Vicki Knight

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

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.

The tobacco-free nicotine pouch Zyn has been in short supply all summer. How did flavored pouches become the hottest nic fix?

Our current recycling system isn’t set up to recycle textiles. But a new CA law gives clothing brands a deadline to figure out how to do it.

Squirrels are omnivores, eating both meat and plants, but for the first time, they’ve been seen hunting and eating voles at Briones Regional Park.

The U.S. says Israel was behind this week’s remote detonations of Hezbollah’s communication devices. How was the operation pulled off?

You might know that Los Angeles beaches get dirty after a winter storm, but it remains a problem in the summer, too. Why? And does it keep anyone away?

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.

Insurance hikes aren’t just affecting homes at high risk of fire. Homeowners in urban areas share the brunt of climate change too. Condos are hit especially hard.