Check out our partners at LADOT telling Channel 34 News all about our Electric Dash Bus Fleet coming soon to Watts!

LEE HALE, JONAKI MEHTA |

Heat is the number on weather-related killer in the U.S., yet our infrastructure was not built with it in mind. As that heat gets more extreme, cities are rethinking how to adapt.

JADA MONTEMARANO |

LOS ANGELES — Creating more green space in underserved city streets is more important than ever as climate change is making temperatures hotter and causing a severe drought. Vatios en aumento, a collaboration of residents and local organizations, received some green to plant more green in the community.

ALEJANDRA BORUNDA |

La falta de cobertura arbórea en las zonas de bajos ingresos ha dejado a muchos residentes especialmente vulnerables al aumento del calor. Es un legado del diseño de la ciudad y de su historia de políticas racistas.

Por Robert Lee Hotz

Con temperaturas globales récord Avivando las sequías y las olas de calor mortales, algunos científicos están considerando planes audaces para contrarrestar el calentamiento global, desde erigir enormes filtros de aire Succionar dióxido de carbono del aire para lanzar millones de espejos espaciales que desvían la luz solar a la órbita alrededor del planeta.

Otros científicos ven el valor de herramientas más simples: palas y pinceles.

Watts Rising partner TreePeople teamed up with the LA Galaxy soccer team to plant trees in Watts! Check out pictures and some more insight from our partners on their Instagram!