Quick-Thinking Teen Hailed As Hero For Saving Firefighter's Son From Blaze (Video)
A Los Angeles City firefighter says he owes everything to a teenage boy who jumped into action and saved his son from a fast-moving fire.
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Solar Project Will Power 85,850 Homes for Los Angeles
The largest U.S. producer of crystalline solar power energy Wednesday announced plans to build a massive system to provide solar energy to tens of thousands of Los Angeles homes.
Finding "Lost Lots" to Make More Parks in LA
Over the last few years, Los Angeles and other cities have been moving to convert vacant lots, underused city streets, utility corridors, traffic medians and alleys into small parks, plazas, bikeways and pedestrian corridors so urban residents have green havens within a 10-minute walk.
L.A. Launches New Effort to Clean up Foreclosed Properties
A city ordinance will help building inspectors identify the banks that own abandoned homes and — with the threat of stiffer fines — encourage them to keep them clean and safe. A dilapidated South Los Angeles home with tall weeds, a fallen fence, broken windows and graffiti was chosen to serve as the backdrop for […]
Los Angeles Violent Crime Rate Lowest in 40 Years
The number of homicides in the United States' biggest cities continue to hit record lows again in 2013 with murder rates dropping to levels not seen in nearly a half century. Los Angeles, the second-biggest U.S. city, reported this week that murders and other serious crimes dipped to more than 40-year lows in 2013. Total […]
Millions of "Shade Balls" Added to Calif Reservoirs to Stop Evaporation -Video
California is dumping millions of "shade balls" into its water, slowing evaporation and saving hundreds of millions of gallons of water during the drought.
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