Colonel Griffith News Today

Today on AirTalk, the partial solar eclipse arrives in Southern California this morning – we talk to LAist staff and AirTalk listeners about how and where they’re viewing the eclipse. Also on the show, we look at the history and science behind Los Angeles’ iconic observatories; Listeners weigh in on the do’s and don’ts of hanging out with an ex; and more.

Los Angeles is my birthplace and cradle of my career passion for travel, discovery and storytelling. We left for England in 1970 but my childhood memories from late 1960s L.A., and the early 1980s, when we moved back, are everlasting cinema. 

L.A. Hike Club offers a way for singles to mingle and nature lovers to make connections. Large group hikes include trips to Temescal, Runyon Canyon, Escondido, Griffith Park and more. For a romantic date, try hiking!

The mayor of Los Angeles commissioned a taxpayer-funded 166-page report written by scores of activists devoted to ‘civic memory’ who recommended that the city commemorate the 1992 race riots sparked by the beating of Rodney King. The report by the Civic Memory Working Group is also calling for the ‘recontextualizing’ or ‘removal’ of statues and memorials that are considered ‘outdated or fraught’ as well as naming an official ‘city historian’ to oversee its landmarks.  Among...