PBS SoCal Archives

Los Angeles seeks sustainable solutions for homeless

By David Nazar | Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018

Mayor Garcetti has declared a state of emergency.

Traffic continues to be huge air polluter – but local politics makes it hard to say no to new roads.

By David Nazar and Jennifer Magana | Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018

Building new roads satisfies residents but can make it harder to breathe.

A fire on the mountain surrounded by firemen.

Climate change brings hotter, drier winds – ramping up intensity of wildfires in the West

By David Nazar | Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Fires are most challenging where hillside wildlands and densified urban sprawl intersect

Poseidon Water, which operates a large desal plant in Carlsbad, California, wants to put a desalination plant in Huntington Beach.

Former Sen. Barbara Boxer hired to promote controversial desal project

By David Nazar | Monday, July 9, 2018

Environmentalists say Boxer has betrayed them.

$A fracking tower works in a remote desert area$

Urban oil drilling and fracking face opposition

By David Nazar | Friday, May 4, 2018

In Culver City, California, right in the middle of metropolitan Los Angeles, residents are concerned about oil drilling and fracking just blocks from their neighborhood.