The LA Report

In this weekend edition: We visit the Wende Museum in Culver City where historians are keeping an ongoing archive of the Cold War, including relics brought to Southern California by families fleeing communist regimes. 

Electric cars are all the rage now, but did you know they've been around for over a century? We'll explain why the industry stalled, and what we've learned since…

Then, we hear from sociologist Anthony Ocampo about his new memoir that captures what it was like to grow up brown and gay…and the child of immigrants… in the 90s and 2000s in Los Angeles.

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Here's what we're following today:

• LAUSD schools to stock drug to reverse effects of opioids
• A live performance centered around mental health struggles this weekend
• How to get the most out of your prenatal visits
• NTSB calls on car makers to install Breathalyzers in all new vehicles
• Youth group climate change rally and march today at La City Hall

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Happy Friday! Here's what we're following:

• K Line Metro opens October 7
• Upward trend continues at gas pump
• Car breathalyzers are coming
• Airborne pollutants from wildfires a growing public health problem
• LAUSD's plan to address teen opioid deaths
• How to get the most out of prenatal visits
• Second September heatwave arriving

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Here's what we're following today:

• L.A. County to lift mask mandate on public transportation
• COVID outbreak infects over 70 at LAUSD
• Homelessness a big topic at L.A. mayoral debate
• Project Roomkey winding down, after exceeding goals
• Get ready for the K Line

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Happy Thursday! Here's what we're following this morning:

• Candidates for L.A. Sheriff debate
• UCLA's latest economic forecast
• Rising mortgage rates
• The City of LA's first Circular Textile Report
• COVID breakout at LAUSD headquarters
• Huntington Beach hosts World Surfing Games

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Here's what we're following tonight:

• L.A. County to loosen masking guidelines
• Latest in Kuehl investigation
• LAUSD hackers demand ransom
• Another teen overdoses on fentanyl
• Waiting list for Section 8 housing

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Good morning! Here's what we're following today:

• L.A. Sheriff's corruption investigation involving L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
• Villanueva to debate Robert Luna tonight
• California universities compete on voter drives
• We explain Prop 28 
• Newsom to consider bill banning modified vehicle exhausts
• National gas prices inching up after 98 days of dropping

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Here's what we're following tonight:

• Angelenos step up to help Pakistan flood victims
• Riverside City Council to vote again on camping ban
• L.A. County to give $5 million to family over Kobe Bryant crash photos
• Thousands of shaded bus shelters are coming
• Uber offering free rides to MPOX vaccination sites
• Mixed reactions on news of Golden Globes' revival

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.