Fiona Ng

Los Angeles

Weekend Editor at KPCC-FM (Pasadena, CA)

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One police officer killed, one injured in Baldwin Park shooting Saturday night

1 week ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

Only 7% of LAist readers currently donate to fund our journalism. Help raise that number, so our nonprofit newsroom stays strong in the face of federal cuts. Donate now. One police officer was killed and one injured in stable condition following a shooting in Baldwin Park last night. The officers were called to the 4200block of Filhurst Avenue at around 7:12 p.m. after receiving reports of an individual firing a rifle. The officers were fired at upon arrival, according to authorities.
Areas in Riverside County are under evacuation warnings from Henderson Fire

1 week ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

This is a developing story and will be updated. For the most up-to-date information about the fire you can check:A brush fire in Northern San Diego County that began Friday afternoon has spread to about 200 acres overnight. This morning, some areas in Riverside County have been placed under evacuation warnings. Evacuation orders are in place for those living in San Diego County.
Free pop-up vinyl shop helps January fire survivors find their groove

1 week ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

Only 7% of LAist readers currently donate to fund our journalism. Help raise that number, so our nonprofit newsroom stays strong in the face of federal cuts. Donate now. After the January fires, Brian Clasby and his business partner Gavin Gottlich started hearing about people who lost everything — including vinyl collections that took years to build. That detail screamed out at the two. They run the music consultant firm, Lunch Club Projects, and is well connected in the industry.
That loud boom last night? It was a SpaceX spacecraft returning to earth

2 weeks ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

At around 10:44 p.m. last night, a SpaceX spacecraft returned to earth, splashing down off the coast of Oceanside and sending a loud boom that rang across Southern California — and the Interweb. The private space company's Dragon Capsule was carrying 6,700 pounds of equipment and cargo to earth from the International Space Station, according to NASA. The capsule originally took off from the Kennedy Space Center on April 21.
Los Feliz's Hillhurst asks: Another coffee place?!

2 weeks ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

As one of Los Feliz's most walkable strips, Hillhurst Avenue has a lot to offer. The thoroughfare connects to Griffith Park and boasts a number of restaurants, shops and cool hangouts. Soon, a new business is opening up — not unusual for any neighborhood. But this particular addition, a Philz Coffee that's taking over the space once occupied by gourmet butcher McCall's, is raising a blunt question: Are there too many coffee spots on Hillhurst?
How LA inspired a Korean American artist whose place in history is still being written

3 weeks ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

Southern California’s air, light and space have inspired countless artists — James Turrell, David Hockney and Ed Ruscha to name just a few. And a new exhibit at Perrotin Los Angeles wants to show L.A. transplant Young-Il Ahn as a painter who also has something to say about the poetry of this place. Much of the Korean American abstract painter’s work was inspired by the natural elements of Los Angeles, a city he immigrated to from Korea in 1966.
One person dead after explosion rocked the city of Palm Springs

3 weeks ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

One person is dead after an explosion rocked the City of Palm Springs this morning. The City of Palm Spring said in a statement that the blast happened just before 11 a.m. on North Indian Canyon Drive near East Tachevah Drive. The blast happened near a fertility clinic, Amy Blaisdell, the city's chief communications officer, told LAist.
TIL my eye doctor’s office played a big role in SoCal art history

4 weeks ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

Southern California sometimes feels like a small town — its streets, blocks, neighborhoods blurring into one another from familiarity. But step outside your usual radius and you can land in what feels like an entirely different world. That was me in Claremont, seeing a new eye doctor whose office played a surprisingly important role in Southern California art history. That morning, my 30-mile drive on the 10 Freeway felt like ellipses of strip malls, bigger strip malls and even bigger strip malls.
It's a protest. It's a Star Wars hang. On May 4, it's both

1 month ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

Creative protest signs have always been an important accoutrement of demonstrations. Eight years ago, the Women's March spawned the once ubiquitous pink knitted "pussyhats." Costumed protesters have also been making appearances — for utilitarian purposes, for a little LOLs, a little irreverence. So it is with this spirit that an Irvine protest this Sunday is calling for participants to cosplay in Star Wars gear.
How the harmonica queens from K-town took over the NHL

1 month ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

LAist relies on reader donations to power our nonprofit newsroom. Support LAist by giving now . Los Angeles is a purple and gold town. It's also a Dodger blue town. But one unsuspecting segment of the city has been locked in to the first-round Stanley Cup playoffs between our Los Angeles Kings and the Edmonton Oilers. That segment? Korean retiree harmonica players from Koreatown. And even though the Kings are out of playoff contention, their viral videos live on.