Breaking barriers by toppling dominoes: Meet the only female domino artist
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Lily Hevesh showcased her talents when she was 10, building intricate domino displays then knocking them down. Now she is considered the gold standard in the domino art world and her amazing story comes to life in the new Discovery+ documentary 'Lily Topples the World' which premieres Thursday.

'The Flaming Lips' set to play Costa Mesa this Thursday
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Fans of Wayne Coyne and The Flaming Lips have been with them since it all started in the '80s. The group is so beloved that Oklahoma, the state where they were formed, made their song 'Do You Realize?' into the official state song. Coyne talked about the band, their music, and their tour which is coming to the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa Thursday.

Star Trek's legacy: Boldly going where no show had gone before
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Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry would have been 100 years old this week. We talked to his son Rod about how his dad's values, morality, and principles were reflected in the show and live on even after Gene's death.

New doc on Discovery+  explores what's working and not working in U.S. schools
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'The Smartest Kids in the World' is based Amanda Ripley's best selling book that looks at the educational system here versus other countries. In the movie and the book, American students study overseas and learn experience those differences. We talked to Amanda and one of those students, Simone Hassan Bey, who studied a year in Korea, about the movie which streams on Discovery+ August 19th.

Must eat foods that will help you look younger
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They say you are what you eat...so what should you be piling onto your plate for every meal? Dr. Nigma Talib is a naturopathic doctor and author of the best selling book 'Younger Skin Starts in the Gut'...she has some tips on 'ingestable beauty'.

Mission:Launch is an organization dedicated to helping formerly incarcerated individuals get a second chance
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Teresa Hodge is the co-founder of Mission:Launch, an organization dedicated to helping formerly incarcerated individuals get a second chance. She has recently been featured on the Forbes 50 Women Over 50 list.

Emergency room check-in as hospitals are overwhelmed by COVID cases
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As we see positive signs of things returning to normal like kids back in school, hospitals are facing a spike in COVID cases. We check-in with Dr. Mark Morocco, of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

What risk factors make you more susceptible to blood clots, and what can you do to protect yourself
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According to the CDC blood clots affect almost a million Americans every year, resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths. Some risk factors may make you more susceptible. Dr. Peter Lawrence, the Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UCLA, joined us with what you need to know and what you can do to protect yourself.

Author Shari Alyse discusses how to counteract feelings of not being good enough
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Billie Eilish has been frank about her struggles with eating disorders and self-harm, all tied to what she called a hatred for her body. What Eilish is describing is painfully familiar to millions of young Americans. Author Shari Alyse says it is part of an epidemic she calls, ?not good enoughness?. Shari joined us to discuss what can we do to counteract these feelings.

'Hamilton' set to open at the Pantages
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Wallace Smith has spent more than a year waiting to hit the stage in L.A. for 'Hamilton'. This week he will finally get his shot. Amanda Salas talked to him about the long wait and the excitement to hit that stage!

How losing a brother to Covid changed one man's mind about vaccinations
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Baldwin Park City Councilman Daniel Damian's brother Antonio died last month after getting sick with Covid. Neither man was vaccinated and Damian says he regrets it. Now he is on a mission to share his pain so others don't have to go through what he and his family is. His message is simple: get vaccinated.

Jordan Larson talks about making Olympic history
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She led the Women's USA Volleyball Team to its first ever gold medal at the Olympics. Jordan Larson explained how she felt about doing something for her country that had never been done before and also dropped some surprising and life changing plans she has for next week.

Author Da'shaun Harrison talks with Good Day LA about the politics of marginalization
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To be marginalized in this world is to be vulnerable to all sorts of injustice & abuse. Among those groups, people of color are often marginalized, as are trans people, disabled people, and overweight people. Author Da'shaun Harrison knows all about that, and has written a powerful new book called, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness.

Poet and Hamilton High School senior, Della Dragon, looks forward to returning to class
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Garfield High School hosted LAUSD's Welcome Back to School Opening Address. It was a wonderful event filled with inspiring moments. Like Della Dragon's poem about coming back to in-person learning. Della is a senior at Hamilton High, and she perfectly captured the anxiety, the excitement, and the uncertainty of so many students heading back to class.

August is National Black Business Month, John William Templeton joined GDLA
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August is National Black Business Month, a supportive effort founded back in 2004 that is more important than ever before. The pandemic devastated black-owned businesses. How can we try to reverse that brutal reality? The founder of National Black Business Month, John William Templeton, joined us on Good Day LA.

Jordan Chiles talk Olympics, UCLA, and how she got her name
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The silver winning Olympic medalist has a lot going on. She just returned from Tokyo, is preparing to start her freshman year at UCLA, and is reuniting with her USA teammate Simone Biles and other big names for the 'Gold Over America Tour', which hits Anaheim and Los Angeles next month. Amanda Salas talked to her about all of it!

Later with Leon is a guaranteed good time on Fox Soul
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Leon Rogers is the Host of Later with Leon, and he is not only sharing his comedy with Chicago he is sharing it with EVERYONE through his show on Fox Soul. Later with Leon talks all things: sports, current events, and of course... comedy! Leon shared the struggles of parenting in a pandemic. To watch Later with Leon and even more entertaining and interactive shows, go to: www.foxsoul.tv

Hacks for packing a healthy school lunch with Nutritionist, Risa Groux
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If you have kids heading back to school, making sure they have a healthy lunch packed is top of mind. If creating new options for them is tricky, don't worry! Nutritionist Risa Groux visits Good Day LA to give us some healthy lunch hacks. RisaGrouxNutrition.com