Diane Rush

historian

Diane Rush on KCRW

The 94-year-old ocean liner is a Long Beach icon. To commemorate her public reopening, here’s a look back at the Queen’s glamorous history.

The Queen Mary rules once more after public reopening

The 94-year-old ocean liner is a Long Beach icon. To commemorate her public reopening, here’s a look back at the Queen’s glamorous history.

from Greater LA

More from KCRW

With a $350,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation, The LA County Public Library intends to expand social services and bolster community programs.

from KCRW Features

A historian takes readers on a visual tour of buildings torn down from the 19th and 20th centuries in “ Los Angeles Before The Freeways: Images of an Era 1850-1950 .”

from KCRW Features

Fast food workers lose about 16% of their pay every year, a new Northwestern University study found.

from KCRW Features

The Santa Ana school board voted to gut hundreds of school employees to remedy their $187 million budget deficit. What’s next for the district’s future?

from KCRW Features

The cleanup is underway in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, and local organizations are educating immigrant day laborers on how to stay safe.

from KCRW Features

Reading Rhythms, an organization of book enthusiasts, is hosting a drive to replace books lost in recent LA fires.

from KCRW Features

People whose homes survived in the Eaton Fire area face uncertainty as they figure out what it will take to return. Not all want to live amid the rubble.

from KCRW Features

After the devastating fires last month, KCRW’s Adria Kloke makes a few trips back to get essentials from her home in the Palisades.

from KCRW Features

Religious institutions have long been a refuge for immigrants. Now, they’re mobilizing in response to recent actions from the Trump administration.

from KCRW Features