LARC Presents...
by LARC: Los Angeles Reporting Collective
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Tara Blossom: Fundraging for Trans Healthcare
Tara Blossom: Fundraging for Trans Healthcare
About this podcast
From the Los Angeles Reporting Collective, "LARC Presents..." is a series focused on service journalism stories set in Southern California. Produced by the LARC Reporting Incubator, a nonprofit-sponsored journalism project, we work with emerging reporters from around the region to spotlight underrepresented communities. "LARC Presents..." is produced by Aaron Dalton, Emma Lehmann and Ari Saperstein.
Episodes
- Tara Blossom: Fundraging for Trans Healthcare · 4 minLARC Reporting Fellow Tara Blossom brings us an intimate portrait of trans community in Los Angeles (this story originally aired on LAist 89.3 in March 2026) While often stories…
- Corinne Ruff: How a Pasadena Church is Helping One Senior Through Wildfire Recovery (from AfroLA & KQED's The California Report) · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 11LARC partnered with AfroLA and The California Report from KQED on this special about how seniors in Altadena’s historic Black community are finding support after the Eaton Fire…
- Jireh Deng: Fifty Years After the Killing Fields, a Community Marches Forward · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 10This past spring, Long Beach’s Cambodia Town hosted its 17th annual New Year’s parade, a vibrant celebration of food, dance, and community in a city with the largest Cambodian…
- Cliff Beach & Timothy Hall: Culver City Orchestra and the Symphony's Youth Revival · 6 min · Season 1 Episode 9Symphony performances aren't known for their youthfulness... but one group is trying to change that. For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the Culver City Symphony…
- Laura Dux: Fire Contained But Questions Remain For Altadenans · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 8In January of 2025, the Eaton wildfire spread through the Southern California community of Altadena. Altadena residents saw an outpouring of support from their community, but now…
- Kilo Martin: Promotora Power – How One Community Organization In Westlake Is Turning Movement Into Medicine. · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 72025 Reporter in Residence Kilo Martin takes us behind the scenes with Central City Neighborhood Partners (CCNP), a nonprofit serving the Westlake/Pico-Union neighborhood…
- Kevin Lee: A Chess Meet-Up For All, From Elementary Schoolers To Formerly Incarcerated Players · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 6LA Radio Club Reporter in Residence Kevin Lee brings you this story about Coffee Chess, a meetup in Culver City where players young and old come together for the joy of the game…
- Mya Constantino: The Family Secret That Brought Me To LA · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 5LA Radio Club Reporter in Residence Mya Constantino brings you this story about deep secrets, long-lost siblings, and the meaning of family. After discovering her father’s…
- Stella Hartmann: Looking Back At Oil Can Harry's, An LGBTQ+ Historic Landmark · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 4LA Radio Club Reporter in Residence Stella Hartmann brings you this story about Oil Can Harry’s, a now-defunct country-western LGBTQ+ bar in Studio City. As one of the…
- Olivia Hewitt: Claremont Through The Eyes Of Milky The Stray Cat · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 3LA Radio Club Reporter in Residence Olivia Hewitt brings you this story about Claremont’s stray cats. Hear about the adventures of Milky – or Roger, or Meepers, or Flashbang…
- Christian Brown: How Boulevard Recording Studio Preserves Music History · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 2LA Radio Club Reporter in Residence Christian Brown brings you this story about the history of a celebrated recording studio and efforts to restore it after a devastating fire…
- Meghan Coyle: The History of South Bay's Sansei Baseball League · 6 min · Season 1 Episode 1LA Radio Club Reporter In Residence Meghan Coyle brings you this story about Sansei Baseball, a Japanese-American youth baseball league in LA’s South Bay. Through conversations…
