Urban Parks

Healthy Parks

Local Parks on the Chopping Block at Los Angeles City Hall

Miriam Bar-Zemer - May 21, 2024

LA will consider a series of cuts this week as the city faces a $469 million deficit this year, jeopardizing the city's already ailing parks system.

Environment

In Los Angeles, Shade Most Often Goes to the Privileged

Pilar Marrero - Mar 7, 2024

After the hottest summer on record, officials in Los Angeles vow again to make the city’s tree cover more equitable.

Environment

Parks to People: Come and Enjoy, But Don’t Destroy

Peter Schurmann - Oct 19, 2022

Local parks saw a surge in visitors during the Covid pandemic, raising questions about the balance between human recreation and the natural environment.

Environment

San Jose Makes its Plans for Coyote Valley – Voters OK’d Millions for...

Mark Hedin - Feb 4, 2019

Under the watchful eyes of dozens of community activists, San Jose’s City Council held a study session Jan. 22 to discuss plans for Coyote Valley.

Environment

Watershed and Community Restoration Go Hand in Hand in North Richmond

Mark Hedin - Nov 28, 2018

If watersheds are not a community resource, people are less inclined to protect it.

Urban Parks

Local Parks on the Chopping Block at Los Angeles City Hall

Community

Day of the Dead Festivities Lead to Cultural Rediscovery

Black Women Make History as California and U.S. Senators

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Media Briefings

Ballot Measures Are a Key Tool to Achieving Health Equity — But They’re Under Attack

News

What Trump’s Immigration Plans Mean for the U.S.

A Leaner Federal Bureaucracy at the Expense of Indian Country

Info Flow

In a National First, Medi-Cal is Helping Unhoused Californians

Will the U.S. Shift its Narrative on a Changing Latin America?