California Deserts In 'Super Bloom' Thanks To A Wet Winter
In some parts of the country, cold weather is threatening crops. Meanwhile, California has been so unseasonably wet that its deserts are experiencing what's called a "super bloom." After years of...
View Article'Vegetable Whisperer' Chef Plants The Seeds Of His Own Reinvention
Some people call Jeremy Fox the "vegetable whisperer," the California chef who can coax remarkable flavors out of every part of his produce, even the flowers and leaves that most chefs throw away. One...
View ArticleGas Station Cashier Remembers 1992 Los Angeles Riots
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: A lot of people here in Southern California are focusing on an anniversary right now. In Los Angeles 25 years ago, four days of riots broke...
View ArticleLA's 14th Factory Offers A Warehouse Full Of Art And 'Otherworldly' Experiences
You really have to go out of your way to get to the 14th Factory , a new pop-up art space in the industrial area of Lincoln Heights, east of downtown Los Angeles. It's housed in an enormous building...
View ArticleMichael Parks, TV And Movie Character Actor, Dies At 77
Character actor Michael Parks has died after a career that lasted more than 50 years. He was 77. Parks' agent, Jane Schulman, confirmed his death to news organizations but she did not specify the...
View Article'When Time Was New': 'Wonder Woman' Brings Sunlight To The DC Universe
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: "Wonder Woman" opens this weekend. It's the first superhero film headed by women both in front of and behind the camera. In a moment, NPR's...
View ArticleMeet Emin Agalarov, Trump-Connected Russian Pop Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuZUNjFsgS8 Over the past few days, an old, hitherto unknown music video has gone viral: the music video for "In Another Life," by Russian pop star Emin. In the video,...
View ArticleGeorge Romero, Creator Of 'Night Of The Living Dead,' Dies At 77
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Hollywood lost two of its stars this weekend - George Romero and Martin Landau. More about Landau in a couple of minutes. First, director...
View Article8-Year-Old Puerto Rican To Trump: 'Stop Tweeting And Come Help The People'
Eight-year-old Yan Anthony Hernandez has deep dimples on each side of his smile. Somehow, he managed to sleep through the hurricane that roared over his home in Isabela, Puerto Rico. Unlike those...
View ArticlePost-Hurricane Help Slow To Arrive In 'Despacito' Neighborhood
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The song of the summer connected its fans to an oceanside barrio that borders the city walls of Old San Juan. And now the people in this part...
View ArticlePresident Trump To Tour Puerto Rico's Devastation From The Air
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump is expected to travel to Las Vegas tomorrow. But today, he and first lady Melania Trump are at the scene of another, although...
View Article'We Feel Forgotten': In Storm-Battered Home Of Musical Hit, Help Comes...
Residents of La Perla are still waiting for help. The notoriously dangerous barrio of candy colored homes is bordered by the Caribbean on one side and the ancient city walls of Old San Juan on the...
View ArticlePuerto Rico's 'Singing Newspapers' Tell A Story Of Resilience
Since Hurricane Maria, people in Puerto Rico have been without easy access to electricity, clean drinking water, or food. Many are still staying in shelters; some are living in the ruins of their...
View ArticleOrange Chicken, Panda Express' Gift To American Chinese Food, Turns 30
Happy birthday, Orange Chicken. There are a lot of home recipes now for this dish. But Panda Express, the country's largest Chinese-American fast food chain, claims to have created this sweet and sour...
View Article'Guerrilla Tacos': Street Food With A High-End Pedigree
How many taco trucks do you know that not only have a cookbook but a theme song? Wes Avila's Guerrilla Tacos truck does – and has once again made food critic Jonathan Gold's influential list of...
View ArticlePixar's John Lasseter Takes Leave Of Absence After Harassment Allegations
John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, says he's taking a six month leave of absence amid sexual harassment allegations. Lasseter announced his sabbatical...
View ArticleAccomplished Actress And Humanitarian Meghan Markle To Marry Prince Harry
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Prince Harry V in line to the British throne has announced he will marry American actor and model Meghan Markle. On the BBC today, the couple...
View ArticleAt Design Miami, The Future Isn't So Bright
A chair is just a chair, unless it's designed as a sound-insulated "isolation sphere": a space-age, egg-shaped pod that was created by a French architect in 1971. It's the kind of unique object you can...
View ArticleOscar Nominations Will Be Viewed Through 'MeToo' Lens
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK, some big news here in LA this morning - the nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced in Beverly Hills, Calif. And the...
View ArticleHollywood Diversity Study Finds 'Mixed Bag' When It Comes To Representation
The global box office success of Black Panther is no surprise to UCLA sociologist Darnell Hunt. His annual report on Hollywood diversity argues that movies and TV shows with diverse casts and creators...
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