Alissa Walker

Los Angeles

I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Co-host @theLApod. LAUSD mom. Not really here. @awalkerinLA everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at https://t.co/HO7sOXwJD8 🔥

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Paw Payroll - LA Podcast

1 week ago | listennotes.com | Alissa Walker |Rachel A.G. Reyes |Mike Bonin

Scott, Hayes, and Alissa dive into the budget fallout: how positions were eliminated, which departments are getting funded, and why LA’s liability payouts are so much higher now. 100 days out from the fires, LA hits major recovery milestones. And former LA County sheriff Alex Villanueva is evaluated for emotional distress. The mayor’s budget summary FINALLY DROPPED 12 days later.
LA Podcast

1 week ago | listennotes.com | Alissa Walker |Rachel A.G. Reyes |Mike Bonin

LS 49 TOP 0.5% ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 A news and politics podcast for people who live in Los Angeles. Update frequency: weekly Average audio length: 67 minutes IN THIS PODCAST 🔗 AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗 ~98.82% of listeners are from United States. 🇺🇸 US 98.82% 🇷🇴 RO 0.73% 🇬🇧 GB 0.14% 🇮🇪 IE 0.14% 🇮🇳 IN 0.14% Others 0.03% * Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes.
“We’re Going to Have Something Worse”: What Dr. Lucy Jones Says Will Make L.A. More Fire Resilient

1 month ago | dwell.com | Alissa Walker

For decades, seismologist Lucy Jones was best known for coming on live TV after an earthquake to reassure a shaky Los Angeles—and remind Angelenos to prepare for the "big one." But in recent years, she’s been broadening her area of expertise. In 2016, Jones founded the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society, which works with governments and nonprofits on disaster resilience plans, and not just for earthquakes, she says.
"We’re Going to Have Something Worse": What Dr. Lucy Jones Says Will Make L.A. More Fire Resilient

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Alissa Walker

The city’s seismologist turned climate disaster expert wants better building codes but isn’t waiting around for them. Homes in Altadena, California, lie in ruins two weeks after the Eaton Fire ripped through the Southern California community. For decades, seismologist Lucy Jones was best known for coming on live TV after an earthquake to reassure a shaky Los Angeles—and remind Angelenos to prepare for the "big one." But in recent years, she’s been broadening her area of expertise.
Where are LA's World Cup plans?

2 months ago | torched.la | Alissa Walker

Hot links When I was in New Jersey last week, the conversation turned, as it often does, to megaevents. And New Jersey had just received some megaevent news: Jersey City will be hosting the continent's biggest fan fest site in Liberty State Park during next year’s World Cup.
Rising to the occasion

Jan 31, 2025 | torched.la | Alissa Walker

Hours after the fires began, California's governor got an offer to help from LA28 chair Casey Wasserman. "He was quite literally one of the first calls I received," Gavin Newsom said this week. The two got to work that very night. By the weekend, Newsom had appeared on Meet the Pressto say he was putting together a "Marshall Plan" for rebuilding, timed around the Olympics.
The spreadsheet brigade that's keeping LA's rental market from exploding

Jan 17, 2025 | torched.la | Alissa Walker

LA fires The day after the Palisades and Eaton Fires started, as thousands of homes across LA County were aflame, Chelsea Kirk casually perused Zillow rental listings in her Echo Park neighborhood. As a tenant organizer and director of policy and research at Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, Kirk had a hunch that an already-tight housing market was about to get tighter. She immediately saw a three-bedroom listing for $12,000 per month that raised her eyebrows.
Zero percent containment

Jan 9, 2025 | torched.la | Alissa Walker

Fire watch It's impossible to prepare yourself for the onslaught of data about the firestorm that has engulfed LA County: acres burned, households evacuated, structures destroyed, and tragically, lives lost. But all you really need to know is that what has unfolded over the last two days is the absolute worst-case scenario. The other big one.
Everybody calm down

Oct 25, 2024 | torched.la | Alissa Walker

Traffic nightmare Randy Newman had barely started singing "I Love LA" on Sunday when the warnings about tonight began to appear. Prepare for a "traffic nightmare." "Don't leave your house." "Pray for every driver."The first game of the World Series starts at 5:08 p.m., in case you hadn't heard.
The super Bowl

Oct 22, 2024 | torched.la | Alissa Walker

Transit-first games Everyone knows the absolute best way to get to Dodger Stadium is on the Dodger Stadium Express shuttle from Union Station. It's free with your ticket, travels in dedicated lanes on Sunset Boulevard, and drops you steps from your first beer in a vast 16,000-space parking lot that makes you feel extremely smug about your choices.