Grade A Investigator; Grover Grades Restaurants; Gotcha!; Graciela Iturbide on La Fotografia; Identy Theft or Art?; Watching the L-Word Is Code for I'm Gay!; It's Raining, It's Pouring, The Ocean is Groaning; Green Streets; He Giveth and Taketh Away; Don't Burn the Beans!; Seven Spicy Seas
John interviews the man who really knows what's going on: KNBC's Joel Grover. His undercover investigation led to EZ Lube's settlement for unfair business practices.
If you're a newcomer to LA, you might wonder about the letters in your favorite restaurant's window. They're Joel Grover's doing.
Joel Grover talks about his career and how he and his team perform undercover investigations.
Meet Graciela Iturbide, the Mexican artist who learned her craft from the master, Manuel Alvarez Bravo. She has a major exhibit entitled "The Goat's Dance" at the Getty.
Queena Kim tells John about a controversial new show at the Hammer Museum that raises questions about art and privacy in the Information Age. Artist Kaari Upson found notes and papers of a neighbor, did a Google search and created an art project out of it.
The new season of The L-Word, the show about lesbians in LA, is underway. Queena Kim talks with a couple of friends who came out to each other because of the show.
KPCC's Brian Watt went to Ballona Creek with scientist Polly Barrowman of Heal the Bay to see just how much trash was flowing out to sea because of the big rains last weekend.
Queena Kim and KPCC's Molly Peterson go to LA's greenest street. Oros Street in Frogtown was renovated to help divert and make better use of run-off.
Why did Eli Broad decide to hold on to his art and not to give it to LACMA, even though he's helping build a new museum at the facility? New York Times reporter Edward Wyatt gets the scoop.
John goes to Intelligentsia Coffee, which strives to use higher-quality beans and a lighter touch when roasting.
Off-Ramp food adventurer Steve Wasser goes to Silverlake's El Siete Mares. He says order the molcajete, a riot of seafood and other odd bits.