This episode first aired on August 7, 2024. The first deadly black bear attack in California’s history was confirmed recently... more

This episode first aired on July 31, 2024. If the mountain lion is thought of as a celebrity, then, many... more

This episode first aired on July 24, 2024. One of Hollywood’s recent celebrities wasn’t a person, but a feline. The... more

A surprising performance art has taken off in Los Angeles – clowning – against the backdrop of an entertainment industry... more

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

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

Revival House says goodbye for now with a look at one of the biggest programming groups in town, the American... 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

Go back to the movies with us! It's heating up in the city, so Revival House continues with a classic... 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

Go back to the movies with us! We're still profiling LA's repertory theaters in Revival House cause there are SO... 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

We're back with another episode of Revival House, but this time we're not heading to a 100 year old theater...... 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

Revival House is breaking format for this episode, and we’re saying goodbye to a historic first-run movie theater.   The... 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

As we continue our series "Revival House," How To LA producer Victoria Alejandro is taking us to the South Bay... 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

Neon! Mullets! Video stores! Relive the 80s with us... As we continue our series "Revival House," How to LA producer... 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

As we continue our series "Revival House," How to LA producer Victoria Alejandro is taking us to The New Beverly... 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

How To LA is kicking off a new 10-part series we’re calling Revival House.  We are going to take you... 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

Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido is joined by LAist reporter Elly Yu for a special single episode of LAist Investigates,... 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

Until 1980, Barbie was always white. Mattel had made Black dolls before, but they were sidekicks to the brand’s main... more

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

For Barbie, the cultural upheaval of the 60s and 70s incites one identity crisis after another as Mattel tries to... more

When Barbie arrives on the toy scene in 1959, her celebrity is instantaneous, and not just because of her controversial... more

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

It's been more than 50 years since an American has set foot on the moon, or even gotten close to... more

What is it about gazing at the stars that inspires humans — including our very own Suicide Squad — to... more

We go inside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and get a tour that’s not available to the public: watching technicians build... more

Frank Malina’s legacy has often been eclipsed by flashier figures in American aerospace (like Jack Parsons and Werner Von Braun).... more

When Jack Parsons dies in an explosion, conspiracy theories foment. Was it murder by a disgruntled ex-cop? Assassination by the... more

After WWII, the U.S. hired and promoted Nazi aerospace engineers in a program called Operation Paperclip — yet it drove... more

While Frank Malina escaped the worst of the FBI's treatment, Suicide Squad member Tsien Hsue-Shen was not so lucky. This... more

Malina leaves behind military work and brings his idealism to a new life and a new organization: UNESCO, in Paris.... more

Horrified that his new rocket design will become the vehicle for a nuclear warhead, Malina leaves JPL… just in time... more