Audience-funded nonprofit news
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
-
Listen Listen
Climate & Environment
LA approves initial $5 million to help Boyle Heights residents, businesses recover from Lineage fire
The approved funding is part of a larger $10.5 million proposal by Councilmember Ysabel Jurado aimed at recovery and street cleaning.
Support your source for local news!
In case you missed it
-
Person with ‘history of sleeping on the job’ held critical role during Eaton Fire, complaint allegesAn L.A. County employee makes the allegation in a whistleblower complaint and in interviews about the response to the deadly fire. County officials dispute the allegations.Listen 29:16 -
Ready to give up backyard composting because it's too difficult? It may surprise you to learn that prolific (and kind-of-cute) black soldier fly larvae could be the answer.Listen 3:58 -
Hear from fire survivors, read stories of resilience and and get helpful resources to mark the anniversary of the January 2025 L.A. fires.
Sponsored message
More Stories
-
Over a nine-hour meeting, car owners, environmentalists and industry representatives showed up in droves to voice concerns about ramping up electric car sales and banning new gas-powered cars in 2035. Board members asked for more strategies to help low-income residents.
-
SoCal fire officials gathered to discuss this year's fire season outlook and ask for the public's help in preventing wildfires.
-
More than 300 million tons of plastic are produced in the U.S. each year, with 14 million of them ending up in the ocean, according to the Department of Interior.
-
Newsom said California's economic power has allowed it to invest more than most states — and nations — in climate initiatives.
-
Joshua Tree National Park is closing the popular trail that leads to Fortynine Palms so bighorn sheep can access a scarce oasis amid drought and hotter temperatures.
-
Is it a lonely male looking for love? Call it a Tinder for birds.
-
Last weekend, Long Beach Convention Center hosted the self-proclaimed biggest electric vehicle festival in North America. Cue Doc Brown and Marty McFly: From hoverboards and e-bikes to a sleek, solar-powered vehicle that isn’t yet on the market, the expo was a glimpse into the future of transportation.
-
The newest Magellanic penguin was born to proud parents Robbie “The Brave One” and Kate “The Flirt.”
-
A state appeals court ruling allows four species of bumblebee — the Crotch bumblebee, the Franklin bumblebee, the Suckley cuckoo bumblebee, and the Western bumblebee — to be added to the state's endangered species list.
-
LouAnne Brickhouse has decked out her L.A. yard with almost 50 cameras that capture everything from coyotes stopping by to drink from the fountain to recently hatched baby owls.
