A study of diabetes in overweight and obese youngsters bears an ominous warning about future health care trends in this country. It found that Type 2 diabetes, a new scourge among young people, progresses faster and is harder to treat in youngsters than in adults. The toll on their health as they grow older could [...]

Moderator: Nan Feyler, J.D., M.P.H.Chief of Staff, City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health Panelists: Michael A. Rodríguez, M.D., M.P.H., is Professor, Vice Chair of Research and George F. Kneller Endowed Chair in the Department of Family Medicine at UCLA. He is Director of the Multicultural Research Network on Health and Health Care and Associate [...]

SoCal > Departures > Land of Sunshine > Green Justice> Parque Madrid Río, Don Quixote y Sancho Panza Puente de Segovia en el río Manzanares Click here to read this column in English. Justicia Verde El Parque Madrid Río, Don Quijote y Sancho Panza por Robert García Madrid ha creado el Parque Madrid Río, al [...]

Diverse allies who are members of parkssave! held a press conference on the steps of city hall April 30 to preserve funding for park programs. Click here to view The City Project’s policy report on green access and equal justice in Los Angeles in English and Spanish. Click here to see the KCET SoCal Connected [...]

The community celebrated the grand opening of the North Atwater Creek Restoration and Park Expansion project on April 12, 2012. The $4-million project regraded an 800-foot narrow open channel, reshaped it, and removed invasive plant species to improve water flow. Structural stormwater best management practices including a trash removal device and native vegetation improve water [...]

SoCal > Departures > Land of Sunshine > Green Justice> Parque Madrid Río, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Síga este enlace para ver este reporte en Español Puente de Segovia on the Manzanares River Share Green Justice Parque Madrid Río, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza by Robert Garcia Madrid has created the Parque Madrid Río after [...]

Our presenters — Jennifer Wolch and Michael Jerrett from the University of California, Berkeley, and Robert García from The City Project — will introduce exciting new research linking parks and recreation to physical activity and reduced obesity. First, we’ll explore how parks are unequally distributed throughout Southern California and how many areas lack park access. Next, we’ll look at the important [...]

Chicano Park in San Diego, CA was founded on April 22, 1970 — the same day as the first Earth Day — when the community of Barrio Logan joined activists to protest the construction of a Highway Patrol station on the present site of the 8 acre park. The community had already been degraded by [...]

Latino boys playing soccer at the Central Avenue Jazz Park reflect cultural changes in South Central Los Angeles over the past 30 to 50 years as Latinos move in to the formerly African-American community. Learn about the urban parks movement here.

Clean water compliance and flood control projects should be combined with efforts to improve green access through multipurpose projects. The Santa Clara and Ventura Rivers are ideal for multi-benefit preservation and restoration projects that meet the needs of the people as well as the environment. The Santa Clara River flows 116 miles through Ventura and [...]