LOS ANGELES—On a chilly February morning in Studio City, Manny Perez sells cold-pressed green juice at the farmers market. Perez works for GoSpiral Farms, which produces the green juices’ star ingredient, raw spirulina. GoSpiral Farms went on a brief winter hiatus from selling at the
https://youtu.be/9HwnB0zIxso SAN MARINO, Calif.—Cara Hanstein has spent the past 25 years studying plants. She started working at a local nursery in San Francisco while going to school for interior design and art at San Francisco State University. Hanstein’s affection for native plants brought her back
Korean dancers perform traditional royal court dances during the Lunar New Year Celebration in Pasadena, Calif. on Jan. 25, 2020. PASADENA, CALIF.— The Lunar New Year officially began on Saturday, January 25, 2020, celebrating the year of the rat. The Chinese New Year is also
Young demonstrators held signs calling for progressive change and equal rights during the Women’s March in LA on Jan. 18, 2020. (Photo by Jourdan Arnaud) LOS ANGELES–Yellow caution tape held back the crowd of demonstrators lined up for the 2020 Women’s March on Saturday, January
The Ranch Garden at The Huntington in San Marino features urban agriculture. Photo taken Jan. 11, 2019. Gravel pathways crunch underneath the heavy footsteps of visitors who come to the Ranch House for samples of citrus slices and perennial herbs. The Ranch Garden is one
Angelenos Go Car-Free for a Day Volunteers direct bike traffic at CicLAvia in Downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 06, 2019 (Photo by Jourdan Arnaud) LOS ANGELES—Cyclists flooded Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, October 6, for the CiLAvia biking event, “Heart of LA.” This family-friendly event
Master Gardeners Rethink How Burbank Residents Deal with Yard Waste Burbank Recycling Coordinator Kreigh Hampel gives gardeners a tour of the recycling center (Photo by Jourdan Arnaud) The city of Burbank started collecting yard waste in 1993. In that 27-year timespan, Burbank’s Public Works Department
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, Calif.—Standing on a grassy hilltop of the Puente Hills Landfill is an old guard house. What was once the last line of defense against a Soviet Union air strikes, is now a relic of the Cold War-era Nike missile site. In the
LACI Campus in Downtown, LA Artists District Nestled between luxury condominiums and graffitied warehouses in LA’s Arts District sits the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI). The 20,000 square-foot facility is an oasis of sorts contained within 3.2 acres of sustainable land. LACI is a nonprofit
