Everyday, AirTalk is checking in with Barbara Ferrer, head of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, on the latest about the coronavirus.

New York Stock Exchange trading was halted temporarily after indexes plunged 7% in reaction to Saudi Arabia's oil price cut amid increasing fears over the coronavirus epidemic's economic impact.

At one point, Los Angeles had a booming oil industry. But it has been steadily declining for some time now. According to an analysis from the Center for Public Integrity and the L.A. Times, nearly 1,000 wells throughout the city have been deserted.

AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the major headlines you might’ve missed in politics news over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come.

Love it or hate it, millions of workers are figuring out a new work-life balance as more employers try to curb the spread of the coronavirus by ordering them to stay away from the office.

China's experience shows how the virus can be stopped. But the World Health Organization's Dr. Bruce Aylward said other countries may be drawing the wrong lessons about how China achieved it.

President Trump and Congress Friday authorized a package of emergency funding to help and treat and slow the spread of COVID-19. About $950 million is designated for state and local response.

The CDC says that six U.S. states — Alabama, Maine, Ohio, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Wyoming — currently have no labs with the verified ability to run COVID-19 diagnostic tests.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Christy Lemire and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases.

For filmmakers, remaking a beloved classic can be a trial. But as writer Sarah Lyall notes in her recent New York Times article “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Emma,” re-telling a classic story that has already been remade into a canonical film presents an entirely different set of challenges.