The LA Report

In this weekend edition: The migratory monarch butterfly is now considered endangered. We'll talk with experts about why that distinction is important and what we can do to help the species survive.

Also included in this episode: Beyoncé's new album has finally dropped! Her seventh solo studio album,Renaissance, is 16 tracks of house, disco and afrobeat sounds— perfect for a euphoric and sweaty summer dance floor. We'll talk about the album, its influences, and what's new about this sound for Beyoncé. 

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:

• The housing tradeoffs for California's low-wage workers
• State officials mull monkeypox emergency declaration
• A sick-out at a pair of juvenile halls in L.A. County
• Water use down, complaints up

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:

• Arrests at an abortion rally at LACMA
• Indoor mask mandate avoided – for now
• The drought's effect on L.A. water supplies
• Free recycled wastewater
• Funding to restore upper L.A. River
• A clean air initiative that would tax the wealthiest Californians to pay for electric car rebates

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 this afternoon:

• No return of mandatory indoor masking – yet
• LADWP's enforcement of watering rules
• Fall movie preview

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 this morning:

• The return of mandatory indoor masking
• A monkeypox survivor speaks
• Long Beach's monkeypox vaccine supply
• How does California's 'Millionaire tax' prevent suicides?
• Homeless encampment vote postponed
• Extending last call to 4:00am
• Why is a hotel for the unhoused mostly empty?

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:

• Indoor mask mandates due to rising COVID infections
• A vote that would ban encampments near schools and daycares
• The new Sixth Street Viaduct's rocky road
• The chief justice of California's Supreme Court

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 watching today:

• Sixth Street Viaduct closure
• Monkeypox vaccine supply limits
• A ballot measure for removing an elected sheriff for misconduct
• The fate of an abandoned Boyle Heights hospital
• More apartment complexes for unhoused families
• The Oak Fire in Mariposa County
• A NYC museum celebrating Jackie Robinson 

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:

• Will mandatory indoor masking return?
• Rolling blackouts
• 210 Freeway construction
• LAPD's Sixth Street Bridge plan
• Medieval Times workers unionizing 

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