Most of California’s public K-12 students go to school on campuses with virtually no shade
A team of researchers has mapped the tree canopies at public schools across California. What they’ve found so far is that many kids face a dangerous lack of shade and greenery.
Police investigating death of ‘full-term infant’ found near USC campus
When officers responded to the scene on McClintock Avenue, they found the body of a full-term infant, police said.
Humanity is on path toward ‘climate chaos,’ scientists warn
Global use of fossil fuels rose to a new record last year, releasing even more greenhouse gases. Humanity is ‘hurtling toward climate chaos,’ scientists warn.
14 reported dead in U.S. strike of four suspected drug-running boats in eastern Pacific
The U.S. military carried out another series of strikes on four vessels in the eastern Pacific on Monday — killing 14 people and leaving a single survivor — as part of the administration’s broader campaign against groups
Amazon to cut 14,000 corporate jobs amid AI shift
Amazon announced Tuesday that it plans to cut roughly 14,000 positions from its corporate and technology workforce as part of a broad effort to simplify its structure, reduce bureaucracy, and redirect resources toward its most important priorities,
Reputed Aryan Brotherhood leader stabbed to death by inmates with Nazi tattoos
Authorities said three inmates attacked Todd “Fox” Morgan, 57, on Thursday on a recreation yard at Salinas Valley State Prison.
In controversial move, LADWP says it will shift its largest gas power plant to hydrogen
The DWP board approved an $800-million plan to convert two units at the Scattergood Generating Station in Playa Del Rey to run on green hydrogen.
Plan to kill 450,000 owls creates odd political bedfellows — loggers and environmentalists
GOP legislators and animal rights activists have sought to stop a plan to cull barred owls to save spotted owls. The timber industry has joined environmentalists in raising the alarm about consequences if it doesn’t happen.
With L.A.’s mayor focused on trash-strewn streets, her top sanitation official moves on
Barbara Romero told sanitation employees in an email on Monday that she will leave at the end of the year. She did not say what prompted her departure or whether she has another job lined up.
Report questions why LAPD mental health specialists must defer to armed officers
The city controller’s office has raised questions about the effectiveness of the LAPD’s signature crisis response program, saying clinicians trained in de-escalation are too often forced to defer to armed patrol officers during crucial moments.