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Los Angeles reports that its county’s low-income COVID deaths are triple the number of those of wealthier neighborhoods.
The five-year cleanup of a lead-contamination zone is a story of confusion, shifting goalposts, missed deadlines and bloated budgets.
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The Dept. of Toxic Substances Control has halted all field work on cleaning homes affected by Exide contamination until further notice.
The 60-day ban, which originally targeted all forms of immigration, now freezes the issuing of green cards.
Everything from chronic physician shortages to the county’s political culture seemed aligned against a rapid response to the virus.
As pandemic-driven unemployment figures skyrocket, the once-unthinkable is being discussed: A universal basic income for Americans.
A new report shows that some American billionaires are making substantial gains during the global health crisis.
The poet and environmentalist found in Los Angeles’ waterways a metaphor for human history.
With the pandemic showing no signs of slowing, nurses at Peter Sidhu’s hospital are allowed to bring in their own masks from home.
From health care workers to immigrant detainees, efforts to acquire protective face coverings are complicated by bureaucratic resistance.
Bernie Sanders was environmentalists’ first choice for president; Elizabeth Warren their second. But Biden is now their only hope.
The ongoing threat of vector-borne disease is reshaping our understanding of the dangers of a warming climate.
San Francisco’s early lockdown spared it from the brunt of COVID-19, but the city has failed to shelter its homeless during the crisis.
“The public should not think one location is safer than the other,” says the county’s health department.
Food insecurity skyrockets in the key battleground state.
A new Los Angeles program distributes farm-fresh food to struggling families.
The crisis has hit marginalized communities especially hard, deepening inequities in access to housing and child care.
From corporations to street vendors to mariachi tailors, entrepreneurs face huge challenges.
More than 2 million Californians have recently lost their jobs and many are now without health coverage.
Policies for PPE (personal protective equipment) have become streamlined, but a fear of cross-contamination remains.