17 of the best events happening in Southern California this week

A pop-up restaurant honors the matzo ball. There's a screening of Purple Rain followed by a Prince-themed dance party. And the Newport Beach Film Festival opens.

On Monday's show:

• Week in Politics: the political effects of the Mueller report release continue to ripple in Washington, and more
• What we know about the Sri Lanka attacks

On Monday's show: 

• Los Angeles Recycling.
• Voter's Choice Act.
• Southern California's Housing Crunch.
• The 1.8 million earthquakes you didn't feel.
• L.A.'s Eritrean community mourns Nipsey Hussle.
• Changes coming to Burning Man?
•  Straw sample test.

On Monday's show:

• documentary filmmaker Penny Lane ("Hail Satan?")
• Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times TV critic, on depictions of Muslims
• Zev Feldman, co-president of Resonance Records, on finding lost jazz recordings

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