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David Greene and Steve Inskeep look back on the career of Hollywood director Curtis Hanson, who died on Tuesday at age 71. Hanson was also an Oscar-winning screenwriter.

Roadshow host Mark L. Walberg tries his hand at glass blowing at the Wheaton Arts Center.

Janis Ian’s song “At Seventeen” spoke to audiences of all kinds and had a universal relevance.

The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal each win two Pulitzer Prizes in journalism. Steve Coll wins the non-fiction prize for Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden.

As the massive teacher strike in Los Angeles enters its third day, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with teachers' union president Alex Caputo-Pearl about the strike and its aims.

Homeless-services providers in Los Angeles County are gathering data on the homeless population and ranking people by vulnerability. The goal is to get the most in need into permanent housing quickly. The "housing first" approach has been used in cities nationwide, but it has its critics, even among other advocates.

Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Laura Woolley head to the Motown Museum in Detroit, Hour 1.

The story of L.A.’s noxious smog problem and the creation of the EPA and Clean Air Act.

The opera, by the late composer Maurice Ravel, spins a modern fairy tale about a naughty child at bedtime. Critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new recording of it by conductor Seiji Ozawa.

Rupak Ginna goes home to LA for Desi street delicacies and grocery store comfort food.