Google has fully funded the classroom requests of every Los Angeles Unified School District teacher on the education crowd-funding site DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google's nearly $1 million donation, 769 Los Angeles teachers will receive materials for their 75,108 students -- ranging from paper, pencils and books to laptops, musical instruments and microscopes.
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
At least 1,000 homes will be open for residents maybe as soon as 2010, all powered entirely by renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic panels, wind turbines and the burning of waste.
Crime in London has decreased to its lowest level in five years, according to new police figures published last week.
The Mayor of London announced Tuesday that ten new red double-decker hydrogen powered buses will join London's bus fleet by 2010 to reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions in the congested UK capital. The hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles will produce no pollution or carbon dioxide, and, as an added benefit, drastically cut noise levels.
"The From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation takes in dropouts and delinquents that other schools can't reach." (CS Monitor)
As knife crime and gang culture scar the streets of England, one program is offering a glimmer of hope.
London has opened its first exercise playground for older people, with specially designed fitness equipment to help the capital's aging baby boomers stay fit.