Los Angeles

Greg Bryant, the former host of WRTI's Evening Jazz, relocated to Los Angeles at the end of last year. He brings us this report on jazz musicians displaced and otherwise impacted there by devastating wildfires, and how the scene is responding.

Two friends went surfing the Sunday before the Palisades Fire erupted and then parked the van in a neighborhood that was later destroyed. They were sure it was a goner.

James Brown's modest, walk-up apartment costs $1,300 a month, covered by Social Security and the federal government.

LA is among the jurisdictions that limit their cooperation with federal authorities on immigration enforcement. The Trump administration has threatened to cut millions in funding to them.

There are now 47,000 homeless people in and around Los Angeles. The number of homeless women living on the streets has increased dramatically, and many are at risk of violence and sexual assault.

Los Angeles can seem like a company town, dominated by the movie business. But the area is dotted with oil wells — landmarks of a key industry in the region. Now plunging prices are taking their toll.

One citizen has taken the Los Angeles homeless crisis into his own hands, building dozens of small shelters and giving them to the homeless. But the city says the structures are unsafe.

In a city where blacks make up 9 percent of the population, nearly a third of those shot by police over a five-year period were black suspects.

In a plea deal, Baca admitted he lied when he said he didn't know anything about efforts to obstruct an FBI probe into corruption and abuse in his department.