Press Play With Madeleine Brand

In “Help Wanted,” part-time employees of a big-box retail store in New York are barely making a living. Author Adelle Waldman’s own job experiences inspired the novel.  Ryan Crocker, a former U.S. ambassador to Middle Eastern countries, says Israel should heed the message behind the Biden administration’s withholding of bombs. Hollywood’s summer box office season is here. So far, it pales in comparison to last year’s $4 billion bonanza brought in by  “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”  Actor Chris Pratt razed an architecturally significant house. Another wealthy homeowner wants to demolish Marilyn Monroe’s former home. What are LA’s historic preservation rules?