Take Two

Los Angeles remembers the Queen of Soul, Metro demonstrates new body scanners, everything you know about the Formosa Cafe is probably wrong.

L.A. may adopt San Diego program to combat opioid overdoses, Ojai considers lights out, Westlake is the latest battleground over affordable housing.

SpaceX hosts a meet and greet with its NASA astronauts, Yosemite reopens after Ferguson fire, Tuesday Reviewsday introduces you to the latest new music.

LAUSD has a new superintendent and new goals and challenges as it heads back to school, California continues to fight multiple fires, the cat who adopted a school/

An initiative to audit the Department of Motor Vehicles is shot down, the wife of a Cal Fire firefighter tells her story, the state of Filipino cuisine in LA.

One Orange County homeless couple's journey, firefighters are using new technology to save lives and properties, UC Irvine researches medical benefits of cannabis.

California Air Resources Board chief explains state's plan to maintain vehicle emissions standards, peer-to-peer payment ratings, which air pollution masks are best.

How will CA pay to fight the rest of the year's wildfires? Plus, Councilman Herb Wesson on K-Town homeless shelter locations. And LAUSD's school safety report.

When state lawmakers return to work this week, they'll consider measures to reform health insurance and also to reduce wait times at the Department of Motor Vehicles. Plus, a hiking expert offers tips on shady treks.

California prepares for perennial fires, a $1.3 million dollar grant aims to study the city's urban forests, waiting on the mysterious corpse flower.

Santa Ana may have lost a claim on Census grant money, Heal the Bay has a new report on dirty stormwater, and the best Spanish holiday music—beyond Feliz Navidad.

The U.S., Mexico and Canada have struck a new deal, for the fourth time in U.S. history articles of impeachment have been introduced, new 101 best restaurant list.

Our weekly peek at politics in California, LACMA campus inches closer to multi-million dollar redesign, AB 375 gives power back to users.

Metro Board moves closer to adding toll lanes to 405, Bullet Train may go underground, why Los Angeles doesn't have an official city song.

A check-in on the fast-moving world of politics: Harris, Hunter and impeachment hearings, plus how new powerline tech may help prevent future fires.

The Supreme Court hears a case involving gun rights, What are the true costs of Cyber Monday on Amazon employees, and we dive into the State of Scooters in Santa Monica.

From our archives: first, we revisit our live broadcast from KPCC's Open House on the food of Oaxaca, Mexico and it's relationship to Los Angeles... then we dig into local soul food in LA...and then another chat about the history of the city's oldest steak house, Musso and Frank.

The federal government is pushing for more immigrant detention centers in Southern California - but can they? Also, we revisit the often-overlooked contributions of Black women to the Suffrage Movement. And we visit Dodger royalty to see how the team made it to Los Angeles.

An update on the Cave Fire in Santa Barbara, what will be the effect of a tax raise on legal cannabis products? What makes Burbank airport so beloved?

Congressman Nunes finds himself at the center of a new explosive report, LA's Iranian community on the deadly protests in their homeland, prohibition in SoCal.

Roundup on Golden State political news, breaking down the numbers and systemic issues that keep students in debt, tortilla guide to LA.

Cities across California have passed temporary eviction moratoriums, recapping the democratic convention in Long Beach, is California headed for another drought?