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Menu Listen Donate News Listen Donate AirTalk Things To Do Program Schedule How To Listen Podcasts In Brief Landlord Relief Pandemic-era help for small L.A. County landlords Farmworker Road Deaths Safety measure effectiveness in question Your Morning LA Report Listen: Rent relief LA, Vroman’s farewell, more Tuesday May Gray Highs in the 70s, low 80s CA’s Medicaid Experiment Is it working? It depends on who’s asked Climate and Environment As Land Underneath Keeps Shifting, Historic Wayfarers Chapel Will Be Disassembled The iconic chapel will be moved to storage while church officials debate next steps. The shift of land has been averaging about 7 inches each week. Should CA Ditch Long-Time Environmental Law To Speed Up New Housing? Today on AirTalk, we look into how a long-standing environmental law has affected California housing projects. Also on the show, we examine some of the risks associated with taking supplements; we continue our conversation on neurodiversity, looking into the history of diagnosis; AirTalk listeners who are expats and transplants share what they love about SoCal; and more. Today On AirTalk How a CA environmental law is delaying housing projects Will brightening clouds help ease global warming? Are there risks to taking supplements? The history of diagnosing neurodivergence CA transplants share what they love about SoCal Listen • 1:38:13 Episode Detail FilmWeek: ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,’ ‘The Last Stop in Yuma Country,’ ‘The Roundup: Punishment,’ And More Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Andy Klein review the latest releases on FilmWeek. Today on FilmWeek: FilmWeek critics review the latest releases FilmWeek Feature: New Book Looks At The Blues Brothers Listen • 30:34 Episode Detail News CHP Isn’t Supposed To Aim Less-Lethal Munitions At Protesters’ Heads And Fire Into Crowds. It Did At UCLA A CalMatters review documented at least 25 instances in which officers appeared to aim their weapons at the eye-level of pro-Palestinian protesters or fired them into crowds. Civics & Democracy Why A Huntington Beach Taxpayer Is Demanding Details About The $7M Airshow Payout The city settled a lawsuit with the annual airshow operator — and residents want to know details about what taxpayers are on the hook for. News Ohtani’s Ex-Interpreter Ippei Mizuhara Enters Plea Ahead Of Sentencing Mizuhara pleaded not guilty as part of a formality, but will change his plea to guilty as part of a deal reached with the U.S. District Attorney’s Office last week. Arts and Entertainment Meet The Artist Shaking Up Male-Dominated Lowrider Culture (With A Hot Pink Cadillac) There’s still lowrider car clubs that have laws and bylaws that don’t allow women to even sit in on their car club meetings,” artist Jacqueline Valenzuela says. Essays A Love Letter To LA, From A Brit Who Never Thought She’d Fit In Suzanne Levy, a senior editor at LAist, reflects on 10 years in a land she never imagined embracing. Criminal Justice LA County Places 66 Probation Officers On Leave, Citing Internal Investigations The L.A. County Probation Department says all of the sworn officers were placed on leave this year pending internal affairs investigations into allegations of misconduct or arrests. Arts and Entertainment Best Things To Do This Week In Los Angeles And Southern California: May 13 - 16 Belle and Sebastian, National BBQ Month at Grand Central Market, a massive drum circle, and a talk on The Swans of Harlem. Civics Tuesday State Agency Says Getting New Housing Built Will Be ’Urban Warfare’ If Environmental Reviews Don’t Change California is in a massive housing crisis, and while longstanding environmental law is not solely to blame, a new report finds it isn’t helping matters. How Would You Spend $1M To Improve Your Neighborhood? L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell wants residents of two neighborhoods to decide how to spend $1 million. 11 State Propositions Have Qualified For The November Ballot — And There Are Probably More Coming Phew. Eleven state propositions have already qualified for the November 2024 ballot in California, including one to repeal a law that limits the type of housing subject to rent control and one to repeal a law that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman. Sponsored Content Sponsored by: Theatricum Botanicum 2024 Summer Season Will Pack A Lighthearted Punch Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum returns with outdoor summer repertory theater. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is back, alongside The Winter’s Tale, Wendy’s Peter Pan, Tartuffe: Born Again, and The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote. Family-Sized Housing Shortage No American city shuts millennials with kids out of homeownership more than L.A. For Many Young Parents, Family-Sized Housing Is Out Of Reach In LA — To Buy Or Rent The severe lack of family friendly housing has millennial parents asking: Is leaving Southern California our only option? With No Easy Solutions To Get More Family-Sized Housing Built In LA, Is Public Housing An Option? We talked to experts and lawmakers and found no clear consensus on how to solve the growing problem. Young Parents Need Bigger Homes, But Older Angelenos Aren’t Moving Empty nesters own more L.A. homes than millennials with kids. Here’s how some older homeowners are finding ways to spread their wealth. Support your source for local and NPR news today! 2024 will be an important year for reliable local and national reporting. 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