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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A new device recently installed in Los Angeles is helping block tons of garbage from floating out into the Pacific Ocean. The Interceptor, made by the Dutch nonprofit The Ocean ...

Gayle Anderson reports Los Angeles County Public Works is celebrating! Gayle reports, exclusively, what has been described as a two-year pilot program is now a permanent installation to protect our ...

When I stepped into the Ballona Wetlands for the first time, I was surprised to see such a large, flat expanse of natural land in the city of freeways and urban sprawl. What I would find out later was ...

The futuristic-looking trash removal feature introduced to Ballona Creek several months ago was put to the test recently with the first major rain events since its installation sending thousands of ...

Around 60,000 pounds of trash makes its way into the ocean from the Ballona Creek every year, but County officials are hoping a garbage collecting barge will make a serious dent in this pollution ...

Gayle Anderson observed Earth Day 2024 in Playa del Rey by taking a closer look at the Ballona Creek Trash Interceptor 007. It’s a completely automated solar-powered trash collection device designed ...

It was great to read Jane Engle’s firsthand account about Ballona Creek and its bike path [“Winging It on Ballona Creek,” On the Go, Aug. 3]. I’d encourage everyone to explore Ballona Creek, the ...

In an effort to protect environmentally sensitive areas around the Ballona Wetlands, the City Council voted Tuesday to ban nighttime public access to the area. The wetlands, the largest remaining ...

This is the April 8, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. A year ago, ...