Armenian Melodies; Deep Beef; Safer Cities Initiative: One Year Later; Mimislist; Craigslist Considered; Strings Theory; The Mayor of Gladys Park; Skid Row Redux; Sex Abuse; Sapphic Poet
Armenian Melodies
Queena Kim tells us about Parseghian Records, the world's biggest Armenian music distributor and label.
Parseghian Records is one stop on a tour of Little Armenia. Event info below.
Deep Beef
L.A. Times food writer Charles Perry takes us to an old fashioned pit barbecue, born when California cattle barons were shipping hides back East and meat was pennies a pound.
Safer Cities Initiative: One Year Later
KPCC's Frank Stoltze and the Daily Journal's Anat Rubin assess the "Safer Cities Initiative," which turns a year old in August.
Mimislist
Mimi Pond discovers the odd nooks of Craigslist. A spatula? Free false eyelashes?
Craigslist Considered
Commentator Brendan Newnam will see Mimi's spatula and raise her. Newnam goes to Craigslist to find people. Namely, a serial killer fan.
Strings Theory
A couple weeks ago, Colin Maloy of the band The Decemberists told us how much he was looking forward to playing a gig at the Bowl with the L.A. Philharmonic. And as you can hear in this exclusive recording, there's nothing like the real thing.
The Mayor of Gladys Park
Meet the man who looks after a little park in L.A.'s Skid Row. He says it's an oasis of sanity.
Skid Row Redux
Downtown gets a new Ralph's, its first major chain grocery store in decades. Is it the missing link?
Sex Abuse
This week, the L.A. Catholic Archdiocese reached an $660 million settlement with victims who were sexually abused by priests. KPCC's Frank Stolze spoke with a victim at the L.A. County Courthouse.
Sapphic Poet
In her new book of poetry, Los Angeles writer Eloise Klein Healy adds a dose of wisdom to the topics of love, death, and Los Angeles. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports.