



Explore LA special: World Cup is back in LA
Host Josie Huang and LAist's Explore LA team look at what the World Cup returning to Los Angeles means for the city's many communities.

Alleged Adelanto hunger strike retaliation, Chemical tanks across SoCal, LAist hits the US-Paraguay game — Evening Edition
ICE is accused of retaliating against people on a hunger strike at Adelanto. The chemical in the Garden Grove hazmat crisis is stored elsewhere in SoCal. Are they prepared for a similar emergency? LAist gets in on the World Cup fun for the U.S.-Paraguay game. Plus, more from Evening Edition. Supp…

Feds suspends LAHSA funds, El Nino winter predictions, World Cup food recommendations— Afternoon Edition
Federal authorities has suspended money for the LA Homeless Services Authority, LAHSA. Forecasters are predicting a strong El Nino this winter. For Food Friday, LAist's Food and Culture writer Gab Chabrán gives his recommendations of best bites near SoFi Stadium to watch the World Cup. Support The …

FilmWeek Marquee: ‘Disclosure Day,’ ‘The Furious,’ ‘I am Frankelda,’ and ‘Stop! That! Train!’
A three-minute rundown of the best (and worst) of this week’s film releases. Airs Saturdays at 8:35am.

Apartments for unhoused remain empty, Hochman claims massive fraud in sex abuse settlement, Ohtani injured — Morning Edition
Hundreds of apartments for unhoused people, that we paid for, are sitting completely empty. LA's District Attorney says the County's history-making sexual abuse settlement may be full of fake claims. The feds say the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire immediately tried to throw police o…

How the 1986 World Cup changed the lives of three Angelenos
LAist correspondent Adolfo Guzman-Lopez remembers the year his life was changed - by the US government, by his tenacity - and by a Mexican soccer player named Hugo Sanchez.

San Gabriel Valley students uncover the history of a community buried by freeways
Duarte High School’s inaugural ethnic studies class dug into the story of Rocktown, a majority Black and Latino community.

Feds threaten cuts to LA homelessness agency, AI in LA and Riverside courts, Today's FIFA game — Evening Edition
Federal authorities say they're pulling funding from L-A's embattled homelessness agency. L.A. and Riverside counties test out AI in the courtroom. LAist stops by today's FIFA FanFest. Plus, more from Evening Edition. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://l…

HUD halts federal homeless dollars to LA-area's lead agency, citing mismanagement
U.S. officials said they were suspending funding for the Los Angeles region’s lead homelessness agency pending an investigation into whether it broke the law when handling federal grant money, according to a letter released Thursday.

Why Orange County is pausing its use of chemical sprays
Many OC residents want to halt the use of herbicides and pesticides in local flood channels that wash out into the ocean. But it’s much more complicated than that.