Sherman Gray and his longtime girlfriend have both struggled with drugs but are now clean and sober and have been for a year and a half. They both have jobs, but they are low-paying and they're on Food Stamps. What they need is a place to live. Currently they are couch surfing and sleeping on floors, and sometimes they have to sleep outside, something they did for years in Lake Elsinore. LA Mayor Karen Bass has been boasting of late that her Inside Safe program is just what people like Sherman was meant for. We will see. If this podcast can help one person, let's hope it can help this couple get off the streets.

Amy Shratter is a Human Resources expert and veteran who created the new company, Real-Salary, that sorts millions of verified salaries and job titles and locations and puts them in an easy-to-use database.

This way if you want to know if you’re being underpaid, for example, at your current gig, you do a search for your job title, city and state, among other options.

Ben Camacho is a journalist who asked for, and received from the City, over 9,000 photos of LAPD officers. When the LAPD called foul, they sicced LA City Atty Hydee Feldstein Soto on him. Hydee knew Ben was protected by common sense and the First Amendment, but she didn't care. Hydee not only lost the first case, but as the second one was about to go down her team convinced her to just settle with Ben and pay his lawyers $300,000. We talk about that, Ground Game, Knock LA, and his favorite Thai spot in Thai Town.

Lynne Crandall has owned and operated Decor Art Galleries at 12149 Ventura Blvd. for 30 years where locals, visitors, and celebs come to get their precious photos and artwork framed. But she also has a database of 60,000 photos from the 1930s thru the 199os of your favorite stars and sites of Los Angeles.

For over 10 years Justin Fisher lived in many parts of the backhouse of The Amherst House where Weezer and other bands were born. He lived in the bedroom, the living room, and even the makeshift attic. All because he moved to LA to achieve the American of becoming a professional musician and running off with a Californian cheerleader and raising a beautiful family. Mission accomplished. Hear how he did it.

Lex Steppling on growing up in Chesterfield Square, Nirvana at 10, and the tell-tale signs of gentrification

Greg Stewart was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. He was in Granada Hills 30 years ago today when the Northridge Quake struck. We talk about how he was still forced to go to work the next day, equipped with a hard hat. We also discuss Reseda, what parts of the Val aren't really the Val, which parts should break off to be their own cities. Should the Valley break off from LA, and is Shaq really a Mason???

Ky Dickens on her love of nonfiction storytelling, consciousness, and why she wishes she moved to Toluca Lake years ago.Hailing from the suburbs of Chicago, Ky says she was reluctant to move to LA because of the many myths she’d heard about traffic, neighborhoods, and quality of life. But now after living here for six years, wishes she had skedaddled from the midwest sooner.

Enjoy our entire episode with the documentary filmmaker where we delve into how much she loves Toluca Lake, to some of the fascinating films she’s made, and how her kids have taught her how to speak more inclusively.