The days are getting a little longer, which means that spring planting season is here! It’s the ideal moment to make water-wise choices that’ll pay dividends all year long. What to Plant This Spring Spring is the ideal time to start a number of favorite legumes and veggies in the ground. The University of California […]
The sun is staying out later, the jasmine vines and jacarandas are starting to bloom, and that nagging feeling that you really should go through the hall closet is getting harder to ignore. Welcome to spring cleaning season, Angelenos. But this year, let’s clean up the garden, too, while keeping things eco-friendly. Small swaps in […]
Teachers have one of the most vitally important roles in our society – they’re educating the next generation, after all! – but they don’t always receive commensurate support. Though we can’t insert more hours in the day, we can help by sharing some virtual and in-person educational resources related to stormwater, sustainability, and conservation! Ranging […]
Out with the old, in with the new! February is something of an in-between month, in the best possible way: the revitalizing New Year energy still lingers, mixing with the knowledge that spring is just around the corner. There’s no other month where you can get fired up by the new-calendar-on-the-wall refresh and get bit […]
We love our newsletter subscribers! In 2025, we received a watershed’s worth of submissions as responses to the writing contests included in our general e-newsletter and in the e-blasts we send out periodically to our aquatically-minded audiences: teachers, gardeners, car lovers, and pet parents. To celebrate our subscribers’ creativity, we’d like to share a few […]
As we get started with a new year, we thought it would be a good time to reintroduce the Safe Clean Water Program (SCWP) with answers to five of the most frequently asked questions we receive about the SCWP. Read on to learn more about this vitally important environmental program 1. What is the Safe […]
Our favorite super-sized, mid-winter event is just around the corner. No, not the Super Bowl – the Whale Fiesta at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium! Scheduled this year for Sunday, February 1, 2026, the Whale Fiesta is an annual celebration of the Pacific gray whale’s migration. This kick-off to whale-watching season promises to be filled with everything […]
At a recent press conference in North Hollywood, LA Sanitation and Environment’s Acting Director and General Manager Traci Minamide let the public know about a few different, accessible choices for when it’s time to send that pine packing. LASAN offers one of the most convenient options of all: curbside pickup. We’ve put together a helpful […]
This was a year of devastation for many Angelenos, but that pain has been accompanied by an incredible resilience. The Palisades and Eaton Fires in January destroyed thousands of homes, stole dozens of lives, and revealed to many the potentially catastrophic effects of wildfires and climate disasters. Though there is still much to rebuild, we […]
The holiday season is all about family, friends, celebration and sharing. Unfortunately, the holidays can also be wasteful. Really wasteful. The US EPA has reported that US household waste increases by 23% in December. Americans generate an extra 1 million tons of waste weekly during the holidays and 4.6 million pounds of wrapping paper are […]
