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Culver City, CA - September 09: Angel Black walks through large round trellis for the passion fruit vine in her backyard garden created by Farmscapes, a design firm that creates edible landscapes on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024 in Culver City, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Her family swapped their lawn for a backyard mini-farm and valuable life lessons

Angel Black always wanted a food garden, but she was never successful — until Farmscape helped convert the lawn in her family’s Culver City backyard into a mini-farm.

Oct. 15, 2024
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 -- Alexandra Brown, a graduate student in biology surveys the drying Kern River where thousands of dead fish are counted and logged in, while environmental groups are engaged in lawsuits that seek to require flows in the river to continue throughout the year in Bakersfield, Calif., Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2024. (Gary Kazanjian / For The Times)

State backs environmentalists after water shutoff kills thousands of fish in Kern River

Oct. 14, 2024
Danuba, CA - October 12: A ground water pump for irrigation at sunrise on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 in Danuba, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Opinion: Does California stand a chance of preserving our precious groundwater?

Oct. 13, 2024
Imperial Valley, CA - September 24: Mark McBroom, owner of Bloom to Box Crop Care, and a farmer in the Imperial Valley, walks across a water flow gate next to his alfalfa fields he has left dry near Calipatria. He and other farmers have been temporarily leaving hay fields dry as part of a federally funded program that is securing water to boost reservoir levels on the Colorado River. The Imperial Irrigation District has been locking canal gates in recent weeks so that no water can be delivered where farmers have agreed to participate. Photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Many Imperial Valley farmers are voluntarily participating in a multimillion dollar Colorado River deal in which the federal government that is paying farmers in the Imperial Valley to leave their hay fields dry during part of the year in exchange for payments. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

As California farms use less Colorado River water, worries grow over shrinking Salton Sea

Oct. 13, 2024
Encino, CA, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - Environmental activist Melanie Winter floats along the LA River in the Sepulveda Basin. She has spent much of her life advocating for reimagining the L.A. River. In the Sepulveda Basin, she hopes to see natural floodplains restored. "How amazing is this! In the middle of L.A.," she exclaimed. "You get a glimpse of what the river was, and what the river could be again." (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

An L.A. River champion offers a vision for reimagining the waterway — and the city’s future

Oct. 9, 2024

A surprising $3,000 water bill ended their lawn. Then fire torched their yard. What next?

Oct. 8, 2024

During visit to South L.A., EPA head vows to address environmental injustices in Watts

Oct. 5, 2024

The Tijuana River smells so bad, the CDC is coming to investigate

Oct. 4, 2024

Klamath River dam removal brings hope for threatened salmon

Oct. 4, 2024
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