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The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s challenge to DACA, the Obama-era executive order that allowed the children of undocumented immigrants to remain in the country and work. KCRW also checks in with Barbara Ferrer, director of LA County’s Department of Public Health, about the current numbers surrounding COVID-19 as many local businesses have reopened. 

LA County’s courts will reopen Monday for non-jury criminal and civil trials. But what steps are being taken to ensure the courts will be safe? Since the start of the pandemic, one public defender has already died from the coronavirus.

Two LA City Councilmembers introduced a motion today that would replace some LAPD officers with unarmed, non-law enforcement workers tasked with responding to non-violent service calls.

Hundreds of librarians are working as contact tracers in LA County during the COVID-19 pandemic. They're fit for the job thanks to their research skills and experiences with diverse communities.

The diversity at recent protests has been many years in the making, says one UCLA professor of African American Studies. However, some Black Angelenos are wondering whether non-Black protestors are sincere and committed, or they just want to appear “woke.”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many nature programs have shut down due to statewide budget shortfalls. Some Black and Latinx families lost access to nature. The time indoors can affect a child’s physical and mental health. But perhaps there's a solution when schools reopen: outdoor classrooms.

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks with Greater LA about the unrest, plus calls to cut funding from the Los Angeles Police Department and even dismantle it.

Thousands of Angelenos have crowded the streets of Los Angeles to protest police violence and the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other African Americans. It’s all happening in the face of a global pandemic. Nonetheless, Dr. Oliver T. Brooks says, “I’ve spoken to a number of African Americans, physicians and non-physicians, and the general consensus is we need to protest.”

Hair salons have reopened in LA County, but when the COVID-19 pandemic kept them closed for more than two months, Angel Picazo was cutting hair illicitly out of his garage near Exposition Park. He says he did it because he needed the income. Some of his clients have included police officers.

High school students recently formed “Students for Floyd,” an LA-based group promoting social justice. They’ve spent days protesting across Southern California, and cleaning up destruction left behind on the streets.