Fable 5 is Back…But Why Was It Gone At All?

This Is Absolutely F*king Insane.

Exotic Iris

In the Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park. Photo by John Swanda. Exotic Iris

Doug Jones on The Stakes!

Why Thousands of Cubans Are Migrating to Guyana

They’re saying you did this to yourself

Journalist Karen Hao on Sam Altman, OpenAI & the “Quasi-Religious” Push for Artificial Intelligence

As part of our July Fourth special broadcast, we continue our extended interview with Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in…

“Empire of AI”: Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World

In our July Fourth special broadcast, we revisit our interview with longtime technology reporter Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI, which unveils the accruing…

1976 vs. 2026

“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the…

CA joined the union decades after 1776. Here’s what it looked like before it became a state

Steven Hackel, a history professor at UC Riverside who specializes in early America, joined LAist’s AirTalk with Larry Mantle to discuss what our state was…

Olvera Street shopkeepers thought LA’s World Cup would revive business — it hasn’t

Vendors along the historic corridor say the World Cup hype has yet to be the lifeline they’d hoped for.

America and Me: A lesson on power, opportunity and belonging 

I grew up in a segregated town in rural Louisiana. When I was nine years old, I was bused to a white school across the…

What did Oregon add to time capsules for America’s 250th birthday?

What would help Americans 250 years from now understand the Oregon of 2026? For the eight members of Oregon’s congressional delegation who selected the state’s…

What’s the best way to keep zebra mussels from spreading in Colorado this Fourth of July? Clean your gear, experts say.

Troublesome zebra mussels, an invasive species, have spread through Colorado waterways, prompting officials to urge outdoor enthusiasts to remain vigilant and clean their gear.

Trump’s Communist Boogeyman Playbook: Charging Protesters as Terrorists

Matt Sledge, who was at the sentencing for the Prairieland defendants, and Mark Bray, author of “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook,” on the timeworn government strategies…

A year after deadly floods, Texas lawmakers haven’t addressed training for emergency coordinators

Texas’ emergency management chief has repeatedly recommended that lawmakers require minimum training but a bill proposed after the disaster failed.

Texas Stock Exchange to launch trading on Monday in test of upstart’s challenge to Wall Street

The exchange represents the most well-funded challenge to the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ duopoly of U.S. stock trading.

Gunnison, Meeker, Bayfield and Cortez plan July Fourth fireworks shows amid strict Colorado prohibitions on outdoor flames

"We know how to mitigate the risks," says Gunnison County fire chief on plans for the July 4 fireworks display

America at 250: It’s time to be bold again

The next 250 years of American progress should be defined by a democracy that is more representative, more inclusive and more resilient than the one…