Danielle Chiriguayo

Los Angeles

Digital News Producer at KCRW-FM (Santa Monica, CA)

Award-winning reporter, producer, and fill-in anchor @KCRW. Proud @wemakeKCRW steward. Born and raised in LA. Formerly: @Marketplace. she/her.

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Squash at Universal, Swimming at SoFi. LA Olympics venue list is out

1 week ago | kcrw.com | Danielle Chiriguayo

With just over three years until Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Summer Olympic Games, the event's venue lineup is here. LA28, the Games' organizing committee, released the nearly-complete roster this week, after it was approved by the International Olympic Committee. The committee has long touted this as a "no-build Olympics," meaning the host cities are not constructing arenas or stadiums just for the Games.
What's in store for the 50th Long Beach Grand Prix?

1 week ago | kcrw.com | Danielle Chiriguayo
Can UCLA women turn a historic March Madness run into a win?

2 weeks ago | kcrw.com | Danielle Chiriguayo

The Final Four NCAA women's basketball teams are duking it out for the conference championship title this weekend. On Friday, the number-one seeded UCLA Bruins face the number-two seeded University of Connecticut Huskies. The match's winner will head to the finals in Tampa, Florida. How will the Southern California team fare against the East Coast women's basketball powerhouse? KCRW talks to Sally Jenkins, a sports columnist and feature writer at The Washington Post.
Millions more acres of CA land now under 'high' fire risk: CalFire maps

4 weeks ago | kcrw.com | Danielle Chiriguayo

CalFire released the last of its updated fire hazard severity maps on Monday, showing a 3.5 million acre expansion of Southern California's zones. The largest increases were in the Antelope Valley and the Inland Empire. It's the first update to these hazard zone classifications since 2011. The Golden State's top fire agency published the color-coded maps to show how much of the state is fire-prone and how intensely a fire might burn.
A lasting 'public health crisis' after pandemic

1 month ago | kcrw.com | Danielle Chiriguayo

Five years ago this week, the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Half a decade later, COVID has transformed - for many - into a much more acute infection. But a chronic condition that develops out of the virus - long COVID - has continued to evolve and infect people, confounding doctors and researchers. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that one in nine people who caught COVID saw it progress into long COVID.
Amid deportation fears, clinic sees immigrant patients at home

1 month ago | kcrw.com | Danielle Chiriguayo

The South Los Angeles-based St. John's Community Health network has launched a new program to ensure patients can still access health care in response to undocumented immigrants skipping doctors' appointments out of fear. The Trump administration has ramped up immigration enforcement across the country, raising deportation fears in the undocumented community. Staffers at St. John's noticed that hundreds of its undocumented patients cancelled appointments.
Chicks hatch to Big Bear eagle couple

1 month ago | kcrw.com | Danielle Chiriguayo

The Big Bear Valley officially has two new feathered residents. Two eaglets hatched this week to famed bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow. Tens of thousands continue to anxiously watch a 24/7 live stream of the eagles and their nest, operated by the nonprofit Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV), since Jackie laid three eggs last month. Excitement grew over the live stream's chat when pipping - or cracks - were spotted on the eggs earlier this week, meaning the eaglets were trying to hatch.
LA's newest gay bar inherits Downtown's queer legacy

2 months ago | kcrw.com | Danielle Chiriguayo

Reggie Chrishon says after his favorite gay bar closed 20 years ago, he prayed - literally prayed - to one day walk back into that familiar welcoming place at 107 West 4th Street in Downtown LA. The Alabama native moved to Southern California more than 30 years ago. Back then, Chrishon was closeted, and happened upon the watering hole by accident. "I was wrestling with my desire in men," Chrishon explains.
1 in 4 LA fast food workers were paid below minimum wage in 2024. Why?

2 months ago | kcrw.com | Danielle Chiriguayo

One in four fast food workers in Los Angeles were paid below the minimum wage in 2024 - a figure that is eight times higher than the violation rate in 2009. That's according to a new study from Northwestern University's Workplace Justice Lab. In total, workers lose about 16% of their wages, which amounts to about $3500 a year per worker. "That's a really large number for minimum wage workers. It means that they're, in many cases, unable to put food on the table, pay their rent, pay for child care.
How will Luke Dončić shape the Lakers' playoff hopes?

2 months ago | kcrw.com | Danielle Chiriguayo

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