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11 months ago
Health

Why transforming concrete schoolyards into parks could make for healthier cities

Living near parks can boost health.But low-income communities of color often have less access than their wealthier, white counterparts.One project aims to change that by revamping schoolyards.
#years
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Community organization MABELLEarts breaks ground for park transformation project | CBC News

MABELLEarts, a community organization in Etobicoke, broke ground on Saturday for their park transformation project a vision that has been in the making for more than 14 years.Executive director Leah Houston said the groundbreaking signals the start of an "incredible park transformation" at MABELLEpark a vibrant art park and "beating heart" of the community.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Coal ash by Illinois' only national scenic river to be removed

More than a half century's worth of toxic coal ash will be excavated from the flood plain of Illinois' only national scenic river as part of a deal announced Thursday that could establish a precedent for other hazardous waste dumps throughout the state.Under a legal settlement brokered by environmental lawyers and Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office, Texas-based Vistra will drain pits of water-soaked coal ash along the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River, about 120 miles south of Chicago.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Silicon Valley Bank Pledged to Invest $11 Billion in Underserved Communities. Will Its New Owners Honor That? | KQED

"We've seen the regulators step in to provide real support for depositors, and we agree that was an important step ... and so we're glad that the depositors are going to be protected," Gonzalez-Brito added.But, she said, "we hope that there's going to be just as much attention from the regulators to protect" the agreement.
KQED
1 year ago
Science

3 Reasons Why California's Drought Isn't Really Over, Despite All the Rain | KQED

Ask a water expert if California's drought is finally done, and the answers sound something like this:
"Yes and no." "Kind of.""Depends what you mean by drought."The state has been deluged by storms this winter, hit by 12 atmospheric rivers that have led to evacuation orders, rising rivers and broken levees.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Music

The Oscar for 'Naatu Naatu' fans the impossible dreams of India's musicians

Art school students in Mumbai finish up a painting of Indian actors N.T. Rama Rao Jr. (left) and Ram Charan of the movie RRR, whose dance song "Naatu Naatu" became the first song from an Indian film to win an Oscar.Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images "Do you know naatu?If you don't, you're about to!" That's how Bollywood star Deepika Padukone introduced the energetic live performance of the foot-tapping Oscar-nominated song "Naatu Naatu" from the global blockbuster movie RRR at the live ceremony on Sunday night.
www.toronto.com
1 year ago
Toronto

2 students from North York receive $40,000 RBC Black Youth scholarships

Two students from North York are among the 2023 recipients of the RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Black Youth.The award, which goes to just 20 Black youth recipients, comes with a bursary of $10,000 a year for up to four years, to be put toward academic and life expenses.It considered potential candidates across Canada, with a focus on recognizing strong academic performance and community involvement.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Community organization MABELLEarts breaks ground for park transformation project | CBC News

MABELLEarts, a community organization in Etobicoke, broke ground on Saturday for their park transformation project a vision that has been in the making for more than 14 years.Executive director Leah Houston said the groundbreaking signals the start of an "incredible park transformation" at MABELLEpark a vibrant art park and "beating heart" of the community.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Coal ash by Illinois' only national scenic river to be removed

More than a half century's worth of toxic coal ash will be excavated from the flood plain of Illinois' only national scenic river as part of a deal announced Thursday that could establish a precedent for other hazardous waste dumps throughout the state.Under a legal settlement brokered by environmental lawyers and Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office, Texas-based Vistra will drain pits of water-soaked coal ash along the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River, about 120 miles south of Chicago.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Silicon Valley Bank Pledged to Invest $11 Billion in Underserved Communities. Will Its New Owners Honor That? | KQED

"We've seen the regulators step in to provide real support for depositors, and we agree that was an important step ... and so we're glad that the depositors are going to be protected," Gonzalez-Brito added.But, she said, "we hope that there's going to be just as much attention from the regulators to protect" the agreement.
KQED
1 year ago
Science

3 Reasons Why California's Drought Isn't Really Over, Despite All the Rain | KQED

Ask a water expert if California's drought is finally done, and the answers sound something like this:
"Yes and no." "Kind of.""Depends what you mean by drought."The state has been deluged by storms this winter, hit by 12 atmospheric rivers that have led to evacuation orders, rising rivers and broken levees.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Music

The Oscar for 'Naatu Naatu' fans the impossible dreams of India's musicians

Art school students in Mumbai finish up a painting of Indian actors N.T. Rama Rao Jr. (left) and Ram Charan of the movie RRR, whose dance song "Naatu Naatu" became the first song from an Indian film to win an Oscar.Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images "Do you know naatu?If you don't, you're about to!" That's how Bollywood star Deepika Padukone introduced the energetic live performance of the foot-tapping Oscar-nominated song "Naatu Naatu" from the global blockbuster movie RRR at the live ceremony on Sunday night.
www.toronto.com
1 year ago
Toronto

2 students from North York receive $40,000 RBC Black Youth scholarships

Two students from North York are among the 2023 recipients of the RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Black Youth.The award, which goes to just 20 Black youth recipients, comes with a bursary of $10,000 a year for up to four years, to be put toward academic and life expenses.It considered potential candidates across Canada, with a focus on recognizing strong academic performance and community involvement.
moreyears
#affordable-housing
www.nature.com
1 year ago
Science

Concrete Made with Shredded Diapers Is Just as Strong and Saves Landfill Space

In an attempt to solve two environmental problems at once, researchers at the University of Kitakyushu in Japan have found that shredded nappies can be used to replace between 9 and 40% of the sand used in making concrete without reducing its strength.Disposable nappies are a growing source of non-recyclable waste, and cement production is responsible for almost 7% of global greenhouse-gas emissions and consumes around 50 billion tonnes of sand each year.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

L.A. clears the way for skyscraper project, remaking the edge of Echo Park and Chinatown

The Los Angeles City Council cleared the way on Wednesday for a cluster of new high-rises that would bring more than 700 homes to the edge of Echo Park and Chinatown, setting the stage for the first skyscraper to go up in that part of the city.
www.nature.com
1 year ago
Science

Concrete Made with Shredded Diapers Is Just as Strong and Saves Landfill Space

In an attempt to solve two environmental problems at once, researchers at the University of Kitakyushu in Japan have found that shredded nappies can be used to replace between 9 and 40% of the sand used in making concrete without reducing its strength.Disposable nappies are a growing source of non-recyclable waste, and cement production is responsible for almost 7% of global greenhouse-gas emissions and consumes around 50 billion tonnes of sand each year.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

L.A. clears the way for skyscraper project, remaking the edge of Echo Park and Chinatown

The Los Angeles City Council cleared the way on Wednesday for a cluster of new high-rises that would bring more than 700 homes to the edge of Echo Park and Chinatown, setting the stage for the first skyscraper to go up in that part of the city.
moreaffordable-housing
HousingWire
1 year ago
Real estate

NewRez now offers Freddie Mac's revamped downpayment assistance program

Mortgage lender and servicer NewRez on Monday launched a special purpose credit program through Freddie Mac that will provide $3,000 or more in closing cost assistance to qualifying first-time homebuyers.Freddie Mac's BorrowSmart Access program will be available to NewRez borrowers through Caliber Home Loans ' national network of branches.
#people
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

High school lacrosse is starting to have an L.A. moment. Here's why

(Luca Evans / Los Angeles Times)

On a tiny patch of turf on Inner City Education Foundation Public Schools' home campus, a group of six combined View Park girls and boys giggled as they tried to knock the ball out of one another's sticks in a Thursday practice.They shot on a tiny net, because their only full-size one - lent by a now-graduated Pacific Palisades player - was broken.
KQED
1 year ago
California

At The Start Of Harvesting Season, Many Pajaro Farmworkers Are Without Work | KQED

Newsom Will Provide 1,200 Tiny Homes To Cut Homelessness By 15%
Governor Newsom is taking a public policy road trip over the next few days.Instead of giving the usual State of the State address from inside the State Capitol building, he's visiting several California cities to highlight policy proposals and to crow about successes.
BK Reader
1 year ago
Health

Tips for Managing Diabetes Through the Holidays from Brooklyn's Non-Profit Health Insurer - BK Reader

An estimated 1.7 million New Yorkers are living with diabetes and 4.5 million are pre-diabetic, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene."Diabetes continues to be a leading cause of death among New Yorkers, leaving a disproportionate impact on our Black, Latino, Asian and low-income communities," said New York City council member and chair of the council committee on health, Lynn Schulman.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Los Angeles DWP to end water and power shutoffs for low-income customers who can't pay

Low-income residents, senior citizens and other eligible customers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will no longer face shutoffs if they are unable to pay their utility bills, the agency announced Wednesday.Under a motion adopted unanimously by the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners, the DWP must halt the practice of water and power shutoffs as a debt collection tool for residents enrolled in its EZ-SAVE program, which offers discounts for income-qualified residents, as well as those enrolled in the Senior Citizen Lifeline Discount Program.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

Tony Isidore, Galvanizing Adman, Is Dead at 89

Tony Isidore, the advertising man behind the contrite I made mistakes campaign that helped re-elect Mayor John V. Lindsay in 1969 and the New York Urban Coalition's galvanizing battle cry against complacency, Give a Damn, died on Sunday in Paterson, N.J.He was 89.The cause was complications of an aortic aneurysm, his son Christopher said.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

Tony Isidore, Galvanizing Adman, Is Dead at 89

Tony Isidore, the advertising man behind the contrite I made mistakes campaign that helped re-elect Mayor John V. Lindsay in 1969 and the New York Urban Coalition's galvanizing battle cry against complacency, Give a Damn, died on Sunday in Paterson, N.J.He was 89.The cause was complications of an aortic aneurysm, his son Christopher said.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

High school lacrosse is starting to have an L.A. moment. Here's why

(Luca Evans / Los Angeles Times)

On a tiny patch of turf on Inner City Education Foundation Public Schools' home campus, a group of six combined View Park girls and boys giggled as they tried to knock the ball out of one another's sticks in a Thursday practice.They shot on a tiny net, because their only full-size one - lent by a now-graduated Pacific Palisades player - was broken.
KQED
1 year ago
California

At The Start Of Harvesting Season, Many Pajaro Farmworkers Are Without Work | KQED

Newsom Will Provide 1,200 Tiny Homes To Cut Homelessness By 15%
Governor Newsom is taking a public policy road trip over the next few days.Instead of giving the usual State of the State address from inside the State Capitol building, he's visiting several California cities to highlight policy proposals and to crow about successes.
BK Reader
1 year ago
Health

Tips for Managing Diabetes Through the Holidays from Brooklyn's Non-Profit Health Insurer - BK Reader

An estimated 1.7 million New Yorkers are living with diabetes and 4.5 million are pre-diabetic, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene."Diabetes continues to be a leading cause of death among New Yorkers, leaving a disproportionate impact on our Black, Latino, Asian and low-income communities," said New York City council member and chair of the council committee on health, Lynn Schulman.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Los Angeles DWP to end water and power shutoffs for low-income customers who can't pay

Low-income residents, senior citizens and other eligible customers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will no longer face shutoffs if they are unable to pay their utility bills, the agency announced Wednesday.Under a motion adopted unanimously by the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners, the DWP must halt the practice of water and power shutoffs as a debt collection tool for residents enrolled in its EZ-SAVE program, which offers discounts for income-qualified residents, as well as those enrolled in the Senior Citizen Lifeline Discount Program.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

Tony Isidore, Galvanizing Adman, Is Dead at 89

Tony Isidore, the advertising man behind the contrite I made mistakes campaign that helped re-elect Mayor John V. Lindsay in 1969 and the New York Urban Coalition's galvanizing battle cry against complacency, Give a Damn, died on Sunday in Paterson, N.J.He was 89.The cause was complications of an aortic aneurysm, his son Christopher said.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

Tony Isidore, Galvanizing Adman, Is Dead at 89

Tony Isidore, the advertising man behind the contrite I made mistakes campaign that helped re-elect Mayor John V. Lindsay in 1969 and the New York Urban Coalition's galvanizing battle cry against complacency, Give a Damn, died on Sunday in Paterson, N.J.He was 89.The cause was complications of an aortic aneurysm, his son Christopher said.
morepeople
#neighborhood
Eater LA
1 year ago
LA food

Sticky Rice Restaurateur Just Opened a Soulful Thai Restaurant Hidden in Altadena

David Tewasart, the restaurateur behind three Sticky Rice locations (Highland Park, Echo Park, and Grand Central Market in Downtown) and Moon Rabbit inside Grand Central Market, quietly opened a Thai restaurant called Miya at 2470 Lake Avenue in Altadena on Friday, January 20.The restaurant, named after Tewasart's daughter, is only taking walk-up orders for now with the takeout menu posted on the restaurant's front door.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

New Citi Bike stations pop up in Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights to follow * Brooklyn Paper

Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith
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A slew of new Citi Bike stations are popping up around Bed-Stuy.Brooklyn Paper's sister publication Brownstoner found on a recent survey of the neighborhood that the majority of the new stations are filling up gaps in the network east of Lewis Avenue - good news for riders who used to have to walk blocks to stations around Broadway or Lewis Avenue to pick up a bike.
Mission Local
1 year ago
Mission District

Mission Moves: Housing and the election, baby!

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.The November election is already here?So you're saying I'll soon finally get some sweet respite from the cheesy political ads interrupting my late-night Hulu binging?This special edition of Mission Moves seeks to demystify (and update) a few of the upcoming housing/urbanist ballot measures.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

DOT Installs New Citi Bike Stations in Bed Stuy

A slew of new Citi Bike stations are popping up around Bed Stuy, Brownstoner has noticed on recent walks around the neighborhood.The majority of the new stations are filling up gaps in the network east of Lewis Avenue, good news for riders who used to have to walk blocks to stations around Broadway or Lewis Avenue to pick up a bike.
Eater LA
1 year ago
LA food

Sticky Rice Restaurateur Just Opened a Soulful Thai Restaurant Hidden in Altadena

David Tewasart, the restaurateur behind three Sticky Rice locations (Highland Park, Echo Park, and Grand Central Market in Downtown) and Moon Rabbit inside Grand Central Market, quietly opened a Thai restaurant called Miya at 2470 Lake Avenue in Altadena on Friday, January 20.The restaurant, named after Tewasart's daughter, is only taking walk-up orders for now with the takeout menu posted on the restaurant's front door.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

New Citi Bike stations pop up in Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights to follow * Brooklyn Paper

Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith
Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams
A slew of new Citi Bike stations are popping up around Bed-Stuy.Brooklyn Paper's sister publication Brownstoner found on a recent survey of the neighborhood that the majority of the new stations are filling up gaps in the network east of Lewis Avenue - good news for riders who used to have to walk blocks to stations around Broadway or Lewis Avenue to pick up a bike.
Mission Local
1 year ago
Mission District

Mission Moves: Housing and the election, baby!

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.The November election is already here?So you're saying I'll soon finally get some sweet respite from the cheesy political ads interrupting my late-night Hulu binging?This special edition of Mission Moves seeks to demystify (and update) a few of the upcoming housing/urbanist ballot measures.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

DOT Installs New Citi Bike Stations in Bed Stuy

A slew of new Citi Bike stations are popping up around Bed Stuy, Brownstoner has noticed on recent walks around the neighborhood.The majority of the new stations are filling up gaps in the network east of Lewis Avenue, good news for riders who used to have to walk blocks to stations around Broadway or Lewis Avenue to pick up a bike.
moreneighborhood
Bronx Times
1 year ago
Public health

Mother Cabrini grants more than $4M to Bronx health care organizations - Bronx Times

Multiple factions of the Bronx health care industry arecoming up on nearly $4.2 million in new funding collectively, following a grant program announcement from one of the state's largest health institutions.Mother Cabrini Health Foundation announced Monday it would be donating $165 million in year-end grants to more than 500 organizations working to address the needs of underserved New Yorkers this year- of which more than $4 million will be allocated to the Bronx specifically.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

'Pharmacy deserts' created as Walgreens closes locations in Roxbury, Hyde Park, Mattapan

Local The three pharmacies will close one after another in three days, creating inconveniences for the communities they served.Walgreens locations in three Boston neighborhoods will close this week.The three pharmacies will close one after another in three days: Roxbury's 2275 Washington St. location will close Tuesday, Hyde Park's 1329 Hyde Park Ave. on Wednesday, and Mattapan's 90 River St. on Thursday.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

L.A. community college students can ride Metro for free thanks to $1-million grant

The Los Angeles Community College District has received a $1-million grant to continue providing free Metro passes for about half a million students through the current academic year, officials said.
amNewYork
1 year ago
Education

Op-Ed | No more exemptions: NY Board of Regents must end social promotion for high school seniors | amNewYork

This week the State Board of Regents sent very mixed messages to the students and families of New York State who are still struggling to catch up from the learning loss caused by inadequate remote and hybrid learning during the lengthy pandemic school closure.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

More than 1,000 backpacks given away at Atlantic Terminal Mall 'Back to School Bash' * Brooklyn Paper

Several neighborhood service groups celebrated the start of the new school year with help from the Atlantic Terminal Mall at an exciting "Back to School Bash" on Aug. 27.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Education

Bishop prohibits Mass. school from calling itself Catholic for refusing to remove Pride, BLM flags

The Nativity School of Worcester in Massachusetts can no longer identify itself as Catholic for refusing to take down the Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQ Pride flags, as requested by Bishop Robert McManus.
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