Dakota Smith

investigative journalist for the LA Times

Guest

Reporter for the LA Times.

Dakota Smith on KCRW

LA Councilmember Curren Price has been charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury, and conflict of interest.

Curren Price charges are another blow for scandal-ridden City Council

LA Councilmember Curren Price has been charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury, and conflict of interest.

from Greater LA

In the San Fernando Valley and South LA, council seats have been left empty in the wake of multiple City Council scandals.

Scandal-ridden LA City Council scrambles to fill abandoned seats

In the San Fernando Valley and South LA, council seats have been left empty in the wake of multiple City Council scandals.

from Greater LA

Karen Bass was sworn in as LA’s first female mayor on Sunday. Today, she kept her campaign promise of declaring a state of emergency on homelessness.

Day 1: Mayor Karen Bass declares state of emergency, sets sights on housing Angelenos

Karen Bass was sworn in as LA’s first female mayor on Sunday. Today, she kept her campaign promise of declaring a state of emergency on homelessness.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

More from KCRW

The construction of Dodger Stadium displaced hundreds of people who lived in Chavez Ravine decades ago. Former residents and descendants don’t agree on reparations.

from KCRW Features

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

from KCRW Features

Ten billion dollars doesn’t go far when it comes to adapting to climate change, but the state has a lot of projects planned, should this bond measure pass.

from KCRW Features

California could lead the nation with a bill that would open up on-campus jobs at public universities and colleges to the state’s 60,000 undocumented students.

from KCRW Features

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

from KCRW Features

The Line Fire has scorched The Keller Peak Fire Lookout Tower, which has been around for nearly 100 years, making it the oldest observatory in the Angeles National Forest.

from KCRW Features

Body disposition can have a major environmental impact. That’s partly why 12 states and counting have legalized human composting in the past five years.

from KCRW Features

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.

from KCRW Features

LA Mayor Karen Bass says the Supreme Court’s decision to allow bans on homeless encampments could lead to mass incarceration. Will it change the city’s strategy?

from KCRW Features