Jeanette Marantos

LA Times writer

Guest

Jeanette Marantos on KCRW

LA has a lot of stairs hidden in hilly nooks and crannies. For many Angelenos, they can get you to where you need to be.

Your heart will hammer at the top: Climb LA’s steepest stairs

LA has a lot of stairs hidden in hilly nooks and crannies. For many Angelenos, they can get you to where you need to be.

from Greater LA

More people started gardening and composting during the pandemic, and the state passed a new composting law, which drove up demand for worms.

Need worms for your compost? You’ll have to do some digging

More people started gardening and composting during the pandemic, and the state passed a new composting law, which drove up demand for worms.

from Greater LA

More from KCRW

After his felony conviction, Donald Trump wants to secure a lot of cash from tech and business sector donors at three fundraisers in California this week.

from KCRW Features

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

from KCRW Features

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

from KCRW Features

Every year, thousands converge on an Anaheim backyard to see one man's re-creation of Disneyland, complete with model railroad replicas of the park's trains.

from KCRW Features

Volunteers spent days cataloging the wildlife around the U.S. southern border during the annual Border BioBlitz to establish the region as a biodiversity hotspot.

from KCRW Features

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.

from KCRW Features

Psychiatrist Judith Orloff and musicologist Zachery Wallmark talk about the transformative power of empathy and how it impacts greater connection, compassion and our well-being.

from Life Examined

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.

from KCRW Features

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

from KCRW Features