Mike Carter

Engineering & Design Coordinator, The Archer School for Girls

Engineering & Design Coordinator at The Archer School for Girls

Mike Carter on KCRW

A team of 42 students from The Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles have been working on a solution to a real-life problem: how to prevent wildfires from destroying homes.

High school students invent automated sprinkler system to fight wildfires

A team of 42 students from The Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles have been working on a solution to a real-life problem: how to prevent wildfires from destroying homes.

from Greater LA

More from KCRW

As LA officials ramp up operations to clear RV encampments from city streets, RV dwellers parked on one Sun Valley street wonder where to go next.

from KCRW Features

The origin story of Miss Pamela Des Barres, the original queen of the groupies, author of the iconic memoir, I’m With the Band.

from Lost Notes

With stories and hundreds of photos, “Also on View: Unique and Unexpected Museums of Greater Los Angeles” explores the region’s lesser-known museums.

from KCRW Features

As the animation union heads back to negotiations with Hollywood studios, it will take up a long-standing pay gap for a job historically dominated by women.

from KCRW Features

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.

from KCRW Features

Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield assesses how constant internet access affects the coming-of-age experience of pandemic teens in a new series called “Social Studies.”

from KCRW Features

City Councilman Kevin De Leon is running for reelection against tenant rights attorney Ysabel Jurado. The outcome could determine whether City Hall leans more progressive.

from KCRW Features

Does “working class” mean what it used to? Is fracking getting more attention than it deserves? Plus, KCRW examines what came out of one culture war in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

from Left, Right & Center

The LA Local News Initiative raised almost $15 million to help journalists tackle specific community-driven stories that often get overlooked.

from KCRW Features