The LA Report

Here's what we're following today:

• Skid Row residents running low on water as temps rise
• Counting L.A.'s unhoused after a yearlong hiatus
• Novavax COVID vaccine rolls out
• New acting chief of LA County Fire starts today
• Latest on McKinney Fire in the Klamath National Forest

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Here's what we're following today:

• Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols dies at 89
• Elder statesman and trailblazer among U.S. Latinos Julian Nava dies at 95
• Poll shows majority of Latino voters supports environmental policies
• Part of Highway 38 closed due to heavy rain
• No vote this year for proposal for amendment that would let non-citizens vote in Santa Ana elections.
• The Long Beach health department to hand out nearly a thousand cans of baby formula
• How California's landscape could be permanently changed by extreme dryness

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In this Sunday edition: People who gave birth early in the pandemic reported elevated stress and anxiety levels. We'll speak with some new parents about their experience during a frightening and difficult time.

Then, you may be following the chaotic opening of the impressive new bridge connecting Boyle Heights and downtown L.A. It’s fair to say the first weeks of the 6th Street Viaduct have not gone smoothly.  Brian De Los Santos – who's the host of our upcoming weekday podcast How To LA....went to check it out – and came away with the question: Who’s the bridge really for? 

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In this weekend edition: The migratory monarch butterfly is now considered endangered. We'll talk with experts about why that distinction is important and what we can do to help the species survive.

Also included in this episode: Beyoncé's new album has finally dropped! Her seventh solo studio album,Renaissance, is 16 tracks of house, disco and afrobeat sounds— perfect for a euphoric and sweaty summer dance floor. We'll talk about the album, its influences, and what's new about this sound for Beyoncé. 

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Here's what we're following today:

• The housing tradeoffs for California's low-wage workers
• State officials mull monkeypox emergency declaration
• A sick-out at a pair of juvenile halls in L.A. County
• Water use down, complaints up

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Here's what we're following today:

• Arrests at an abortion rally at LACMA
• Indoor mask mandate avoided – for now
• The drought's effect on L.A. water supplies
• Free recycled wastewater
• Funding to restore upper L.A. River
• A clean air initiative that would tax the wealthiest Californians to pay for electric car rebates

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Here's what we're following this afternoon:

• No return of mandatory indoor masking – yet
• LADWP's enforcement of watering rules
• Fall movie preview

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Here's what we're following this morning:

• The return of mandatory indoor masking
• A monkeypox survivor speaks
• Long Beach's monkeypox vaccine supply
• How does California's 'Millionaire tax' prevent suicides?
• Homeless encampment vote postponed
• Extending last call to 4:00am
• Why is a hotel for the unhoused mostly empty?

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.