsroom. Support LAist by giving now . Today marks the grand reopening of the Altadena Library. The beloved community space was spared by the Eaton Fire, and after a short period of closure for fire-related clean up, it's welcoming hundreds of Altadenans who gathered to celebrate its return. "We wanted to have a really big carnival feel," Altadena Library director Nikki Winslow said. "Free food, giveaways...
10,000 tiles and counting. Checking in with 'Save The Tiles' volunteers, one month later
LAist relies on reader donations to power our nonprofit newsroom. Support LAist by giving now . Blackened jumbles of ash and metal. Burnt outlines of former homes. For thousands of homeowners, that’s all that the Eaton Fire left behind when it tore through Altadena in early January. For many, their chimneys were the only thing left standing. Some of them were adorned with historic tiles , created over 100 years ago by artists like Ernest Batchelder or Claycraft’s Fred and George Robertson.
Run, don’t drive! Los Angeles Marathon road closures
The 40th Los Angeles Marathon is tomorrow, which means runners and festivities will take over many of L.A’s streets. Whether you plan to join the crowd, or drive to the coast for a beach day, or were planning a bike ride across the city, every Angeleno should brace for street closures and tow-away zones snaking their way throughout the city. Need to know more? We got you. Main course closures: These streets will be closed at various times during the day.
Pasadena has new rental protections in the wake of the Eaton Fire
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Free entry at L.A. museums this weekend
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Thousands of trees will go unplanted in Los Angeles after Musk pulls funding
Your donation will power local paywall-free reporting for our community. Donate for the first time or increase your monthly donation to have a positive impact for independent and trusted journalism. Monthly Donation One-Time Donation Reopening of the Palisades was scheduled for 8 a.m. Sunday. But on Saturday night, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said checkpoints will remain in place, after she secured additional law enforcement resources from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Volunteers in Altadena race to save historic tiles after the LA wildfires
Chimneys are all that are left of many homes that burned in Altadena. Some are adorned with historic tiles, and a group of volunteers are racing to save them before bulldozers come and clear debris. Source link
Volunteers in Altadena race to save historic tiles after the LA wildfires
Volunteers in Altadena race to save historic tiles after the LA wildfires Chimneys are all that are left of many homes that burned in Altadena. Some are adorned with historic tiles, and a group of volunteers are racing to save them before bulldozers come and clear debris.
The race to save historic Altadena fireplace tiles - because they're all that’s left
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House burned to the ground by Eaton Fire in escrow for $550,000
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Malibu’s Ocean Life Isn’t Safe From Fire, and the Worst Effects are Yet to Come
Now that Los Angeles is finally seeing some much needed rain, the worst effects in the ocean are expected to begin. This article was originally published Feb. 1, 2025 on laist.com. The Palisades Fire destroyed thousands of structures and killed 12 people. Now, as fire victims gather their lives after the destruction, environmental concerns have emerged in the region. Urban fires pose particular threats to marine ecosystems.
Confusion in Palisades as PCH partially reopens, but access remains restricted within city limits
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Malibu’s ocean life isn’t safe from fire, and the worst effects are yet to come
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Altadena preps for the potential of heavy rain and mudslides, as other concerns persist
Heavy rain is possible for much of the L.A. region starting Sunday afternoon, bringing threats of mudslides to recent burnt scars – in particular, around the areas of the Eaton Fire. The forecasted rains are much needed after what is so far the driest winter on record. But combining water with dirt and debris makes burn scars vulnerable to landslides. After the Bobcat fire tore through the San Gabriels in 2020, huge swaths of treeless hillside were swept away during winter storms.
How To Ditch Your Car: A Guide To Being Car-Free In Los Angeles
Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. L.A. may be the city of the car, but it doesn’t have to be.
What The Displacement Of Storied Restaurant Suehiro Means For Little Tokyo
Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. Evicted From Little Tokyo - What's Next For Suehiro Cafe? Little Tokyo is no longer the neighborhood it was when Suehiro Cafe first opened its doors in 1972. Back then, there were hundreds of family owned businesses, and thousands of Japanese and Japanese American families called it home.
What The Displacement Of A Storied Restaurant Means For Little Tokyo
Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. Evicted From Little Tokyo - What's Next For Suehiro Cafe? Little Tokyo is no longer the neighborhood it was when Suehiro Cafe first opened its doors in 1972. Back then, there were hundreds of family owned businesses, and thousands of Japanese and Japanese American families called it home.
Autonomy And Feelings Of Safety Elude Residents At An Inside Safe Motel
Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. When we first met “Nono” last summer she was living in an encampment under the 405 Freeway, straddling the Los Angeles neighborhood of Palms and Culver City.
LA Leaders Tackle Homelessness Crisis, But Many Services Are Still ‘Woefully Inadequate’
Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. There are more than 46,000 people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles and every day volunteers hit the streets with mutual aid groups to provide them with whatever is needed — no strings attached.
These Volunteers Are Trying To Fill The Gaps in LA’s Response To The Homelessness Crisis
Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. We’ve all seen it: Tents lining the sidewalks of freeway overpasses; or people drinking from fire hydrants in Skid Row; or an unhoused person forced off the metro with nowhere else to sleep.
How to LA: How To Go Car Free In The Car Capital Of The World
Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. Topline: How to LA producer Evan Jacoby has been living car-free for about a year now. Today on the podcast, he’s dragging fellow producer Megan Botel along for his commute to work.
F(AI)K News: Why You Shouldn’t Replace Journalists With AI
Hi, I’m Aaricka! If you're enjoying this article, you'll love my daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. This is the beginning of an AI-generated How To LA episode about an entirely fake story conceived by AI. To be clear: Los Angeles is not building an artificial island off the coast of Santa Monica. But if this story were true, this would be a pretty How To LA way to start it.
Where To Find Free (And Pretty Cheap) Music in Los Angeles
Hi, I’m Aaricka! If you're enjoying this article, you'll love my daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. Now that the rain appears to have stopped for at least a week, we are sure you are all itching to get out and go do something in the city. Well, if you are looking for some options, it is our opinion that there’s nothing quite like a night out to hear some live music.
How Students Are Stepping In To Help Peers Survive The Fentanyl Overdose Crisis
Start your day with LAist Sign up for How To LA, delivered weekday mornings. A fentanyl overdose is a terrifying and painful experience. The skin turns cold and clammy, the pupils constrict. Breathing slows to a shallow crawl. The pulse weakens, and many people become unresponsive or lose consciousness. “It almost makes the experience surreal, like it was a dream,” says B, a Los Angeles college student who overdosed on fentanyl after consuming cocaine laced with the substance.
Surviving Fentanyl: An Organization By Students For Students
Start your day with LAist Sign up for How To LA, delivered weekday mornings. A fentanyl overdose is a terrifying and painful experience. The skin turns cold and clammy, the pupils constrict. Breathing slows to a shallow crawl. The pulse weakens, and many people become unresponsive or lose consciousness. “It almost makes the experience surreal, like it was a dream,” says B, a Los Angeles college student who overdosed on fentanyl after consuming cocaine laced with the substance.
LA Food Vendors Who Lacked Permits Will Find Relief With California's New Law
Start your day with LAist Sign up for How To LA, delivered weekday mornings. You cannot say L.A. and not think about street food in the same sentence. Listen to How to LA: The Fight To Legalize LA's Street Food Scene We don't have to tell you how delicious those street tacos are or how refreshing raspados or frutas are on a hot day.
How Folks In Pacoima Are Fighting The Heat - With Asphalt Paint
Start your day with LAist Sign up for How To LA, delivered weekday mornings. Talk to (mostly) anyone in L.A. and they have a heat wave story: how they felt and how they dealt. This last one we just had was pretty unbearable and it’s likely that they’re only gonna get worse — and more frequent. For reference, in a study from a few years ago, researchers from UCLA forecasted that the average number of days in downtown L.A. that’ll be hotter than 95 degrees could triple in the next 20 years.
How The New Chinatown Farmers' Market Hopes To Feed The Area's Residents
Start your day with LAist Sign up for How To LA, delivered weekday mornings. Los Angeles' Chinatown is a food desert. Sure, there are restaurants, but this neighborhood has not had a full service grocery store since Ai Hoa market shut its doors in 2019. The mostly elderly, low-income residents often buy from food vendors on Broadway. Enter the L.A. River Farmers’ Market.
City Bean Makes The Best Coffee You've Never Heard Of - And That's By Design
(Nathan Dumlao/Unsplash) Our news is free on LAist. To make sure you get our coverage:Sign up for our daily newsletters. To support our non-profit public service journalism:Donate Now. In 2003, Carlos Figueroa got a job slinging lattes at a kiosk in the Fox Plaza mall. Back then, it was just another beverage. He hadn't discovered the magic of coffee. Now, he's the head roaster at City Bean Roasters. You may not know the company's name but you've probably tried their coffee.
Foraging In A Pandemic Means Digging Up A New Business Model
Forager Jess Starwood sits in front of a wall of jars filled with herbs and mushrooms she has foraged. (Chava Sanchez/LAist) Our news is free on LAist. To make sure you get our coverage:Sign up for our daily newsletters. To support our non-profit public service journalism:Donate Now. "People are so used to seeing food come in plastic," Jess Starwood says as she scrambles up the side of a wild cherry tree, just north of Santa Clarita.
Sanitize me, captain: How to make your own hand sanitizer
About Evan Jacoby Evan Jacoby is a masters student in the Specialized Journalism program. He is interested in using documentary film and radio to explore themes of environmentalism and human psychology. ejacoby@usc.edu
Special Episode: Annenberg after COVID-19
USC suspended in-person classes after Los Angeles saw its first cases of community transmission of COVID-19. All university-related travel, including several international reporting trips, were cancelled. Many students, especially those in graduate programs, saw these trips as career-launching opportunities. But all of a sudden, those opportunities came to a grinding halt.
From Where We Are: USC on hold due to COVID-19 threat
March 12, 2020 From Where We Are By: Aiyonna White, Luke Scorziell, Joshua Chang, Evan Jacoby, and Yuki Liang 5:37 PM On today’s show: As USC extends its online classes to April 14, Annenberg Radio speaks to Trojans about how the COVID-19 threat has affected them.
From Where We Are: California faces coronavirus outbreak, Elizabeth Warren suspends campaign and new floor opens in Engemann Health Center
On today’s show, California’s fight against coronavirus continues, senator Elizabeth Warren suspends her White House bid and a new floor opens in Engemann Health Center to address students’ mental health concerns From Where We Are By: Aiyonna White, Luke Scorziell, Joshua Chang, Yuki Liang, and Evan Jacoby 7:03 PM On today’s show, California’s fight against coronavirus continues, with Gov. Gavin Newsom declaring a state of emergency this morning.
From Where We Are: USC must redo Title IX; Marshall School of Business cancels abroad programs; and beloved local diner, Grinder, shuts its doors.
On today’s show, the coronavirus dominates. USC students react to the spread of the disease around the world, the USC Marshall School of Business announces study abroad programs will be canceled. Annenberg Media’s executive editor Ruby Yuan talks about how his family in Wuhan, China, has been impacted.
Discipline and devotion: the unseen world of sumo
Sumo is commonly satirized in American popular culture. Yet it’s an integral piece of Japanese culture, steeped in millenia of tradition. Yokozuna Kakuryu (center) performs the ring-entry ritual at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. (Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi/AP) Outside the Kokusai Athletic Center in coastal Fukuoka, Japan, dozens of fans huddle beneath a canopy of branches hoping for a rare, up-close glimpse of their favorite athletes.
Remembering Japanese American USC students interned during WWII
In 1942, there were 121 Nisei, or second generation Japanese American, USC students. One of them, Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi, was an extremely outspoken advocate for Japanese American rights. She wrote several opinion articles to the Daily Trojan in the three months between Pearl Harbor and her internment, aiming to highlight the dedication she and other Nisei had to defending America. She wrote, “we are real Americans. What else could we be?
From Where We Are: Dornsife reacts to USC’s Cultural Values Poll, new study shows how vaping affects human genome and why we need minority voices in journalism
On today’s show, USC Dornsife reacts to the USC Cultural Values Poll and a new study shows that vapers experience changes in their DNA similar to that of smokers. For Match Volume, we talk to Dr. Alissa Richardson, a thought leader in mobile journalism with an emphasis on marginalized communities.
From Where We Are: February 6, 2020
Annenberg Radio News is a student-produced show about news and culture through the lens of USC and Southern California. Tune in to our show at KXSC, 1560 AM, at 4 p.m. or wherever you get your podcasts. From Where We Are By: Joshua Chang, Luke Scorziell, Aiyonna White, Evan Jacoby, and Yuki Liang 7:23 PM This is ARN’s practice show.
From Where We Are: December 5, 2019
Today’s episode is our last show of the decade as well as the year -- and we examine all the music, films and TV shows that define the 2010s! But first, we talk to an investigative reporter for the Beacon Project about his groundbreaking stories, and USC football coach Clay Helton retains his position for another season. Before Trojans head into the holidays, we find out the best spots to study for the finals and why the tradition of holiday drinking is influenced by popular culture.
From Where We Are: November 14, 2019
This morning, tragedy struck Southern California. A sixteen year old student opened fire this morning at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita killing two young students. On Today’s show, we get a live update from Henry Mayo hospital, and learn how we can discuss tragedy. If you or someone you know is in need of help, please reach out to professional counselors including those at student health services.
From Where We Are: November 7, 2019
On the anniversary of the Borderline Bar and Grill massacre, we speak with survivors, visit a newly opened Healing Garden in Thousand Oaks, and look at long term policy solutions for gun violence. This week, USC announced Mike Bohn as their new athletic director and also that it will be restructuring its Board of Trustees over the next few years.
From Where We Are: October 31, 2019
About Evan Jacoby Evan Jacoby is a masters student in the Specialized Journalism program. He is interested in using documentary film and radio to explore themes of environmentalism and human psychology. ejacoby@usc.edu
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