Alexander deBarros

From mountain tops to the underworld, Robert Macfarlane explores the natural world through language, metaphor, and music.

Four years after protesters called to defund the police, voters worried about crime are poised to toss out a reformer D.A. and pass a tough-on-crime bill.

What's it like to live without utilities? Residents in the landslide zone on the Palos Verdes Peninsula have no power, gas, or cable – and no end in sight.

Field trips to the Ballona Wetlands bring environmental education to kids who might not spend time in nature.

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted a strategic plan to build the state’s offshore wind industry. Much of that will happen at the Port of Long Beach.

LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho discusses student achievement, school safety, and cellphone bans in an exclusive interview with KCRW’s Robin Estrin.

Nonprofit Heal the Bay is out with its annual report card on water quality at CA beaches. It found that rainy winters may be making the ocean more toxic.

Our current recycling system isn’t set up to recycle textiles. But a new CA law gives clothing brands a deadline to figure out how to do it.

More than a third of people living in Orange County are thinking about relocating somewhere else because of the high cost of living, according to a new UC Irvine poll .