Between the iconic Los Angeles River, Ballona Creek, Dominguez Channel, and numerous smaller creeks and brooks, LA’s got plenty of tributaries perfect for your next summertime staycation. The beaches may get a lot of good press – as they well-should! – but these waterways also have it all: intricate plant and animal ecosystems; plenty of […]
Yes, school is officially out in LA, and we enthusiastically congratulate the class of 2026 and all the students (and educators) who successfully finished their classes earlier this month. But because we believe in lifelong learning, who’s up for a quick summer refresher course – Stormwater 101? Great! Here we go! We promise you’ll ace […]
A new season is upon us: June 21st marks the summer solstice. It’s the longest day of the year and the official first day of summer. Though there are plenty of ways to embrace all that daylight – an outdoor picnic that goes til 8pm! planting native flowers! – we’ve got an outta-the-box idea that’ll […]
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 […]
