Tricks of the TradeTrump's Second TermMy EconomyI've Always Wondered ...

Loading...

0:00
0% played
Support the fact-based journalism you rely on with a donation to Marketplace today. Give Now!
Stories Tagged as

Southern California

"City of Gold"

On "City of Gold"

by Ellen Rolfes
Sep 4, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #164
The documentary from 2015 follows Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Jonathan Gold through the culinary culture of Los Angeles.
Screenshot via YouTube
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Record port backups hit California as U.S. consumers supercharge purchases

by Scott Tong
Jan 29, 2021
Thirty-eight ships are waiting to unload in the Los Angeles area. The shop-from-home explosion is behind the delays.
Bottlenecks at American ports could last through the summer, according to a manufacturing expert. Above, a ship is unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Faced with high education costs, Southern California students look to Mexico

by Max Rivlin-Nadler
Dec 17, 2019
As tuition and the cost of housing rises, one university in Mexico is looking to provide a cheaper alternative.
The CETYS campus in Tijuana, Baja California.
Matt Bowler
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Marketplace Tech Blogs

Using smartphones to better understand homelessness

by Molly Wood
Jan 24, 2019
In Southern California, where homelessness is high, a new app gets better data.
A woman pushes her walker past tents housing the homeless in Los Angeles, California.
Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

A bridge in the desert is washed out, and I-10 closes

by Annie Baxter
Jul 21, 2015
The bridge is on a remote stretch far from any city. The truck detour can take three hours.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
The Weak Link: The state of infrastructure

L.A.'s biggest vulnerability lies under its streets

by Sarah Gardner
Jun 16, 2015
A major quake could rupture the city's aging system of 7,000 miles of water pipes.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE