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"Earth Focus" is an environmental news magazine that features investigative reports and in-depth stories about our changing environment and how it affects people around the world.

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A member of Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation casts his net the beach. | Still from Tending Nature

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Earth Focus, agricultural field, Fresno

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Central Valley Uses Technology to Address Contaminated Water

Kai Anderson's power map of the environmental campaigns led by Sen. Harry Reid in Nevada during his long career in Congress.

Kai Anderson's power map of the environmental campaigns led by Sen. Harry Reid in Nevada during his long career in Congress.

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Mapping Power and Strategy for Conservation Victories: An Interview with Kai Anderson

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Fueling Change: Oil Extraction in Alaska and California

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Lighting A Path: Embracing Solar Power in California and Zanzibar

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The New West and the Politics of the Environment

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Vanishing Coral

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Earth Focus Season 2 (Trailer)

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Neighboring Towns Pit the Legacy of Oil Against Renewables

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Alaskan Communities Divided Over Oil Drilling

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Scientists Build Lumber Library to Identify Poached Wood

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Forest Guardians Protect Their Land in Brazil

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Drought Creates Market for Camel Milk in Eastern Africa

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EARTH FOCUS “The Youth Climate Movement Around the World” features Alexandria Villaseñor from Paradise, California. Image courtesy of Thomson Reuters Foundation.

EARTH FOCUS “The Youth Climate Movement Around the World” features Alexandria Villaseñor from Paradise, California. Image courtesy of Thomson Reuters Foundation.

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The Youth Climate Movement Around the World

The pit at Malakoff Diggins during heyday of hydraulic mining. | Wikimedia Commons/Watkins Photo-Bancroft Neg. #8111/Creative Commons/Public Domain

The pit at Malakoff Diggins during heyday of hydraulic mining. | Wikimedia Commons/Watkins Photo-Bancroft Neg. #8111/Creative Commons/Public Domain

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Earth Focus

Mercury in Our Waters: The 10,000-Year Legacy of California’s Gold Rush

Zebra in South Africa's Kruger National Park.

Zebra in South Africa's Kruger National Park.

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Earth Focus

Proposed Coal Mine Threatens UNESCO Site in South Africa

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A woman cleans her pen at a sea cucumber reserve in Madagascar. | Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation

A woman cleans her pen at a sea cucumber reserve in Madagascar. | Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Earth Focus

Future of Food

Communities and innovators all over the world are creating new sustainable food sources that are resilient to climate change and growing populations.

Canal along agricultural field near Los Baños, California. | Carla Pineda

Canal along agricultural field near Los Baños, California. | Carla Pineda

Earth Focus

Adaptation to Global Water Shortages

Anticipating future water needs, two regions on opposite sides of the world turn to technology for answers.

Aerial image of urban density in Freetown, Sierra Leone. | Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Aerial image of urban density in Freetown, Sierra Leone. | Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Earth Focus

City Planning

Two cities, San Francisco and Freetown, brace for climate change using vastly different methodologies.

The border gate on the Tijuana, Mexico side of Friendship Park. | KCET

The border gate on the Tijuana, Mexico side of Friendship Park. | KCET

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Climate Migration

Droughts and floods are driving many people away from their rural, farming communities into big cities.

Aerial image of island off Louisiana coast. | Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Aerial image of island off Louisiana coast. | Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Earth Focus

Sea Level Rising - Living With Water

Forecasts are dire for Louisiana to experience the second-highest sea level rise in the world. How is the region adapting?

Earth Focus

The New West and the Politics of the Environment

A quiet, little-known revolution is taking place in American environmental politics.

Earth Focus

Vanishing Coral

Explore our ocean's coral reefs and the imminent anger they face from climate change.

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SoCal Update

LAUSD On Track to Reopen; Parents React | Mar. 8

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A blonde girl sits on a bed with a laptop next to her.

SoCal Update

As Schools Reopen, Parents Have to Choose: Send Kids Back or Keep Them Home?

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A Trail Connecting Crenshaw to the Sea | Mar. 8

A sign on a lamppost in a residential area advertises how and where Pasadena residents can get vaccinated.

A sign on a lamppost in a residential area advertises how and where Pasadena residents can get vaccinated.

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Volunteer Vaccine Navigators Are Helping Seniors through the Scheduling Maze

Power & Health

Power & Health

A small child holds a sign up at a protest. It reads "We want our ENVIRONMENT CLEAN."

A small child holds a sign up at a protest. It reads "We want our ENVIRONMENT CLEAN."

Power & Health

How South L.A. Residents Are Shutting Down Big Oil in Their Neighborhoods

A girl playing in a fountain water at the park

A girl playing in a fountain water at the park

Power & Health

Santa Ana Activists Argue More Green Space and Affordable Housing Are Key to Fighting Pandemic’s Spread

A young girl with a red shirt plays with her parents

A young girl with a red shirt plays with her parents

Power & Health

The U.S. Healthcare System is Broken, Middle-Class Families with Disabled Members Fight with the Power of Their Stories

Faith leaders, activists and family members hold a public memorial in front of the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco to honor 17 people who died of COVID-19 while in prison or ICE detention. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Image

Faith leaders, activists and family members hold a public memorial in front of the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco to honor 17 people who died of COVID-19 while in prison or ICE detention. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Image

Power & Health

Health Over Punishment: Organizing Efforts to Stop ICE Transfers in California and Beyond

The First Angry Man

The First Angry Man (Preview)

Los Angeles California, October 8, 2020: Voting ballot material. | Jorge Villalba / iStock

Los Angeles California, October 8, 2020: Voting ballot material. | Jorge Villalba / iStock

The First Angry Man

How Proposition 13 Fueled a ‘Play to Play’ Ballot Initiative System

Activist Howard Jarvis featured in THE FIRST ANGRY MAN.

Activist Howard Jarvis featured in THE FIRST ANGRY MAN.

The First Angry Man

Why We Spent a Decade Making a Prop 13 Documentary

A roll of "I Voted" stickers | Element 5 / Unsplash

A roll of "I Voted" stickers | Element 5 / Unsplash

The First Angry Man

Proposition 13 Under Increased Scrutiny as California Faces Economic Crisis

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187 poster

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187 Chapter 1 card

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The Origins of Prop 187

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187 Chapter 2 card

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Communities Divided

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187 Chapter 3 card

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Taking Action

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187 Chapter 4 card

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Signs of Change

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Nightshift

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Los Angeles Skyline, 2019. | Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin

Los Angeles Skyline, 2019. | Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin

Nightshift

PHOTOS: Los Angeles at Night

Katheryn Cabanillas, a newly-divorced mom with four kids, has worked at the UPS Ontario hub for 16 years.

Katheryn Cabanillas, a newly-divorced mom with four kids, has worked at the UPS Ontario hub for 16 years.

Nightshift

Katheryn: UPS Manager

The fourth person from the left, Bii Gallardo help hold a banner that reads "DEFEND THE SACRED" during the L.A. Women’s March in January 2020.

The fourth person from the left, Bii Gallardo help hold a banner that reads "DEFEND THE SACRED" during the L.A. Women’s March in January 2020.

Tending Nature

Bii Gallardo: Building Relationships with Land to Fight For Climate Justice

A man in a blue jacket smiles in front of a lake.

A man in a blue jacket smiles in front of a lake.

Tending Nature

Michael Preston: Helping Sacred Water Heal People, Land, Spirits and Salmon

Marshall McKay - still from Tending Nature

Marshall McKay - still from Tending Nature

Tending Nature

Remembering Marshall McKay

Tending Nature

In Memoriam: Marshall McKay

City Rising

City Rising

Chiqui Diaz at work advocating to end social isolation | Courtesy of Chiqui Diaz

Chiqui Diaz at work advocating to end social isolation | Courtesy of Chiqui Diaz

City Rising

Youth Leaders Making a Difference Honored by The California Endowment

A 2011 crime scene in Tulare County, where one of Jose Martinez's victims was found. | Courtesy of Marion County Sherff’s Office via FOIA/Buzzfeed

A 2011 crime scene in Tulare County, where one of Jose Martinez's victims was found. | Courtesy of Marion County Sherff’s Office via FOIA/Buzzfeed

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California's Unincorporated Places Can Be Poor, Powerless — and the Perfect Place to Commit Murder

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City Rising: The Informal Economy (Preview)

City Rising

City Rising: Gentrification and Displacement (Preview)

Telling L.A.

Telling L.A.

Telling L.A.

Telling L.A.: The Search for Home

Telling L.A.

Antonio Sacre: Following the Hollywood Hopeful

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Telling L.A.

Trini Rodriguez: Seeking Freedom

Nurse Yvonne Yaory checks on a coronavirus patient who is connected to a ventilator. | Heidi de Marco/California Healthline

Nurse Yvonne Yaory checks on a coronavirus patient who is connected to a ventilator. | Heidi de Marco/California Healthline

SoCal Connected

No More ICU Beds at the Main Public Hospital in the Nation’s Largest County as COVID Surges

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

SoCal Connected

Your No-Panic Guide to the COVID-19 Vaccine: Is It Safe, and When Can I Get It?

Nurse Michael Lowman gets the first dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from nurse practitioner Christie Aiello at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, CA, on Dec. 16, 2020. | Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty

Nurse Michael Lowman gets the first dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from nurse practitioner Christie Aiello at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, CA, on Dec. 16, 2020. | Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty

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Orange County Gets First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

A healthcare worker vaccinates an elderly person. | iStock via Getty Images

A healthcare worker vaccinates an elderly person. | iStock via Getty Images

SoCal Connected

Los Angeles City Attorney Warns Residents of COVID-19 Vaccine Scams

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Autonomous Vehicles - A Conversation with Dr. Ken Washington

Town Hall Los Angeles

Jeanie Buss - Inside the House of Lakers

Town Hall Los Angeles

Barbara Boxer - The Art of Tough

Town Hall Los Angeles

Kevin Demoff - L.A. Rams Comeback: Boom or Bust