Greater LA

As fires continue to chew through the parched Southern California brush, all that smoke can cause health problems. How dangerous is that smoke, and what can you do to protect yourself?

There have been widespread evacuations on the westside of LA due to a brush fire that broke out near the Getty Center. More than 600 acres have burned, with around 10,000 structures in the evacuation zone. 

There’s a lot to hate about LA: air pollution, traffic, high rents. But there’s a lot to love: the beach, good food, good weather. So what to do when you’re an Angeleno who hates their own town? 

Today’s show is all about public transit: trains and buses, and how they affect everyday Angelenos, even if you never ride them. 

The Santa Fe Art Colony near the Arts District opened in 1986 as LA’s first publicly subsidized artists’ housing. On November 1, rents are increasing for all tenants.

At a monthly ceremony, people who used to serve life sentences welcome the newly released back into the community. We learn what the ceremony is like, and what freedom means to former lifers.

Shannon James has a full-time job as a dock worker at the Port of Long Beach. But she also spends a lot of time helping homeless people find housing, get off drugs, secure food, and more.

More adults are living with their parents now than they have in more than a century. It’s a third of all adults under 34. But in Los Angeles, it’s more than 40%. We hear from two local educators on why they choose to live with their parents. 

Under new federal rules, if an immigration officer determines you are a strain on public benefits, or likely to be one in the future, you could become ineligible for permanent residency. 

Evacuation orders for the Saddleridge fire have been lifted. How are Porter Ranch residents getting back to their lives, after the fire burned some 8000 acres and destroyed dozens of homes?