‘You’re really a second-class citizen’ if you live in this neighborhood.
Environment & Climate
The neighborhood has been a pollution dumping ground for decades.
It includes $230 million for an EPA water grant program in Alaska, as well as money for climate resilience — some of which is designated for community relocation.
If the first version of Measure C was about freeways, the second version gave a nod to a future where it could be easier to walk, bike or take transit, while keeping commutes easy for drivers.
In recent weeks, residents say the area has been blanketed in a thick haze while the ports have ramped up operations to deal with a massive global shipping bottleneck.
Murphy will examine the role trees play in the well-being of communities, particularly cities.
Danielle Bergstrom speaks with Veronica Garibay, the co-founder and co-director of Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, an environmental justice organization based in Fresno.
This year saw a scorcher of a summer, the hottest on record. Worse, it could be the coldest summer we’ll see in our lifetimes, as accelerating climate change makes extreme events like the June heat dome that broiled the Pacific Northwest a regular occurrence. But the threats posed by climate change
The state's child welfare system is still recovering from funding cuts, compounding the crisis.
This story is part of a series produced for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 California Fellowship.