Many areas were zoned for homes decades or even centuries before our current understanding of wildfire risk.
Community & Public Health
An investigation reveals a system in which violence can be perpetuated against detainees with impunity, both by other detainees and facility staff.
Coastal Watershed Council leader on Santa Cruz’s homeless impacts.
A reporter quickly shifted gears when COVID-19 struck to produce a renters’ rights guide to answer tenants’ urgent questions.
This story was produced by Rubén Tapia with support from USC Center for Health Journalism's 2020 Impact Fund. His reporting looks at how delays in the cleanup of neighborhoods contaminated by emissions from the now-shuttered Exide battery recycling plant in LA is affecting the health of residents...
As the California state agency in charge of cleaning up lead and arsenic contaminated areas in southeast Los Angeles faces complaints of slow progress from neighbors living in toxic homes, state lawmakers continue seeking a compliance audit and reforms of the agency.
Seven months later, Outsiders is back with a three-episode finale that seeks to answer some of the questions the podcast laid out in the beginning.
Once a coronavirus immunization is released for children, will parents be reluctant to get their kids vaccinated?
This is The Salt Lake Tribune’s first attempt at crowdfunding. We are trying to raise $10,000. With that money, we’ll get records on treatment centers, and we’ll build a database to make them available to all for free.
Leaders across many Pacific Islander communities have been working to prevent COVID-19 infections from increasing.