Susanne Whatley
Susanne Whatley hosts The L.A. Report podcast for LAist.com as well as Morning Edition on LAist's sister station, 89.3 KPCC.
Whatley has a long history in Southern California and network news. She came to KPCC and LAist after anchoring at all-news KFWB and talk powerhouse KFI, and hosting public affairs shows for KOST.
After graduating from USC and circling the globe with a backpack for a year, she began her career as a general-assignment field reporter covering courts, crime, quakes, fires, floods, and politics for KRTH and as an L.A. correspondent for national radio networks including the Associated Press. She served over a decade as the Hollywood correspondent for the A.P.'s "Portfolio" news magazine, interviewing hundreds of film and TV stars, directors and writers. She also hosted weekly live reports for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and stations in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Her honors include Golden Mikes and APTRA awards for Best Newscast and Best News Writing. Additional awards from those and other professional organizations include first place in spot news, documentary, entertainment and feature reporting and use of feature sound.
In 2009, she jumped into television and hosted "Healthline", a weekly cable interview show.
Whatley was born and raised in the Pasadena area and enjoys a deep appreciation of the region's people, places and peculiarities. She is an orange belt in Shaolin Kempo karate, and at peace with the fact her teen daughters will always outrank her in the sport.
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The three-day fest kicks off Friday at the Los Angeles Convention Center. -
Pasadena’s spring tradition of showcase houses is back. Homeowners offer up their houses for a top-to-bottom makeover, turning old and past-prime mansions into stylish things of beauty.
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A colorful and surreal series of works, "Your Un-Natural Garden" invites you to not only look, but also to touch and play. In fact, that instruction is painted on the ceiling of the house's entryway.
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It's all in good fun, right?
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The new building will include ground-floor retail space, a food hall and 300 apartments above.
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NASCAR drivers will be whirling around a tight quarter-mile inside the historic venue.
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Starting at 4 p.m. Tuesday a wind advisory is in effect for Ventura County, the Santa Clarita and San Fernando valleys and the Los Angeles County mountains.
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A high wind warning is in effect until 3 p.m. Saturday.
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Strong Santa Ana winds will pass through parts of the region starting Friday night through Saturday.
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The National Weather Service says a ridge of high pressure will help kick up winds in inland Orange County, as well as in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
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