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Ysabel Jurado may become the first Filipina to become an LA City councilperson if she can continue her winning ways and take out KDL who is mired in controversy. The former teen mom and current community lawyer talks about the Graffiti Towers, her ideas to solve homelessness, and spots she loves in NELA. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

For over 10 years Justin Fisher lived in many parts of the backhouse of The Amherst House where Weezer and other bands were born. He lived in the bedroom, the living room, and even the makeshift attic. All because he moved to LA to achieve the American of becoming a professional musician and running off with a Californian cheerleader and raising a beautiful family. Mission accomplished. Hear how he did it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Lex Steppling on growing up in Chesterfield Square, Nirvana at 10, and the tell-tale signs of gentrification --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Ben Camacho asked for all the photos and salary information of the LAPD. After some typical hemming and hawing, the City Attorney approved the journalist's request. Once the info quickly spread online, the police union raised a fit and the new City Attorney is now suing Camacho for the public information and possibly millions of dollars in damages. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

The last time Maebe ran for Congress, she got nearly 30% of the vote. Now that the incumbent is gone… could she win it all? In this episode we talk about politics, Silver Lake, smash burgers, growing up in the suburbs of Illinois and playing football on her high school team. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Greg Stewart was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. He was in Granada Hills 30 years ago today when the Northridge Quake struck. We talk about how he was still forced to go to work the next day, equipped with a hard hat. We also discuss Reseda, what parts of the Val aren't really the Val, which parts should break off to be their own cities. Should the Valley break off from LA, and is Shaq really a Mason??? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Ky Dickens on her love of nonfiction storytelling, consciousness, and why she wishes she moved to Toluca Lake years ago. Hailing from the suburbs of Chicago, Ky says she was reluctant to move to LA because of the many myths she’d heard about traffic, neighborhoods, and quality of life. But now after living here for six years, wishes she had skedaddled from the midwest sooner. Enjoy our entire episode with the documentary filmmaker where we delve into how much she loves Toluca Lake, to some of the fascinating films she’s made, and how her kids have taught her how to speak more inclusively. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Andrew Rudick has done the research and due diligence. He has the receipts and the paperwork. He claims the ball is in the court of CD13 councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez to begin the process of removing Trump's star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame due to that thing he did on January 6th when he tried to overthrow Democracy. Will Soto-Martinez live up to his promise to tackle this issue? Andrew says it's not that tough to do. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Travel writer, food writer, former bartender, went to cooking school just to be a better journalist, Mr. Paul Feinstein is the author of the new book Italy Cocktails and goes into great detail about his neighborhood Beverly Grove, "authenticity" and how bad crazy this one pizza spot is on a swanky street. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

But it might be too late for Adele. The Alexander Technique practitioner, music teacher, and classical music head on living among fancy birds, moving here from Mississippi, and what the heck is happening to Westwood. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Eric Brightwell is all the things you’d want in a neighbor. He’s been around for seemingly forever, he rides his bike everywhere when he’s not on the bus, he’s civically minded, he knows where the best spots are, he has great taste in movies and music, and he has the greatest obsession: drawing and painting neighborhood maps of Los Angeles. Lo all these years, I was lucky enough to meet him at his spacious home, one of the best apartments you’ll find in Silver Lake as it’s near all the best haunts, it’s surrounded with fauna, and it’s inhabited by one of the biggest cats you’ll ever have the chance to pet with your foot. In this episode we check all the boxes: local politics, tales of working at the original location of Amoeba, tales of working in a musty basement of porn, discussing why the Channel Islands matter, Thomas Brothers Guides, and the realization that mapmaking is subjective. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Gary Phillips is happily married, lives in a Craftsman in Arlington Heights and writes about whatever he wants: the LA dream --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Jason Reedy, as you will hear, is an intelligent, thoughtful, Angeleno who cares for his mind, body, and spirit. He’s a well-read vegan marathon runner who can easily talk about Christianity or Islam as well as world history. On top of that he’s a kind, funny, and devoted parent who even takes his toddler to City Hall — which annoys some for some reason. We sat down at the Robinson Space in Virgil Village and discussed the very active activist group he belongs to, getting attacked by Kevin De Leon at a Christmas toy giveaway, and his one TV addiction: 90 Day Fiance. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Jon is a fantastic reporter and editor, most recently with Knock LA, the indie news outlet that comes up first when you Google LASD Gangs. Jon talks about what that job entails, covering Rick Caruso, and what he would tell the billionaire he needs to work on in relation to the AMC Theaters and the Cheesecake Factory. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

The activist, organizer, fitness guru, and New England transplant who just happens to know a few things about weapons. Hear as she talks about co-founding the loudest anti-fascist group in Los Angeles. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Richard is a Canadian who immigrated to LA in the mid-90s and has been in and around the Hollywood journalism scene ever since. We talk about Park La Brea, The Grove, The Glendale Galleria, the idea of one man owning most of LA’s trade papers, the LA Times, and so much more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Mike Roe had been helping build KPCC's website for the last 15 years. He even helped build its union. Then in this last wave of cuts, he was shown the door. In this episode we talk about some of his favorite moments there, and living in Echo Park back in the day. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

He got his break on South Park, moved over to That '70s Show, then wrote Dude Where's My Car, and now has become a therapist who wrote a book for all of us. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

Albert Corado is an activist, an organizer, one of the co-founders of People's City Council, and the brother of Mely Corado who was gunned down by a member of the LAPD who shot into the Trader Joe's she managed in Silver Lake. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support

The Spectrum 1 News anchor on being stopped from doing her job by the LAPD at Echo Park, her scoop with one of the tattoo artists who apply ink to sheriff deputies, her neighborhood of Palms, and what USC taught her to be prepared in TV journalism. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support