Living News from KPCC

Living News from KPCC

Living News From KPCC

Features and interviews focusing on life in Southern California, including history, religion, and sports, from KPCC's award-winning news ...

Black Comedians Explore New Southland Dynamics

10/09/07
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: During an earlier era of changing race relations, Black standup comedians helped explain what was going on. KPCC's ...

L.A. and Community Groups Start Midnight Basketball League in South L.A.

10/11/07
Brian Watt: A new basketball league tipped off Tuesday night at South L.A.'s Rancho Cienega Sports Complex Gym. KPCC's Brian Watt says the ...

City of Los Angeles, ACLU Reach Settlement Over Skid Row Homeless

10/11/07
Homeless people will be allowed to sleep out on sidewalks at night in Los Angeles under an agreement reached Wednesday. The settlement ...

Latino Voters Loom Large in Presidential Primary

10/15/07
Kitty Felde: Latinos have played an important role in presidential politics in California for a surprisingly long time. In the upcoming ...

Volunteers Convert Agoura Hills School Gym to Shelter

10/22/07
Brian Watt: American Red Cross volunteers and Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies decided yesterday to convert the gym at Agoura High ...

Buyer Beware

10/24/07
Ever wonder if you're being manipulated by advertising? You are! Marketers are steering your buying choices through the "perceptual focus ...

Thousands of Evacuees Flee to San Bernardino Fairgrounds

10/25/07
Doualy Xaykaothao: By Wednesday night, more than 4,000 fire evacuees had registered at the Red Cross Shelter at the National Orange Show ...

Sex Pistols Back on Stage in L.A.

10/26/07
Steven Cuevas: When the Sex Pistols released their debut album "Never Mind the Bollocks" 30 years ago this month, the band that pioneered ...

Mountain Residents Get First Look at Wildfire Damage

10/31/07
Steven Cuevas: For the first time since wildfires broke out last week, one San Bernardino Mountain area community is getting a first ...

A Busy Time for Fire Information Officers

11/01/07
Julie Small: While an army of nearly 14,000 firefighters battled the wildfires in Southern California last week, a smaller squadron of fire ...

New Survey Paints Grim Picture of Inland Real Estate Future

11/08/07
Steven Cuevas: A survey suggests that the Inland Empire's housing market is rocky, at best. Urban planners at Cal Poly Pomona say the ...

Loft Residents Enjoy Urban Life Near Station... But Do They Take the Train?

11/09/07
Susan Valot: Ride a Metrolink train to an Orange County station and you'll see condos and apartments popping up like weeds. They're ...

LAPD Defends Plan to Map Muslim Communities

11/09/07
Frank Stoltze: Police in Los Angeles are defending a plan to map where large concentrations of Muslim Americans live in the city. They say ...