Jun 13 Watch 25:17 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 13, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, June 13, in the first major speech of her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton lays out her economic message. Later, find out who Western officials believe is sending cash and weapons to the Taliban. And, in… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch 9:06 LA's ambitious plan to house every homeless veteran By PBS News Hour Los Angeles, a city with the highest number of homeless veterans, recently signed on to an ambitious national effort to end the crisis by the end of the year. Now, hundreds of service providers are working toward that goal by… Continue watching
Feb 22 Photos: Oscar gets red carpet-ready for the Academy Awards By News Desk The 87th Academy Awards is set to take place Sunday, Feb. 22 presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. In the days and hours leading up to the ceremony, workers meticulously prepare for Hollywood's biggest night of the… Continue reading
Jan 13 Indie rockers Allah-Las reinvent that retro California sound By Victoria Fleischer Allah-Las play "Better Than Mine" from their new album "Worship the Sun" in the KEXP studio. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 5:43 Replacing surf shops with startups, tech boom makes waves in bohemian Venice Beach By PBS News Hour Some high tech entrepreneurs have started trading in the high costs of the San Francisco Bay Area for the sunnier skies of Venice Beach in Los Angeles. But with the benefits of the boom, like high-paying jobs, also come problems,… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch Lessons from Los Angeles' school records disaster By PBS News Hour A new student record system adopted by the Los Angeles Unified School District has caused chaos for kids, teachers and administrators. Kindergarteners were accidentally enrolled at high schools, while hundreds of older students spent weeks without class schedules. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Nov 06 Los Angeles art museum celebrates historic donation By Alexis Cox The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has announced its largest-ever single donation: 47 pieces of art valued at $500 million. The generous benefactor is Jerry Perenchio, the former CEO of the Spanish language television network "Univision." The artwork includes… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch New York City, LA among cities moving to raise minimum wage By PBS News Hour Matt Flegenheimer of the New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan to talk about the U.S. cities moving to raise minimum wage on the local level, as the issue lingers in Congress. Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Documenting gay rights activists at dawn of the movement By PBS News Hour KQED presents a report on photographer Anthony Friedkin and his efforts to document gay life more than 40 years ago. Friedkin's photographs were ahead of their time and most galleries wouldn’t show them -- until now. The culmination of Friedkin’s… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch From Skid Row to high school graduation, Los Angeles supports homeless students' academic success By PBS News Hour Finishing high school can be an uphill battle; for homeless students, it can be like facing a mountain of challenges. The Los Angeles County Unified School District’s Homeless Education Program is designed to provide assistance to students who don’t have… Continue watching