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KCRW's L.A. Observed

  • Arts District Continues to Attract Investments

    9 APR 2019 · Warner Music just moved its employees to a new home in an old factory building in the Arts District. The neighborhood has long been the site of higher-end redevelopments, but this time the attention is on the blocks on its southern end. Several...
    4m 12s
  • LA loses an ally in the fight against violence

    2 APR 2019 · Friends, family and fans continue to mourn the loss of rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was shot and killed over the weekend outside his clothing store in South Los Angeles. He’s remembered as, not only a successful artist, with a Grammy nomination, but...
    3m 30s
  • A second crystal meth overdose confirmed at the home of democratic donor

    26 MAR 2019 · The L.A. County Coroner’s Office has concluded that a man who died at the home of a prominent Democratic donor in West Hollywood overdosed on crystal meth. It is the second such death, at Ed Buck’s West Hollywood apartment, of a similar nature...
    3m 50s
  • California has new transparency laws, and newsrooms are pouncing

    19 MAR 2019 · Before former Governor Jerry Brown left office, last year, he put his pen to a couple, new transparency laws.  Both have to do with public access to internal police investigations and video footage of shootings by officers and deputies. Now that...
    4m 32s
  • Big changes on the horizon for Santa Monica elections

    12 MAR 2019 · Think of Santa Monica and there are a number of things that come to mind: an idyllic, beachside setting; a tech-saturated economy; a bastion of liberal politics. That last bit, however, may not extend to voting especially if you ask one county...
    3m 56s
  • The end of the neighborhood polling place

    6 MAR 2019 · Those who cast their ballot in the LA Unified School Board election at a local school or church likely did so for the last time. From now on, you can either vote by mail or go to an official voting center.
    3m 56s
  • The Long Beach Angels?

    27 FEB 2019 · It’s the team that’s had to deal with a geography and identity crisis for years, with some of the most supportive fans in Major League Baseball. The L.A. Angels of Anaheim, formerly known as the Anaheim Angels and the California Angels could...
    4m 30s
  • Police Transparency Law Gets Stuck in Courts

    20 FEB 2019 · A landmark bill signed by then-Governor Brown last year is intended to make records of police misconduct available to the public. Predictably, law enforcement unions - and now Attorney General Xavier Becerra - are reluctant to apply the law...
    3m 54s
  • Natural gas not a part of LA's energy future

    13 FEB 2019 · L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that the city's utility will not revamp three of its natural gas power plants. It is all part of the Mayor's vision for a cleaner city. But what will this decision mean for your electricity bill?
    4m 13s
  • There's a new way to describe powerful atmospheric river storms

    6 FEB 2019 · California researchers weren't satisfied with how meteorologists explained weather events such as heavy rains, so they created five categories from "weak" to "exceptional." The new atmospheric river scale can help the public better understand the...
    3m 50s

L.A. Observed's Kevin Roderick covers the weeks top stories in L.A. media politics and culture sharing breaking news when its available and tying up loose ends on the topics that...

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L.A. Observed's Kevin Roderick covers the weeks top stories in L.A. media politics and culture sharing breaking news when its available and tying up loose ends on the topics that Angelenos have been discussing all week.
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