Sherman Gray and his longtime girlfriend have both struggled with drugs but are now clean and sober and have been for a year and a half. They both have jobs, but they are low-paying and they're on Food Stamps. What they need is a place to live. Currently they are couch surfing and sleeping on floors, and sometimes they have to sleep outside, something they did for years in Lake Elsinore. LA Mayor Karen Bass has been boasting of late that her Inside Safe program is just what people like Sherman was meant for. We will see. If this podcast can help one person, let's hope it can help this couple get off the streets.

Sherman Gray and his longtime girlfriend have been clean and sober for a year and a half. They have been homeless for a while, they both have low-paying jobs and food stamps, but what they really need is a roof over their head. Mayor Bass boasts that her program, Inside Safe, can get our poorest Angelenos off the street. Meanwhile the LA Controller says 1 out of every 4 beds that have been set aside for homeless people are not being used. Hear Sherman tells his story about drugs, jail, and living outside. If this humble podcast can help one person, let's see if it can help Sherman and his girlfriend.

The last six years have been an emotional rollercoaster for Albert Corado and his family after the LAPD senselessly killed his sister Mely at the Silver Lake Trader Joe's. The City of LA tried to gaslight the Corado initially trying to convince them that it wasn't their two officers' fault when they fired into the crowded store and fatally shot the young woman. Instead they blamed the suspect they were chasing. Then they tried to lowball the family by offering them $500k to make it all go away. But right before the case was going to go to trial, the city got serious and when they offered a record $9.5 million settlement, the Corados reluctantly agreed. But the pain has not gone away. Albert explains what they went through and what's next for he and his father.

Now that Paul Haddad has moved on from discovering the likes of Brooke Burke and teaching us about the freeways of LA, he's now ready to educate us on the six movers and shakers of the late 1880s who turned LA from a dusty town to the second-most populous city in America,

In his new book, Inventing Paradise, Paul teaches us of the likes of the men behind the names Angelenos see on street signs everywhere: Huntington, Mulholland, Chandler, Sherman, Banning and Otis.

Amy Shratter is a Human Resources expert and veteran who created the new company, Real-Salary, that sorts millions of verified salaries and job titles and locations and puts them in an easy-to-use database.

This way if you want to know if you’re being underpaid, for example, at your current gig, you do a search for your job title, city and state, among other options.

She was born and raised in North East LA, Angela ran and won for Highland Park Neighborhood Council President, and has continued to fight against an influx of bars overflowing on Figueroa. We talk about growing up in Highland Park, her dad's complicated life, and what's next for this 30 year-old superstar who is a perfect example of HP at the crossroads.

Danny Khorunzhiy has been a true Los ANGELeno for decades. Currently he is part of the team that helped bring Cafe Tropical back to its glory of providing delicious baked goods and coffees and giving a space for 12-step programs in its back room. We talk drugs, helping others, and the magical corner of Silver Lake and Sunset where the Cafe has been for decades.

Two years after Sergio Avedian told us his fascinating origin story, he is back with advice for drivers, riders, and the rideshare companies themselves.

Ben Camacho is a journalist who asked for, and received from the City, over 9,000 photos of LAPD officers. When the LAPD called foul, they sicced LA City Atty Hydee Feldstein Soto on him. Hydee knew Ben was protected by common sense and the First Amendment, but she didn't care. Hydee not only lost the first case, but as the second one was about to go down her team convinced her to just settle with Ben and pay his lawyers $300,000. We talk about that, Ground Game, Knock LA, and his favorite Thai spot in Thai Town.

Lynne Crandall has owned and operated Decor Art Galleries at 12149 Ventura Blvd. for 30 years where locals, visitors, and celebs come to get their precious photos and artwork framed. But she also has a database of 60,000 photos from the 1930s thru the 199os of your favorite stars and sites of Los Angeles.