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Lisa Brenner
Associate Editor, LAist
Lisa Brenner is the associate editor for LAist at KPCC.
Lisa joined KPCC in December 2011. Prior to that she led content direction as co-editor of LAist, many moons before KPCC bought it.
Lisa has written and produced arts, culture and news content for print and online publications, including MTV, Glamour and LA.com, where she previously served as Music Editor and Managing Editor of the entertainment and lifestyle website.
She worked on the 20th Century Fox studio lot in creative licensing for Fox Music publishing, where she co-created the department's first online store and mined the musical catalogue of film scores, TV themes and soundtracks. Prior to Fox, she coordinated large-scale film, commercial and music video productions.
Lisa earned a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University in Media Studies with an emphasis in film and television. Her dad says she majored in watching TV. He's not wrong.
Stories by Lisa Brenner
Coachella 2012 has completely sold out... of tickets
Coachella 2012 has sold out of tickets for both weekends.
Public Enemy to headline Skid Row Music Festival on Sunday
Chuck D and Public Enemy, The Real McCoy, and reggae artist Arise Roots, will put on a free concert for the residents of Los Angeles’ Skid Row district on Sunday, January 15.
Coachella 2012 tickets on-sale Friday morning, aka: How fast can you type?
Coachella 2012 tickets, or rather, what's left of them, go on sale Friday morning at 10:00 a.m.
Heroin burrito was smuggled into LA jail, suspected deputy 'wasn't one of our best,' said LASD
Heroin was the secret ingredient in a bean and cheese burrito that was smuggled into a Los Angeles courthouse jail allegedly by a sheriff's deputy. Ths suspected deputy at one time starred on the Fox reality show "The Academy," and was kicked off for poor performance.
Clark Gable III sentenced to jail for laser pointer vs. helicopter incident
Clark Gable III, grandson of legendary Hollywood icon, Clark Gable, was sentenced to jail today for pointing a laser at a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter above Hollywood Boulevard on July 28.
California high-speed rail chief Roelof Van Ark quits
Roelof van Ark, the 59-year-old head of the California high-speed rail agency, announced his resignation Thursday from the controversial and publicly scrutinized near $100 billion proposed project.
Eddie Van Halen gifts guitars to LA schools
Eddie Van Halen donated 75 brand-new electric guitars to a number of Los Angeles schools that had recently been singing the blues.
El Camino Real High School soccer player a victim of 'targeted' killing
Witnesses say a teenage girl is responsible for the fatal shooting of an El Camino Real High School soccer player that occurred Wednesday night outside the victim's home in Winnetka, according to AP.
Bald Barbie? Group petitions Mattel to create doll to support children with cancer
Ken you dig it? A movement called "Beautiful and Bald Barbie" launched a Facebook page just before Christmas in support of kids with cancer.
Sheriffs will investigate video of deputies striking female bus rider
A Monday night confrontation on a Bellflower bus involving L.A. County sheriff’s deputies and a woman with a violent history, was recorded by a passenger, and has led to a "use of force" investigation.
Stress study says Los Angeles levels are 'unhealthy'
We can't stress this enough, Los Angeles. Chill.
Coachella 2012 line-up faces the music, critics chime in on choices
Coachella 2012 bands, line-up and be counted.
From Avatar To Acrobats: James Cameron Cirque du Soleil 3D feature acquired by Paramount
Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the James Cameron executive produced 3D Cirque du Soleil feature, "Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away," the studio announced on Tuesday.
Coachella 2012 line-up announced: Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg headline
Coachella 2012, your line-up is showing.
Jay-Z and Beyonce debut Blue Ivy in song
Perhaps it's the too-close discomfort of being party to someone else's precious moment, but "Glory," the new Jay-Z single featuring the artist formerly known as baby bump, Blue Ivy, is kind of unsettling.
