Los Angeles

Submeters: A New Incentive for California Tenants to Save Water

Photo: An apartment building in the Westlake section of Los Angeles. A new California law requires water meters to be…

7 years ago

Scheme to pump water to L.A. could destroy the Mojave Desert

Photo: An endangered desert tortoise sits in the middle of an eastern Mojave Desert road near Ivanpah, California, on Sept.…

7 years ago

Rewilding Santa Monica’s Thoroughly Artificial Beach

Shorebirds work the surfline at Santa Monica Beach : Photo: Jason Goldman In the early 1900s, L.A. County beaches were…

7 years ago

Lead Poisoning Afflicts Neighborhoods across California

Dozens of California communities have experienced recent rates of childhood lead poisoning that surpass those of Flint, Michigan, with one…

8 years ago

How Water Gets From the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Los Angeles

Strong storms and cold temperatures this winter have left a behind a deep snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which…

8 years ago