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When the firestorms of January 2025 raged through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, they left nearly 30 people dead and historic destruction in their wake. Recovery will be a long, uphill road, and rebuilding will take years and dedicated planning. This podcast takes a deep dive into the circumstances that led to the fires, how people can prepare for future wildfires - which are inevitable - and how Angeleños can come together to rebuild our beautiful city. Rebuild:LA is the proud winner o ...
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Imperfect Paradise

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Imperfect Paradise is an award-winning weekly narrative podcast showcasing California stories with universal significance, hosted by Antonia Cereijido. Each deeply reported story is driven by characters who illuminate aspects of American identity and underscore California's reputation as a home for dreamers and schemers, its heartbreaking inequality, its varied and diverse communities, its unique combination of dense cities and wild places. New episodes premiere Wednesdays, with broadcasts o ...
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The Marco Gerace Show brings you an in-depth look at geopolitics in America from an objective, fair and well-researched standpoint. If you want to hear an hour-long program filled with the latest news coverage focusing on current events, economics, culture, foreign affairs, dynamic interviews and health topics, this is your show! Stay well-informed on what is happening in the world around you with a reliable show where the facts are facts and hard truths thrive. Show support: https://coff.ee ...
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Tune in to our podcast, where African-American women firefighters/paramedics share their own words, recounting their awe-inspiring journey, challenges, and impact on the fire service. Through their firsthand accounts, you'll gain a deeper appreciation for their resilience, uncover the layers of history they've shaped, and recognize their transformative role in this vital profession."
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Today's Articles: (Trends Journal) - NAPOLITANO: Tucker Carlson and freedom of speech. (Headline USA) - Netanyahu To Ask Trump To Support Another Attack on Iran. (ZeroHedge) - Macron Seeks New Talks With Putin, Forcing 'Alternative' Path To Stalled US Negotiations. (Wasington Times) - Denmark, Greenland reject U.S. territorial claims after Trump ap…
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Send us a text The first of our special two-part holiday edition of Rebuild:LA has host Cameron Barrett sitting down with an Eaton Fire survivor and the president of an organization that lent him a hand. What makes the conversation unique is that both guests are Los Angeles Fire Department Captains. Captain Jerry Puga lost his home in the Eaton Fir…
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Today's Articles: (Breitbart News) - Trump Boom: U.S. Economy Grows 4.3%, Fastest in Two Years, Smashing Expectations. (The Hill) - Nigeria on cooperating with US against ISIS: ‘This challenge goes beyond borders‘. (Fox News) - Nigeria says it shared intelligence to support US strikes on ISIS. (The Associated Press) - Nigerian villagers are rattled…
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This episode originally aired on March 12, 2025. Hollywood taught us to be afraid of a super powerful artificial intelligence that will one day conquer humanity. So not surprisingly, many screenwriters and actors are very skeptical of AI, and concerns about AI were central to the Hollywood labor strikes in 2023. But animators may actually be the mo…
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(The Hill) - Where Trump’s polling stands at end of first year back in office. (Bloomberg) - US Consumer Sentiment Has Fallen 30% Since Last December. (Slay News) - 1,200 Victims Identified in Epstein Files. (New York Post) - Kushner, Witkoff draft $112B proposal to develop Gaza into ‘smart city’ with luxury resorts. (Fox News) - US Coast Guard pur…
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Today's Articles: (Wall Street Journal) - The data problems in Thursday’s inflation report will linger for months. (Moneywise) - Kevin O’Leary raises red flag over Trump’s 50-year mortgage idea and warns you’ll be ‘friggin’ dead’ before you ever pay it off. Do this instead. (Fox News) - Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente responsible for Brown shooting, M…
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Los Angeles is an integral part of space shuttle Endeavour’s journey. The California Science Center is building a new, larger home for the shuttle, which will make it the only place in the world to see a complete shuttle system with its equipment in launch position. The project – years in the making – still has a long road ahead. LAist reporter Mak…
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Today's Articles: (CNBC) - President Trump's Address to the Nation. (Paul Craig Roberts) - The truth about Trump’s plot against Venezuela comes out of trump’s mouth. (Bloomberg) - EU blasts Trump’s attacks as ‘outdated’ and urges independence. (Times of Israel) - Six countries have committed to joining Trump’s Board of Peace, say officials. (Just t…
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Today's History: (NBC News) - U.S. Capitol unveils statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, taking Robert E. Lee's spot. (The Right Scoop) - BREAKING: President Trump to address the nation TONIGHT. (Associated Press) - Senate voting on $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video. (CNBC) - Trump designates Venezue…
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Send us a text This week on Rebuild:LA, host Cameron Barrett talks with Erica Peng, a lecturer at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, who teaches leaders about how our fight-flight-freeze neurobiology shapes and undermines behavior and performance. Peng has partnered with the National Fire Protection Association to teach a unique approach to crisi…
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Today's Articles: (Associated Press) - As it happened: Rob Reiner’s son Nick ‘booked for murder’ in stabbings of director-actor and wife. (Wall Street Journal) - US unemployment rose in November despite job gains. (Just the News) - DeSantis claims Florida has the 'right' to regulate AI rules, despite Trump executive order. (The Hill) - Senators bra…
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Today's Articles: (Breitbart News) - Syrian Fruit Shop Owner Wrestled Gun from Sydney’s Bondi Beach Shooter. (Breitbart News) - Democrat-Run Chicago: Nine Shot Friday into Sunday Morning. (NBC News) - Person of interest in Brown University shooting to be released as manhunt for killer is underway. (New York Post) - FBI stops planned New Year’s Eve …
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Today's Articles: (CNBC) - S&P 500 retreats from record, Nasdaq falls more than 1% as rotation out of tech continues, led by Broadcom. (Associated Press News) - US jobless benefit applications jump to 236,000 last week as concerns about labor market persist. (ZeroHedge) - 1 In 4 Unemployed Americans Has A Degree - The Future Of White Collar Jobs. (…
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In the early morning hours of January 8, the Eaton Fire raced closer to the MonteCedro retirement community in Altadena, California. Nearly 200 of the facility’s residents were evacuated, but two women were left behind, raising serious questions. In this episode of Imperfect Paradise, LAist Health and Housing Reporter Aaron Schrank looks at what we…
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Today's Articles: (Paul Craig Roberts) - Israel’s Knesset approves legislation that legalizes execution of Palestinian abductees. (The Gateway Pundit) - BREAKING: Trump Administration Releases Video of US Seizing Venezuelan Oil Tanker. (Wall Street Journal) - Fed cuts rates again, signals it may be done for now. (Breitbart News) - House Democrat Fi…
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Today's Articles: (CBS News) - Zelenskyy says Ukraine will not give up territory to Russia and is ready to present peace plan to U.S. (Slay News) - Thomas Massie Introduces Bill to Withdraw U.S from NATO: ‘Cold War Relic’ Draining American Taxpayers. (The Hill) -Unpacking the $900 billion annual defense bill: What’s in? What’s out? (Breitbart News)…
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Today's Articles: (Breitbart News) - Rep. Jasmine Crockett Files Paperwork to Run for U.S. Senate. (Washington Examiner) - Paxton sues to block Texas Islamic community from opening: 'Illegal development scheme'. (Washington Examiner) - Bombshell Obamacare fraud report gives fiscal conservatives boost in fight over subsidies. (Wall Street Journal) -…
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Send us a text Imagine a rocket launcher…that shoots water balloons. Inspired by the defense technology known as Iron Dome, a group of Israeli entrepreneurs has developed a defense mechanism against wildfires they're calling FireDome. In host Cameron Barrett’s conversation this week with FireDome’s co-founder and CEO, Gadi Benjamini, we learn about…
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Today's Articles: (Tampa Free Press) - AG Pam Bondi Orders ‘Priority’ Crackdown: FBI Given 30 Days To Build Antifa Target List. (Paul Craig Roberts) - Democrats Have Destroyed Equality Under Law. (National Review) - District Court Rules Halligan Appointment Invalid, Dismisses Comey Indictment. (Fox News) - ICE warns Illinois is releasing violent cr…
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Today's Articles: (Fox Business) - U.S. layoffs soar past 1.1M in 2025, highest level since the pandemic. (Associated Press News) - U.S. consumer sentiment improved this month but remains subdued, the University of Michigan reports. (Wall Street Journal) - Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. for $72 Billion. (New York Post) - Biden admin ‘sat on the eviden…
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At least 280 childcare spaces were affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires in January. LAist reporter Libby Rainey and early childhood senior reporter Elly Yu followed two women who ran childcare businesses out of their homes until the Eaton Fire destroyed them. In this episode of Imperfect Paradise, they look at how these two childcare providers…
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Today's Articles: (Fox News) - FBI arrests suspect in DC pipe bomb case after 5-year investigation. (The Hill) - What age is too young for a cellphone? Study links devices to obesity, depression. (Associated Press News) - Italy now recognizes the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison. (PJ Media) - Is Ireland About to Erupt Into a Ci…
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Today's Articles: (Fox Business) - Trump calls affordability 'a Democrat scam' as inflation concerns persist nationwide. (Wall Street Journal) - Retailers Are Snatching Up Real Estate Again. (NBC News) - With 'Trump Accounts,' your baby could qualify for $1,000. Here's what to know. (Associated Press News) - Federal authorities plan operation in Mi…
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(Paul Craig Roberts) - The University of Minnesota Advocates the Termination of the White Race. (Fox News) - Over 100 California colleges accused of discriminating against US-born students in new DOJ complaint. (New York Post) - Minnesota social service workers slam Gov. Tim Walz as ‘100% responsible for massive fraud’ of $1B roiling state. (Time) …
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Send us a text We know that the Palisades and Eaton Fires left devastation in their wake, devastation that wasn’t just burned structures and displaced lives, but dangerous contaminants that remained in our soil and groundwater. How far-reaching was the contamination, and how concerned do residents need to be? Thanks to the University of Southern Ca…
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(Fox News) - Afghan national admitted via Operation Allies Welcome charged with making terroristic threat, DHS says. (Bloomberg) - National Guard Shooter Was Radicalized in US, Noem Says. (Breitbart News) - Nationwide Raids Nab 250 Foreign CDL Truck Drivers — DHS Warns Cartel Exploitation Threatens Homeland Security. (NBC News) - FDA claims Covid s…
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Today's Articles: (The Gateway Pundit) - Flashback: Newsom’s 2020 Thanksgiving Rules Should Remind Us What True Authoritarianism Looks Like. (New York Post) - Horrific new footage shows hero National Guardsman open fire on Afghan terror suspect. (The Times) - Suspect in Washington DC national guard shooting ‘had CIA ties’. (Front Page Magazine) - M…
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Nearly 3,000 patients have been forced to find gender-affirming care elsewhere after the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles closed their LA Center for Trans Youth Health and Development in July. The closure comes amid threats of cuts to federal funding for providers of gender affirming-care and other attempts to restrict LGBTQ rights nationwide. LAist…
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Today's Articles: (The Hill) - Judge dismisses DOJ criminal cases against Comey, James. (Breitbart News) - We Are Democrat ‘Avengers’ Fighting for ‘Truth over Trump’. (Moneywise) - Bill Gates says he owns 1 out of every 4000 acres of all US farmland. Why has he taken such a big position? (ZeroHedge) - Dead Cows Don't Fart? Countries Raise Concerns …
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Today's Articles: (Reuters) - DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter. (Fox News) - CDC quietly changes vaccine and autism stance after years of controversy. (Axios) - Trump's full 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan. (Paul Craig Roberts) - Trump’s Peace Deal: An Analysis. (New York Post) - Candace Owens roasted for claiming the M…
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Send us a text Dr. Nicole Maccalla spent the first two days of the Eaton Fire on the ground, fighting to save her home. She thought that if she could just keep her house from burning, she would be okay, and when the fire was finally out, she could return to the place she and her children had called home for the last 11 years. But what she found was…
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Today's Articles: (Headline USA) - MTG Hands in Her Resignation from Congress. (Jerusalem Post) - Ex-spy Jonathan Pollard, US envoy Mike Huckabee held secret meeting at US Jerusalem embassy. (Associated Press News) - Takeaways from Trump and Mamdani visit: Both men get something they want, GOP loses a punching bag. (Wall Street Journal) - Tyson to …
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Today's Articles: (CNBC) - Inflation is down — but the middle class is still feeling financial pressure. Here’s why. (AP News) - U.S. employers added surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, government says in delayed report. (Reuters) - Paramount, Comcast and Netflix submit bids for Warner Bros Discovery, source says. (PJ Media) - U.S. Ukrain…
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Amid the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, there’s been an uptick in ICE presence in hospitals across the country. At Adventist Health White Memorial hospital in Boyle Heights, doctors say that hospital administrators have even allowed immigration agents to interfere with patients’ medical care. LAist correspondent Jill Replogle has …
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Today's Articles: (Headline USA) - Federal Judges Block Texas From Using Its New US House Map in the 2026 Midterms. (Russia Today) - US peace plan proposes Ukraine ‘give up sovereignty’. (Paul Craig Roberts) - Why Are Americans Being Placed Under a Speech Tsar? (Fox 2 Detroit) - Alt-right anti-Islam protesters in Dearborn overwhelmed by Muslim acti…
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Today's Articles: (AP News) - Trump dismisses US intelligence that Saudi prince was likely aware of 2018 killing of journalist. (The Expose) - Germany is moving towards reinstating conscription. (Politico) - Germany’s Merz vows to build Europe’s strongest army. (Slaw News) - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Gets Mamdani-like Socialist Challenger. (Fox …
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Articles Discussed Today: (Paul Craig Roberts) - Is Trump Killing His Movement and was Epstein Running a Mossad Blackmail Operation? (New York Post) - House Democrat exchanged texts with Epstein on how to hurt Trump during 2019 congressional hearing. (The National) - Latest draft of UN Gaza resolution includes language on Palestinian statehood. (US…
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Send us a text In the second of our two-part episode with Eaton Fire survivors Andrew King and Angela Giacchetti, host Cameron Barrett asks the two about their work on the Department of Angels' quarterly survey of fire survivors, Community Voices: LA Fire Recovery Report. The research is uncovering some difficult truths about the recovery and rebui…
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(Fox News) - Meet the socialist Mamdani-style mayor just elected to run West Coast's 5th largest city. (Breitbart News) - Fed Study Vindicates Trump Trade Policy: 150 Years of Evidence Shows Tariffs Lower Inflation. (ZeroHedge) - Container Imports Drop 17.6% In October At Busiest US Port. (Newsmax) - Trump Drops Tariffs on Beef, Coffee, Tropical Fr…
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Articles Discussed Today: (Breitbart News) - Trump Signs Bill to Reopen Government After 43 Days of Democrat Shutdown. (Paul Craig Roberts) - Another Step on the Path to Autocracy. (ZeroHedge) - Operation Affordability: Trump Prepares Tariff Cuts, Trade Deals To Lower Food Prices Ahead Of Midterms. (Fox Business) - Disney ditches 'diversity' and 'D…
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All four-year-olds in the state of California now have access to a free preschool program in their local school district. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a plan to expand the state’s transitional kindergarten, or TK, program in May 2021, as part of a broader move to create the largest free early education program in the U.S. So what does transitional kind…
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Articles Discussed Today: (The Blaze Media) - 'She's one of us!' Steve Baker stuns Glenn Beck with bombshell revelation about J6 pipe-bomb suspect. (Newsweek) - What Did Virginia Giuffre Say About Donald Trump. (The Gateway Pundit) - BRUTAL! Jasmine Crockett Gets Called Out On-Air After CNN Exposes Democrats for Redacting Epstein Docs to Push Fake …
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Articles Discussed Today: (Business Insider) - Zohran Mamdani's most popular policy proposal is raising taxes on millionaires and corporations, new poll finds. (New York Post) - Hochul slams brakes on Zohran Mamdani’s free NYC bus plan: ‘Takes money out of a system that relies on fares’. (Moneywise) - NYC’s Mamdani sparked $100M rush into Florida r…
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This special episode on Imperfect Paradise is from our friends at Latino USA and CalMatters. It tracks the rise of Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, a key figure in the Trump Administration’s deportation efforts and explores the consequences of the raids to the people captured here in LA and around the country. Support LAist Today: https://LAist.…
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Articles Discussed Today: (Fox Business) - Trump calls tariff opponents 'fools,' promises $2K dividend payments for Americans. (Wall Street Journal) - Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves. (Slay News) - Europe Criminalizes Large Cash Payments Ahead of ‘Digital Euro’ Launch. (Fox News) - AI could drive US unemployment t…
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Send us a text Andrew King and Angela Giacchetti didn’t know each other on January 7, 2025. They lived only a few blocks apart - in Altadena. When the Santa Ana winds got so strong that power started failing, King loaded his two kids and his wife into their minivan and took off to a nearby hotel in Pasadena. Better safe than sorry, he figured. Giac…
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Articles Discussed Today: (Daily Caller) - Kim Kardashian Fails The Bar Exam. (Washington Examiner) - Cruz slams Republican colleagues for not denouncing Carlson after Fuentes interview. (Fox 32 Chicago) - Northwestern University students barred from enrolling after refusing antisemitism training. (Associated Press News) - These 8 Democrats voted w…
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Articles Discussed Today: (Washington Times) - U.S. employers announced most October layoffs in 22 years. (Wall Street Journal) - Builders Are Offering Mortgage Rate Discounts. Home Buyers Aren’t Biting. (Breitbart News) - Developer: Florida Real Estate Surges as New Yorkers ‘Nervous’ About Socialist Zohran Mamdani. (The Gateway Pundit) - VP JD Van…
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In less than a thousand days, Los Angeles will be hosting the summer Olympics. Many cities worldwide have been put into debt by the games, so what could they mean for Los Angeles? LAist reporter Libby Rainey joins Imperfect Paradise to look back at the history of the games when LA last hosted them, the financial outlook for the city, and what role …
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