Environment

Come January, the body composting industry will offer Californians a new way to spend eternity.

The L.A. Department of Water and Power promises to lead the way to an affordable, clean energy future. Yet for three years it has sat idle while other utilities embraced a promising technology.

L.A. County has been adding bedrooms at a glacial pace of 0.4% per year. Will a spate of new pro-housing laws finally change that?

The case of the man accused of setting the Palisades Fire goes up in flames.

What’s the real cause of L.A.'s crumbling roads? The city's broken budgeting process.

When the city doesn't keep up with ever-mounting piles of garbage, these residents step in.

Too much of L.A.’s plastic waste never gets recycled.

Whacking L.A. trees in a mistaken effort to reduce crime

Other utilities take advantage of cheap solar power to cut customer bills and help the environment. Why won't LADWP follow suit?

Yearning for home, finding love instead