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Music, NPR News, Culture Los AngelesThe Sam Sanders Show### Are We All Nostalgic For Better Times?Author Jessica M. Goldstein on society’s obsession with nostalgia.The Treatment### Richard Pryor’s daughter grapples with the complexities of a notorious wordAuthor Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor examines her relationship to the N-word and to her late father in a new book.## Local News StoriesNews### Why is this coyote so brazen?A coyote nicknamed Wiley is sleeping in backyards, chasing cats and stalking residents of Atwater VillageNews### No summertime blues: how the LA fires inspired a backyard concert sceneAltadena’s Upstart, Youth Fueled ‘Backyard Party’ Scene is Expanding Beyond the Burn ZoneNews### LA spent a decade barely increasing housing capacityL.A. Reported research shows LA County only added about 4% to the number of bedroomsNews### It's who you know: teens struggle to find summer jobs2026 seems as bad as 2025 for temporary entry-level work, unless you have an "in".News### Venice artists find ways to hang onAmid tech-driven gentrification in Venice, local artists struggle to live where they work.News### Where do we put all this extra sunlight?Battery-storage facilities are a big part of California's plans for more renewable energy. But there's conflicting ideas about where they should go.News### L.A.'s whole identity is dry heat, so why the humidity?Officials have issued multiple extreme heat warnings throughout Southern California.News### ‘A perfect storm’ pushed up L.A.’s unhoused populationDespite an 8% jump in street homelessness in LA this year, one of the region’s largest service providers says the issue is not “unsolveable.”News### Are Flock cameras spying on you? O.C. residents think soNeighbors spoke out against Flock cameras at a Costa Mesa City Council meeting.