Jessica Roy

assistant editor on the utility journalism team at the LA Times

Jessica Roy on KCRW

California banned single-use plastic bags seven years ago. But a new LA Times investigation shows we’re now using more plastic bags, not fewer.

CA banned plastic bags in 2016. Now more residents are using them

California banned single-use plastic bags seven years ago. But a new LA Times investigation shows we’re now using more plastic bags, not fewer.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Losing your wallet can lead to someone stealing your identity and opening bank accounts in your name.

How a stolen wallet turns into a credit and identity nightmare

Losing your wallet can lead to someone stealing your identity and opening bank accounts in your name.

from Greater LA

Far from being a “counter-counter” belief, the business of astrology today is booming.

Is this the dawning for a new age for astrology?

Far from being a “counter-counter” belief, the business of astrology today is booming.

from Life Examined

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Tariffs, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, electric cars: there is much to be said about the evolving relationship between China and the United States.

from Scheer Intelligence

Were the April special elections a win for Democrats? How will Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs affect American consumers? Plus, KCRW discusses the feasibility of a third Trump term.

from Left, Right & Center

NPR's Live Special Coverage of Trump’s address will begin at 6 PM PT.

Hundreds gathered in immigrant-dense Santa Ana to protest the Trump administration’s deportation plans after a similar movement closed the 101 freeway in Downtown LA.

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

Are Trump and Biden setting a dangerous precedent through their use of pardons? Will Congress retake its power to check the White House?

from Left, Right & Center

This week, Robin Wall Kimmerer , Indigenous ecologist and author of “The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance,” talks about the virtues of the ‘gift economy,” and explains…

from Life Examined

Legal advocates are helping families with mixed immigration status make guardianship plans for their children, just in case the adults are detained by immigration authorities.

from KCRW Features

The FCC has published the raw transcript of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris following Donald Trump’s claims of CBS commiting “election interference.”

from The Business