Olivia Richard
My job is to bring you the latest news each morning and to then take you deeper into the issues, news and conversations impacting Los Angeles in the afternoons.
From our newsroom’s radio shows that air on 89.3 KPCC — Morning Edition and Take Two to Airtalk and Weekend Edition — I do my best to bring you everything you need to make informed decisions for both you and your loved ones.
I believe the best stories are the ones told by communities rather than about them. The stories I’m most proud of are the ones that shed light on underreported issues and underrepresented communities.
Since joining this newsroom, I have brought you stories on: the racial and socioeconomic disparities that impact communities of color, the implications of global tensions between the US/Iran, I have taken listeners into hospitals and onto the frontlines for the COVID-19 Pandemic and spotlighted some of L.A.’s most known and unknown changemakers of color.
When I’m not in the newsroom, you can usually find me kayaking at the beach or at the dog park with Snickers my 3-legged Dachshund and Sophie my Beagle/Lab Mix.
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At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, some wondered whether a baby boom would be inevitable. But research is showing that it may be a baby bust instead. -
Officials and stakeholders in the cases of missing and murdered Indigenous victims held a panel on Saturday to raise awareness around the devastating problem.
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A young female mountain lion is the latest to join the National Park Service's study of the big cats' survival in and around the Santa Monica Mountains.…
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It was only 21 feet, but it was "wildly succesful," a NASA engineer said.
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The UTLA president said teachers will refuse to step back onto campuses if conditions are not met
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Riverside County Sees Decrease In COVID-19 HospitalizationsRiverside County is seeing a drop in the number of people hospitalized with coronavirus.
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Several California lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit sprawl in wildfire-prone areas.
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'The [film] industry is in the clutches of an extremely public identity crisis,' activist and #OscarsSoWhite creator told LAist. What's the legacy of her viral hashtag in Hollywood years later?
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A federal judge has cleared the way for Caifornia to ban internet providers from slowing down or blocking access to websites and applications that don't pay for premium service.
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The union that represents 33,000 L.A.-based teachers and school staff is pushing back against the L.A. Unified School District’s attempt to reopen schools on April 9.
