Special Series
SoCal Rewind: Asthmatic L.A.
Today, Boyle Heights. Seven years ago and 7 miles downwind, Huntington Park. Air quality, for some, has long been a matter of social justice. » continue reading
Up in the Air: The Fight for Clean Air in Boyle Heights
Boyle Heights is surrounded by factories, railroads and some of the busiest freeways in the U.S. Now residents are trying to stop the pollution. » continue reading
Food Fight: LAUSD's Healthier School Lunches Produce Critics
LAUSD beat first lady Michelle Obama to the punch by serving healthier meals starting last fall. But has the new menu worked? » continue reading
Pyramids, Wheels and Three Squares a Day: How Government Shapes Our Diet
Uncle Sam has long taken an interest in our diets, sometimes in surprising ways. Take a brief pictorial tour through government policies that have influenced the way we eat. » continue reading
Two 4th Graders Cut Food Waste One Lunch at a Time
Paulina Sanchez and Lesly Heredia didn't like seeing food get dumped in the trash at school. So they started a program to donate rather than waste. » continue reading
The Lunch Lady: Whole Foods and Celebrity Chefs in Berkeley Schools
Last week the Obama administration announced a plan to make school lunches healthier. We look back at an early grassroots effort to do the same. » continue reading
Your Money or Your Life
When it comes to medical debt, some patients cannot afford to wait to pay their bills. » continue reading
Data: The Rising Tide of Medical Debt
Medical debt can lead to delays in care and even bankruptcy, and it's on the rise. How bad is it? We look at the numbers. » continue reading
Options and Obstacles in Greening the City
Improved infrastructure and more park space equal lower obesity rates. That means happier people and lower healthcare costs. So what's stopping the greening of Los Angeles? » continue reading
Leimert Park’s Hidden Passage to Health
There's a little known trail in South L.A. that could help put more residents on a path to health. The problem? Not enough people know about it. » continue reading
More Delays For L.A. Sign Ordinance
In a city some residents have complained is plagued by "billboard blight," officials have put off sending a revised sign ordinance to the city council...yet again. » continue reading
Senior Healthcare Redux
When it comes to affordable health care for seniors, the more things change... the more they stay the same. » continue reading
Filling a Need
Two million Angelenos have no access to a doctor or dentist. Judy Muller shows us what they endure to get the most basic care. » continue reading
Taking Care of Dad
Meet a father and daughter who have a lot more to lose if benefits for the elderly are cut any further. » continue reading
Medi-Cal Cuts: Crunching the Numbers
The state program has seen cuts of nearly $2.9 billion since 2008, according to the California Budget Project. » continue reading
Creating Healthy Neighborhoods
The infrastructure itself can affect our health, yet urban planning often skews against poor and minority communities, say some observers. » continue reading
Obesity Epidemic Hits South L.A. Harder Than Most
Obesity is a problem for Americans in all walks of life, but it's worse in areas with poor infrastructure and few parks. » continue reading
City To Reconsider Sign Ordinance
Los Angeles planners are revisiting the regulations on billboards, but for whose benefit? » continue reading
Health Alert: Diabetes
A new approach to preventing diabetes in African American men—by reaching out to them at the barbershop. » continue reading
Five Myths About Diabetes
Take a look at some of the common misconceptions about one of the most prevalent diseases in the United States. » continue reading
Park Poor
Sometimes where you live can be hazardous to your health. » continue reading
Show Me the Money: Sidewalks
Where does the buck stop when it comes to broken sidewalks? Correspondent Vince Gonzales investigates. » continue reading
Burger Binge
Are we our own worst enemy, or is mass marketing to blame for America's collective fast food binge? » continue reading
5 Controllable Risk Factors for Diabetes
Eating a healthy diet can help prevent diabetes—a chronic, incurable disease that's reaching epidemic proportions. Here are five ways to lower your risks. » continue reading
True Cost of Fast Food
Food Justice author Robert Gottlieb and registered nurse Ruth Pupo discuss the real consequences that come with a fast food lifestyle. » continue reading
Billboards: Blight or Art?
Photographer Gary Leonard is curating an exhbit of photographs depicting billboards from the '50s and '60s. » continue reading
Billboard Confidential - Part 4
In the fourth installment of our investigation, we catch up with Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa. You may be surprised to hear how he wants residents to do the job of city employees when it comes to cleaning up the signs of L.A. » continue reading
Billboard Confidential - Part 3
A third installment on the investigation of the booming billboard business in Los Angeles. » continue reading
Billboard Confidential: Update
A week following our investigation into digital billboards, the city council unanimously passed a motion asking the city attorney to look into using environmental laws to stop the spread of digital billboards. » continue reading
Billboard Confidential - Part 2
In the second part of our series, we take a look at the issue of digital billboards. We question why leaders approved the installation of 877 digital billboards and whether that's good for Los Angeles. » continue reading
Billboard Confidential - Part 1
Los Angeles is the billboard capital of the nation, and some say it's an environmental disaster. But city leaders don't seem to be paying much attention. » continue reading
Kaplan: On Billboards
Sam Hall Kaplan, former design critic for the Los Angeles Times, praises billboards and says an array of brilliant, blinking conceits will mark L.A. as the creative capital of the world. » continue reading
Graffiti Is The Poor Man's Advertising Campaign
As long as our cities are filled with advertising, they will be filled with graffiti. » continue reading
Behind the Billboards
Now that I've done a story on billboards, I can no longer drive down the street without noticing them — big ones, small ones, bright ones, ugly ones. » continue reading
Let There Be Lights
It is time for LA to sparkle with an imaginative array of brilliant, blinking conceits. » continue reading
