Alex Cohen
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Pasadena, CA, United States
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Audio: If you love Dodger baseball in LA, you have this woman to thank
Roz Wyman was only 23 when she ran for City Council with an audacious promise to bring a major sports team to the city. Here's how she made it happen. → Read More
Audio: What Huckleberry Finn might say about immigration and the LA River
A new book offers a local, contemporary twist on Mark Twain's classic, with Huck Finn taking a trip down the L.A. River with Miguel, an immigrant in the country illegally. → Read More
Audio: Actress Kathryn Hahn on harassment and desire in Hollywood
Actress Kathryn Hahn stars in the new movie "A Bad Mom's Christmas" as Carla, a lascivious single mom with a penchant for partying. She talks about the racy roles she takes on and why she takes them. → Read More
Audio: The woman who brought the Dodgers to LA celebrates the World Series
Roz Wyman was only 23 when she ran for City Council with an audacious promise to bring a major sports team to the city. Here's how she did it. → Read More
Audio: Can Metro's innovation guru transport LA into the future?
With LA hosting the 2028 Olympics, Joshua Schank has to figure out how to move all those extra people around this massive city. → Read More
Audio: How chainsaws and fire provided redemption to a California inmate
A new Netflix series looks at the lives and works of inmate firefighters. → Read More
Audio: Dolores Huerta gets personal and political in a new documentary about her life
Labor organizer Dolores Huerta has spent decades fighting for social justice—and has no regrets about the sacrifices she's made. → Read More
Audio: Italian novelist Chiara Barzini revisits her teenage life in LA
In the early 1990s, Chiara Barzini's family left their comfy life in Rome and moved to Van Nuys. The experience was one of extreme culture shock. → Read More
Audio: From Apt. 205 to the LA Food Fest: The legend of Starry Kitchen
Starry Kitchen began back in 2008 when Nguyen Tran and his wife launched an underground restaurant in their North Hollywood apartment. → Read More
Audio: A pig, a doodle and Demetri Martin’s new film 'Dean'
For comedian Demetri Martin, art imitates life in his movie "Dean." The film follows a young artist who draws, much like his own collection of notebooks filled with random scribbles. → Read More
Slideshow: Bjork Digital: 'Digging a cave with a teaspoon'
A virtual reality exhibition offers fans an intimate new way to see — not simply hear — Björk's music. "The limitations are what excite me most," she says. → Read More
Video: ‘La La Land’ gets a new star at the Hollywood Bowl
Angela Parrish moved to L.A. from Kansas to pursue a career in show business — much like the female protagonist in "La La Land." This weekend, it's her voice you'll hear in the film's opening song as the orchestra plays along live at the Hollywood Bowl. → Read More
Audio: How the Watts Towers inspired Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia – or didn't?
Amir Bar-Lev, the filmmaker who put together the epic Grateful Dead documentary "Long Strange Trip," talked to Morning Edition on Thursday about what it was like to measure the band's impact and examine the mind of the band's most recognizable figure – guitarist and singer Jerry Garcia. → Read More
Audio: LA Phil's Gustavo Dudamel: 'With music, we have been uniting people'
The Los Angeles Philharmonic will be performing works by Mahler and Schubert. Venezuelan conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, is one of the musicians bringing those scores to life. Alex Cohen recently caught up with him. → Read More
Audio: Q&A: UCLA expert explains what the MS–13 raid means
A gang sweep resulting in nearly two dozen arrests Wednesday has been called the largest ever conducted in Los Angeles. Here's what we know about the MS-13 gang and how big this bust might be. → Read More
Video: Liev Schreiber on fame and playing 'Chuck,' the inspiration behind 'Rocky'
Chuck Wepner's life inspired Sylvester Stallone to write and star in the film "Rocky." Wepner is getting a film of his own, with Liev Schreiber in the role of Wepner. Schreiber talked to Morning Edition about the stepping in the shoes – and the life – of a real person. → Read More
Audio: A new survey says Angelenos are more likely think another riot in LA is possible
More than any other demographic, millennials tend to believe that another riot is likely to happen in the next five years — according to a new survey. → Read More
Audio: SoCal Armenians remember genocide on 102nd anniversary
In modern-day Southern California, the historical events that resulted in the loss of 1.5 million Armenian lives continue to resonate among the community. → Read More
Video: Original 'SNL' cast member talks first live coast-to-coast screening
The three-hour delay will be eliminated for the first time since the debut of "Saturday Night Live" in 1975, giving Californians the same privilege east coasters have had for decades. → Read More
Dax Shepard discusses inspirations for CHiPS feature film
His take on CHiPS is more than just pretty women and freeway pile-ups. He also delved into the delicate dynamics of male friendship. → Read More