The LA Podcast

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March 23, 2020 Episode 111

An update on the spread of Coronavirus in LA, and the marathon City Council meeting to address it. A strange day in federal court on the city’s response to homelessness. And a shocking series of revelations in the FBI’s investigation of Councilmember Jose Huizar.

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March 17, 2020 Episode 110

News updates, broad speculation, and personal check-ins about the coronavirus outbreak in LA. A group of unhoused families moves into state-owned housing in El Sereno. And the Mitch Englander indictment story develops.

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March 12, 2020 Episode 109

A former LA City Councilmember is indicted on multiple counts of corruption and obstruction. What happened and what’s going to happen next? This is an emergency episode of LA Podcast.

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March 9, 2020 Episode 108

Election Day wrap-up: how did the new voting system go, and what were the results? The decision not to cancel the LA Marathon due to the threat of coronavirus. And a local nonprofit struggling in its goal to become an affordable housing provider.

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March 2, 2020 Episode 107

Fearmongering in Koreatown as LA prepares for coronavirus outbreak. Powerful City Council candidates smear their grassroots opponents as Councilmembers close ranks to endorse their colleagues. And a playground causes serious controversy in Larchmont.

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February 24, 2020 Episode 106

Trump comes to town, homelessness is the state’s number one priority, voting begins in LA, and the wrecking balls are about to fly at LACMA.

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February 18, 2020 Episode 105

A City Councilmember puts forward a seismic package of progressive housing legislation. The Trump administration is sending SWAT-like CBP squads to LA. A candidate for City Council announces a controversial campaign event. A motion to allow park rangers to carry guns. And KPCC/LAist’s AARON MENDELSON joins to discuss his major investigation into a Southern California mega-landlord with a shocking history.

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February 10, 2020 Episode 104

A celebrity is killed trying to cross the street in Venice. Metro unveils a plan to speed up the Expo Line. Mayor Garcetti has opinions on criminal justice reform. And Scott, Alissa and Hayes go through the competitive local races on the March ballot.

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February 3, 2020 Episode 103

Remembering what Kobe Bryant meant to Los Angeles. SB50 goes down again. A proposal for a roast diet in Hollywood. And a laundry heir has it out for a school board member.

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January 27, 2020 Episode 102

The saga of the Echo Park Lake encampment continues, with new mixed messages on sweep policy. LAPD moves to fire an officer as part of its growing gang-framing scandal. Cudahy’s mayor takes a stand after jet fuel was dropped on an elementary school.

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