In what is one of the most consequential elections in modern US history, many high schoolers had to leave it... more

Nathan Hochman defeated incumbent George Gascón in the Los Angeles County District Attorney race. Many see the outcome as a... more

As the country’s second largest group of eligible voters, Latino constituents will play a pivotal role in the upcoming election.... more

Marqueece Harris-Dawson is now one of the most powerful leaders in the city, as the new Los Angeles City Council... more

Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do has resigned and agreed to plead guilty for a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars... more

Artist, abolitionist, and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Patrisse Cullors shares her perspective on what's at stake in the 2024... more

In Butler’s latest book Who’s Afraid of Gender, renowned feminist and gender studies theorist Judith Butler maps out how the... more

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is locked in a tough reelection battle this November against Nathan Hochman. In candid,... more

George Gascón faces backlash from inside his own D.A.’s office and from the public. He’s become a national scapegoat  for... more

George Gascón is unlike many prosecutors. His background and sweeping criminal justice policy reforms as Los Angeles District Attorney have... more

Voters elected Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón in 2020 on his promises to undo decades of mass incarceration, tackle... more

LAist Correspondent Jill Replogle speaks with Ben Goldfarb, an environmental journalist, wildlife enthusiast, and author of Crossings: How Road Ecology... more

Jackie and Shadow are two beloved bald eagles who live in Big Bear, a ski town a couple hours northeast... more

The first deadly black bear attack in California’s history was confirmed recently in a small mountain town in Northern California.... more

If the mountain lion is thought of as a celebrity, then, many would think of the coyote as a villain. LAist... more

One of Hollywood’s recent celebrities wasn’t a person, but a feline. The famed mountain lion made headlines in Los Angeles... more

In 2009, Gloria Arellano de la Rosa was banned from re-entering the U.S. for ten years, finding herself separated from... more

Passing the Mantle is a new podcast from LAist Studios about family, curiosity and the things that change — and... more

Unable to return to the U.S., Daniel Zamora struggles to build a life in Mexico, until a trip abroad suddenly... more

Passing the Mantle is a new podcast from LAist Studios about family, curiosity and the things that change — and... more

Part 8: How Giving Back Can Make You Feel Less Alone  We're back with another installment of our How To... more

Daniel Zamora  waits for the decision on his deportation appeal and has to figure out how to make a life... more

Carol Kwang Park was 12 years old, working as a cashier at her family’s gas station in Compton, California, when... more

Daniel Zamora took a roadtrip in 2011 that would take an unexpected turn to the Texas border. That detour would... more

LA was rocked on March 4 when Dave Fink, a golf influencer, posted a viral video on Instagram detailing how... more

Part 7: Looking For Community? Go Find Your 'Church'  How To LA is back with our series on How NOT... more

LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin gives us insights into the making of The Gen Z Water Dealmaker series. In this bonus episode,... more

Host Antonia Cereijido speaks with negotiations expert Victoria Medvec about how to make the best possible deal. Medvec also helps... more

JB Hamby and the other lead negotiators on the Colorado River have to come up with a long term solution... more

Part 6: Connect To Yourself — And Others — Through Dance  We're back with another episode in our How Not... more

Japanese American Incarceration. The Third World Liberation Front. The 1992 Los Angeles Uprising. What you think you know isn’t always... more

JB Hamby is the dealmaker from California, and at 28 years old, he’s the youngest and least experienced among the... more

The Colorado River is in the midst of one of the worst water crises in recorded history. Climate change and... more

She Has A Name is set against the backdrop of the drug epidemic in 1980s Detroit. The new podcast hosted... more

Part 8: Adolfo finds new information about the night Oscar died, and has to have a difficult conversation about what... more

Part 7:  Adolfo learns about the dangers of Santa Barbara’s bluffs and gets a second opinion on Oscar’s death report. ... more

Part 6: Adolfo reckons with his own relationship to his past and the Chicano student movement. And he finds someone... more

Part 5: Was Oscar going to leave the Chicano student movement? Adolfo discovers new information about Oscar’s last months.   ... more

Part 4: Adolfo finds a briefcase with information that could lead to clues about Oscar’s death.    Grow your business–no... more

Part 3: Adolfo gets his first lead on a person possibly involved in Oscar’s death.   Grow your business–no matter... more

In our next installment of our series on How Not To Be Lonely in LA, we’re covering all the ways... more

Part 2: Adolfo learns that there was a dark side to Oscar’s experience in the Chicano student movement.  Grow your... more

Imperfect Paradise: The Forgotten Revolutionary, the 2022 podcast from LAist Studios, has been optioned by Participant and is simultaneously being... more

Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido is joined by LAist Senior Health Reporter Jackie Fortier and Higher Education Correspondent Adolfo Guzman-Lopez... more

Part 4: Why Are Men So Lonely These Days? For the next installment of our series on How to Not... more

Part 4: Half a year after Star Garden reopens as a union club, the dancers are still negotiating a contract.... more

Part 3: Building A Music Community To Feel Less Alone For the next installment of our finding community series, we're... more

Part 3: The Star Garden Topless Dive Bar reopens as a union strip club, but the fight doesn’t end there.... more

Part 2: Speed Dating Sick of dating apps? Ever try speed dating? It's part of series from How to LA... more

Part 2: When the Star Garden strippers go public with their union campaign, they get pushback from the club’s management... more

From LAist Studios, How to LA producer Megan Botel explores how people are dealing with feelings of loneliness – which... more

Part 1: In 2023, North Hollywood’s Star Garden reopened as the only unionized strip club in the U.S. LAist Producer... more

Imperfect Paradise Host Antonia Cereijido speaks with philosopher and author of Elite Capture: How The Powerful Took over Identity Politics (And... more

Imperfect Paradise: Yoga's "Queen of Conspiracies": Part 4: RFK Jr. - The Presidential Candidate for Wellness Conspiracists?A year after Yoga’s... more

Part 3: Kundalini Yoga’s #MeToo MomentIn early 2020, just as fears about coronavirus are worsening, women begin accusing the founder... more

Part 2: Kundalini RoyaltyKatie Griggs, a young woman from rural Maryland, discovers Kundalini yoga in her early 20s and goes... more

Before her sudden death in 2021, Guru Jagat had become a famous Kundalini yoga teacher based in Los Angeles. But... more

This week, Imperfect Paradise is featuring Part 3 & Part 4 of a four-part series from How To LA.  HTLA... more

This week, Imperfect Paradise is featuring Part 1 & Part 2 of a four-part series from How To LA.  Unsheltered... more

Part 4: What’s the history behind the on and off-stage gender dynamics in Western magic? And what impact did the... more

Part 3:  Carly Usdin is at risk of getting kicked out of the Magic Castle. Plus, after 2020, the Magic... more

Part 2: Once inside the iconic members-only Magic Castle, queer hobbyist magician Carly Usdin starts to become disillusioned with the... more

Part 1: When Carly Usdin moved to Los Angeles, they became obsessed with getting inside its iconic members-only club for... more

LAist Investigates: The Truth Inside California's Nursing Homes – a special single episode deep dive on Imperfect Paradise with LAist reporter... more

Part 4: LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin and Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido explore how and why Sadie and Eddie Martinez’s... more

Part 3:  The white woman who falsely accused a Latino couple of attempting to kidnap her kids faces an investigation... more

Part 2: When a Latino couple, Sadie and Eddie Martinez, is falsely accused by a white woman of attempted kidnapping,... more

Part 1: Sadie and Eddie Martinez, a Latino couple, were falsely accused of attempted kidnapping by a white mom-fluencer in... more

In the year since the L.A. City Council tape scandal, a lot has changed. Efforts are underway to reform the... more

Host Antonia Cereijido presses former L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez to account for the racist, hurtful comments she made... more

Before the L.A. City Council tape scandal, Nury Martinez, the former council president, was known as a champion of working... more

We take you behind the scenes of the L.A. City Council tape scandal, a year later. The secret recordings of... more

“Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes” tells the story of the biggest political scandal in recent Los Angeles history.... more

We are excited to announce LAist Studios' award-winning narrative podcast "Imperfect Paradise" relaunches in September as a weekly show with... more

In this episode, Ruth and Elliot Handler are gone, and the new Mattel team, led by a man who feared... more

In episode two of LA Made: The Barbie Tapes, for Barbie, the cultural upheaval of the 60s and 70s incites... more

Season 2 of “LA Made” tells the true story of the making and marketing of the most famous doll in... more

"Psycho" was an instant K-Pop hit when it came out in 2019. The Red Velvet song debuted at No. 1... more

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K-Pop has put Koreatown on the map for a lot of people who might not have known about the neighborhood... more

The LA Uprising exploded racial and economic injustices simmering under the surface of Los Angeles into the open. From LAist... more

In the last episode of our guest podcast series, we feature NPR’s Alt.Latino podcast, a show all about Latinx culture and music. On... more

This week, we feature an episode of YR Media’s Adult ISH, a culture, advice and storytelling podcast hosted by “almost-adults” tackling... more

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When her father has a medical emergency, host Megan Tan takes a last minute trip to Ohio. This leads her... more

Comedian Margaret Cho talks about going to a high school like the one in HBO's Euphoria. She also shares how... more

Episode 10: RuPaul's Drag Race helped Gerardo come out of the closet and eventually find his love for drag. But... more

Standup comedian Atsuko Okatsuka shares how she pumps herself up before a big comedy set and where she finds her... more

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