Wednesday, a report from Cal State Fullerton told the health and economic risks of air pollution in Central and Southern California. And now this sobering news from a UC Berkely report, as told by the LA Times: "For the first time, the costs of global warming's projected effects in the nation's largest state have been quantified: About $2.5 trillion of real estate assets in California are at risk from extreme weather events, sea level rise......

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., left, gestures toward Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., right, as he shakes hands with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. upon his arrival for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington today on the environment and global warming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Today over at the Huffington Post, California Senator Barbara Boxer contributes her third post to the locally based blog and news site -- this time in an effort of advocacy: Today,......

Los Angeles has a lot of interesting places with interesting histories. Take, for instance, Dodger Stadium and how it came to pass in Chavez Ravine. But just adjacent to Dodger Stadium is another place that has an interesting history and purpose in the CIty, and around the world. Located at 2000 Stadium Way, Barlow Respitory Hospital was founded in 1902 as the Barlow Sanitarium to treat the tuberculosis epidemic that swept the nation. In fact,......