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Marina Del Rey Middle School went phone-free a year ahead of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s 2025 mandate. It changed everything.

Thanks to a new state law, dozens of churches across Southern California are redeveloping underused properties into affordable housing.

Lost Notes speaks with Gloria Jones (“Tainted Love”) for a wide-ranging and intimate conversation about her life and career.

Is porn going to ruin my relationship? This week music journalist Tomás Mier and Myisha take on porn habits and queer dating expectations.

The “big club” that “you ain’t in,” as George Carlin famously put it, is increasingly visible as the presidential election rolls on toward November.

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.

Kristyn Leach and a network of farmers work to preserve cultural heritage through seed saving.

For Matt Allen, the artist's life is a constant hustle to diversify your skills. He reflects on his success and finding balance.

Michael Keaton talks Burton and “Beetlejuice,” Jason Schwartzman takes us “Between The Temples,” and “New Yorker” writer Emily Nussbaum shares The Treat.