Bharat Venkat

Inglewood school officials blame closures on declining student enrollment and aging facilities. But distraught community members suspect financial motives.

The founder of Famous Amos Cookies, Wallace “Wally” Amos, died this week at age 88.

LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho discusses student achievement, school safety, and cellphone bans in an exclusive interview with KCRW’s Robin Estrin.

Train passengers up and down California and Oregon say it’s worth keeping Amtrak as a vital lifeline and a nostalgic leisure activity.

World-famous pianist Hershey Felder talks about his new role as composer Sergei Rachamanioff in the new play, “ Rachmaninoff and the Tsar ,” at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

Insurance hikes aren’t just affecting homes at high risk of fire. Homeowners in urban areas share the brunt of climate change too. Condos are hit especially hard.

Proposition 3 would enshrine the right for same-sex couples to marry in the California constitution. It would also repeal and replace language from 2008 that says otherwise.

Thousands of California tenants lose their evictions each year because they didn’t file a response in five days. Lawmakers want to give them more time.

Cell Dogs rescues canines from local shelters and facilitates pup training programs at correctional facilities.