Our black widow spiders v. their brown widow spiders. Sex on the radio with Mimi Pond, author of Over Easy, graphic novel. An old friend shows another side of Ruben Salazar.
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• 11:31
Captured Aural Phantasy to perform from a child-corrupting banned comic book at El Cid on Sunday, May 4 ... while you eat and drink.
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• 7:49
John Rabe talks with Mimi Pond about her new graphic novel, which paints a vivid picture of the 1970s and a crazy diner that changed her life.
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• 4:25
When the grand Spanish-deco train station opened in downtown L.A. 75 years ago, it was a very big deal.
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• 3:42
Mayor Eric Garcetti and Jay Z announced plans to bring Philadelphia's Made in America festival to LA's Grand Park, which has residents worried about the impact.
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• 3:25
John Rabe speaks with LA Record's Chris Ziegler about Mike Atta, the guitarist for the pioneering hardcore punk band The Middle Class, who died on Easter Sunday of cancer.
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• 5:11
UC Riverside spider expert Rick Vetter says reports of the black widow's demise in Southern California are overblown, but invasive brown widows do seem to be hurting black widow populations.
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• 2:58
I went to a Hollywood event a couple of years ago, the kind of event at which I park a block away because I’m afraid the valets may be judging me, and my car may give me away as a fraud.