LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment (LASAN) held its fifth Infrastructure Week last week, highlighting the Safe Clean Water Program (SCWP). Since the program’s inception, the City has done amazing work to care for Los Angeles’ water quality, develop water supplies through decreasing LA’s reliance on imported water, improve flood control, and protect local rivers, […]
Spring can be a tough time for Angelenos: one day, it’s 62 and cloudy, while the next day’s near-blistering. This is the time of year for toting around a tube of sunscreen and a spare sweater, just in case. That same flexibility holds true for dog care during these in-between months: you and your canine […]
It’s May in LA, which means that the days are feeling more and more summery. Daylight hours are stretching later and later but it’s not quite peak mosquito season, and those occasional Gray May moments are still keeping temperatures in the (mostly) tolerable range. This is one of the most beautiful times to live in […]
If you’re living with a chronic medical condition, have some pills left over from a wintry bout of bronchitis, or discovered some very expired acetaminophen in the back of your cabinets during spring cleaning, then you might have some pharmaceuticals looking for a new home. But don’t flush those old medications down the drain, and […]
It’s something many, if not most, drivers have experienced: you slip out of your driveway or parking space only to discover you left behind spots of slick, shiny motor oil. That greasy, discolored spot isn’t pretty to look at and it means your engine needs some TLC. But it’s also an environmental hazard: should a […]
While our official rainy season wrapped up on April 15, Mother Nature doesn’t always get the memo. There’s always a chance for spring showers and with an El Niño forecasted for the upcoming 2026–27 rainy season, there’s no better time than right now to make sure your rain barrel is prepped and ready to do […]
Earth Day falls just about a month after the Vernal Equinox, meaning that we’re still squarely in the Spring Cleaning season. By pairing Earth Month with Spring cleaning, we can start to see how small changes connect to a larger web of earth-forward decisions we can make each and every day. Since the hardest part […]
April showers bring May flowers. As we set our sights on May, the streets of LA are looking pretty spectacular. From decades-old transplants to even-older natives, LA is filled with colorful blooms this time of year. Even in the middle of the city, nature can’t help but shine, and taking the time to appreciate the […]
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 […]
