The website BuzzFeed is well-known for “listicles," quizzes, and cutesy advertorials promoting certain businesses. Now Buzzfeed is trying to make the site into something more journalistically viable. KCRW's Steve Chiotakis spoke with Kevin Roderick of LA Observed about BuzzFeed's foray into real news.

Rick Orlov, a veteran Los Angeles Daily News reporter who covered City Hall for almost 30 years, died today after complications of diabetes. He was 66. KCRW's Steve Chiotakis spoke to Kevin Roderick of LA Observed about Orlov's contributions to LA politics and journalism.

Steve Chiotakis and Kevin Roderick talk about the coming Dodgers season and whether or not television viewers will be able to watch it because of a continuing dispute between the Dodgers and Time Warner.

With the turn of the calendar year, came a new law that will free up more money for local areas to fund public works projects. The Great Recession and the California budget crises from a few years back squashed hundreds of agencies that were charged with urban redevelopment. So lawmakers in Sacramento created funding for so-called Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts, and officials in the city of LA want to use that money for LA River improvements. KCRW's Steve Chiotakis spoke with Kevin Roderick, editor of LA Observed.

It's been less than a week since California Senator Barbara Boxer announced she won't run for re-election, creating an opening for a new senator from California for the first time in more than 20 years. Let the crystal-ball reading begin!

It's been about 20 years since the LA Rams left Los Angeles for the greener pastures of St. Louis. Los Angeles, the nation's second biggest media market – behind only New York – has gone two decades without a National Football League franchise.

The autopsy of 25-year old Ezell Ford was released today, showing that a police officers shot Ford – an unarmed black man – in the right arm, abdomen and right side of his back.

According to a new Los Angeles City report, the problem of trash on the streets has gotten so bad, it's threatening the Los Angeles brand and quality of life

A lawyer representing Sony Pictures is telling news organizations not to publish details of company files leaked by hackers. LA Observed’s Kevin Roderick joins KCRW's Steve Chiotakis now to discuss how the media have been covering the scandal.

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti is calling for the most ambitious seismic safety regulations in California history..