Windstorm-driven fires in LA, Jimmy O. Yang on ‘Interior Chinatown’

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

At least two wildfires — in Pacific Palisades and West Hollywood — have started as the worst windstorm in more than a decade blasts SoCal.

Meta announced today it would remove fact-checkers and have fewer speech restrictions on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. The move signals an attempt to garner favor with the incoming Trump administration.

Jimmy O. Yang talks about his early difficulties landing bit parts in Hollywood, to now playing the lead in Hulu’s “Interior Chinatown.” He says Asian storytellers must be “undeniably good” to move Hollywood forward.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants cancer warning labels on all bottles of booze, but there are conflicting reports about the health impacts of alcohol.