Fitness Boot Camps May Get The Boot In Santa Monica
If you haven't been to Palisades Park — the famous oceanfront park in Santa Monica, Calif. — chances are you have seen its swaying palm trees and sweeping ocean vistas in movies and commercials.Running...
View ArticleSequestered Spring Means Fewer Rangers, Services At National Parks
Spring has come early to the Yosemite Valley, and the melting snow makes for a spectacular rush of water off the granite face of Yosemite Falls, the tallest in North America.Early March is when park...
View ArticleOwens Valley Salty As Los Angeles Water Battle Flows Into Court
In the West, fights over water last a long time.It's been almost 100 years since William Mulholland stood atop an aqueduct along the Owens River and said, "There it is, take it." He was referring to a...
View ArticleL.A. Schools Hire Security Aides To Watch For Threats
Tenth Street Elementary is in the Pico-Union district of Los Angeles, a few blocks west of the Staples Center and downtown skyscrapers.
View ArticleLooking To Broaden Appeal, RNC Heads To Hollywood
The Republican National Committee is holding its spring meeting in the Democratic stronghold of Hollywood this week — part of an effort to broaden the party's appeal.So far, there are sharp divisions...
View ArticleWhy An Immigration Deal Won't Solve The Farmworker Shortage
The Salinas Valley in Northern California grows about 80 percent of the country's lettuce, and it takes a lot of people to pick and pack it. In a field owned by Duda Farm Fresh Foods, a dozen...
View ArticleCalif. Law To Require Ships To Cut Pollution
California is about to become the first state to require shore power at its ports. A new law mandates at least half of a shipping line's fleet to shut down their diesel engines and plug into shore-side...
View ArticleYahoo To Buy Tumblr In An Attempt To Revitalize Itself
Yahoo is expected to announce Monday that it's acquiring the social media site Tumblr, in a deal The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets are reporting to be worth about $1.1 billion. Some...
View ArticleBaptist Church In Oklahoma Churns Out Meals For Victims
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Hundreds of volunteers have come to Moore, Oklahoma this week to help the community after Monday's deadly tornado. Some people are cleaning debris, others are bringing out...
View ArticleFatal Shootings In Santa Monica Leave Several Injured
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A grim and chaotic scene today in Santa Monica, California. That's where authorities say at least six people are dead after a shooting rampage that ended violently on...
View ArticleRail Project At L.A. Port Draws Environmental Group Ire
In California, a high-profile lawsuit is seeking to halt construction of a new $500 million rail yard next to the Port of Los Angeles.
View ArticleRain, Cooler Weather Slow Colorado Fire
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. In Colorado, cooler weather and some rain has helped crews begin to get a handle on the Black Forest fire that's...
View ArticleSummer 'Heat Tourists' Sweat With Smiles In Death Valley
It's no secret that Death Valley, Calif., is one of the hottest, most unforgiving places on Earth come summertime. July 10 is the 100th anniversary of the hottest temperature ever recorded on the...
View ArticleAfter Years Of Violence, L.A.'s Watts Sees Crime Subside
On most weeknights, in the middle of his shift, Los Angeles police officer Keith Mott trades his gun and uniform for a T-shirt and shorts, and heads to a park in the Watts neighborhood of South Los...
View ArticleFarm Laborers Get A Foothold With Their Own Organic Farms
Northern California's Salinas Valley is often dubbed America's salad bowl. Large growers there have long relied on thousands of seasonal workers from rural Mexico to pick lettuce, spinach and celery...
View ArticleOf Bison, Birth Control And An Island Off Southern Calif.
In an open-aired Jeep, it's a bone-jarring ride into Santa Catalina Island's vast interior.
View ArticleImmigration Reform Activists March To Calif. Farm Country
Immigrant and farm worker rights groups came from Los Angeles to Bakersfield, Calif., by the busload this week.
View ArticleEmbattled LA Sheriff Still Plans To Give Fifth Term A Shot
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca — who oversees the largest municipal jail system in the country — is facing growing pressure to bow out of the race for what could be his fifth term.There's a lot...
View ArticleElite Native American Firefighters Join Crews At Yosemite
One of the firefighting teams trying to contain the Rim Fire in and around Yosemite National Park is the Geronimo Hotshots team from San Carlos, Ariz., one of seven elite Native American firefighting...
View ArticleRadio Station KYAY Is Lifeline For Apache Tribe
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And on a reservation in Arizona, there's a tiny radio station marking its first year on the air. KYAY is owned by the San Carlos Apache Tribe and it's become a window...
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