Museums and in-person events are coming back. Video of an LAPD arrest is released. Ralphs is closing in Crenshaw. And journalist Jamie Loftus joins Scott, Alissa, and guest host Matt Tinoco to discuss her reporting for KNOCK-LA and the aftermath of the brutal raids on Echo Park Lake.

Show NotesMuseums and Concerts

California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge (Adam Beam, Jamie Har; AP; 4/2/21)

LACMA reopens for COVID era with Yoshitomo Nara, Betye Saar (Christopher Knight; LAT; 4/1/21)

Patricia Escárcega Departs LAT

Farewell LA Times (Patricia Escárcega; patriciaescarcega.com; 4/1/21)

NAHJ Letter (NAHJ; 11/16/20) 

L.A. Times and Tribune agree to settle pay-disparity lawsuit for $3 million (Meg James; LAT; 11/10/20)

https://twitter.com/piescarcega/status/1328043858698137601?s=20 (Patricia Escárcega; Twitter; 11/15/20)

'I've been completely disenchanted.' Billionaire speaks out after attacks on Asian Americans (Matt Egan; CNN Business; 4/2/21)

Antone Austin Arrest Video

https://twitter.com/Jasmyne/status/1378179543165362178 (Jasmyne Cannick; Twitter; 4/2/21)

Antone Austin Complaint (Courtlistener)

Ralphs Closure

Rally at Ralphs in danger of closing on Slauson Avenue set for Saturday (Lisa Olivia Fitch; Our Weekly; 3/31/21)

Kroger to Close 3 LA Grocery Stores After 'Hazard Pay' Mandate (Greg Cornfield; Commercial Observer; 3/10/21)

https://twitter.com/Jasmyne/status/1378439025090985985 (Jasmyne Cannick; Twitter; 4/3/21)

https://urbanize.city/la/post/first-glimpse-latest-sunsetwestern-development (Steven Sharp; Urbanize LA; 7/27/17)

https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2016/16-0597_ORD_184795_3-8-17.pdf (LA City Clerk)

Jamie Loftus Interview

Former Echo Park Lake Residents, Internal LAHSA Communications Contradict Housing Placement Claims (Jamie Loftus; KNOCK-LA; 4/1/21)

The Fight for Echo Park Lake: Fences and Neighbors (Jamie Loftus; KNOCK-LA; 3/25/21)

Heidi Marston Created a Legacy of Toxicity at LAHSA and the VA - Knock LA (Jamie Loftus; KNOCK-LA; 12/14/20)

Heidi Marston, Famous for Ignoring Unhoused Veterans, Appointed to VA Transition Team (Jamie Loftus; KNOCK-LA; 11/14/20)

Faculty Experts Letter re Echo Park Lake Displacement 31 March 2021 (Ananya Roy et al; 3/31/21)

Scenes From Last Night's Mass Eviction at LA's Echo Park (Alissa Walker; Curbed; 3/26/21)

https://twitter.com/tombellino/status/1376745903239745539?s=20 (Tom Bellino; Twitter; 3/29/21)

https://twitter.com/ShotOn35mm/status/1376755109481250816?s=20 (Lexis-Olivier Ray; Twitter; 3/29/21)

Meet the Man Behind the Echo Park Closure: "There Will Be No Living at the Lake" (Seth Abramovich; THR; 3/30/21)

Op-Ed: LAPD violence in Echo Park enforced class divisions, not public safety (Isaac Scher, LAT, 4/2/21)

Live From Echo Park Lake (Matt Tinoco, Home for Who 3/30/21)