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Maybe in 2025? Although, 2022-23 was a La Niña year and look at what happened.
Today on AirTalk, a look into the role online sleuthing and digital vigilantism is playing within the protests against the war on Gaza on college campuses. Also on the show, chef Jordan Kahn drops by to discuss reopening his famed Culver City restaurant Vespertine; our film critics review the latest releases; Larry talks with director Jane Schoenbrun and actor Justice Smith on their new film ‘I Saw The TV Glow;’ and more.
Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Lael Loewenstein and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms— in three minutes or less!
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A facility in Vernon has reached a $400,000 settlement with air quality regulators. -
The maritime fire killed 34 people near Santa Cruz Island in 2019.
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Encampments have been set up in Los Angeles, Irvine and Riverside.
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Coyotes are in the middle of raising their babies, which should last until September.
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We talk to historian Elsa Devienne about how beaches developed and her new book Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles.
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Beachlife Festival, Star Wars celebrations, and Cinco de Mayo.
Food Friday
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For Tacos 5 y 10 co-owner Daniel Martinez, serving food and community is about more than just money — it connects him back home.
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Do you have a favorite cheeseburger in Southern California? Don't keep it to yourself. Nominate your favorite cheeseburger in the LAist Tournament of Cheeseburgers, happening right now.
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The family-operated establishment on 1st Street has been serving up the Mexican dish of birria since the 1980s.
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This series is curated and hosted by AirTalk host Larry Mantle and puts the spotlight on films set in Southern California.
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Host Traci Thomas welcomes guests author Amanda Montell and actor Vella Lovell for book talk, trivia, and hot takes.
Best Of LAist
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Documents obtained by LAist reveal FBI scrutiny of the testing operation, which was managed by former Anaheim Chamber of Commerce president Todd Ament.
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Empty nesters own more L.A. homes than millennials with kids. Here’s how some older homeowners are finding ways to spread their wealth.
Education
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Education Department says issues are fixed, begs remaining students to submit.
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Even if your old grades are not stellar, you can still move forward with your academic goals.
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One incumbent, Tanya Ortiz Franklin, already held on to her District 7 seat. Three other school board races are headed to runoffs.
LA History
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Erskine had two career no-hitters and won a World Series with the Dodgers in 1955. But many remember his friendship with Jackie Robinson at a time when segregation was legal.
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Los Angeles has the most diversity in street light design of any American city.
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Valverde’s death comes after the city of L.A. honored her last year with a dedicated square.
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The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 — while still high — went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report.
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The sinkhole, a product of powerful winter storms, posed a serious safety risk.
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Little Tokyo made the list created annually by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Shaking was likely felt as far away as San Bernardino, but damage is unlikely.
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Now that dozens of girders have been installed over the southbound side, crews are turning their attention to the northbound lanes.
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We’re gearing up to crown L.A.’s favorite cheeseburger. But we need your help. What’s your favorite burger joint in Southern California?
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More morning fog before we see afternoon sun.
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The action by authorities began about nine hours after the initial order to disperse was issued around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday. Shortly after 5 a.m. the area was cleared, with just a small amount of protesters remaining.
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More of the state’s high school students are enrolling in career pathway programs for skilled, high-wage jobs.
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JB Hamby is California’s lead negotiator in the historic negotiation over one of the state’s most vital sources of water.
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Anthony Sperl says he wasn’t planning to replace Suehiro Cafe with a marijuana dispensary, as feared by neighborhood leaders.
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The city council wants greater transparency in how millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent to address L.A.'s unhoused crisis.
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