Torched Talks with sports politics scholar Jules Boykoff

It's an emergency Torched Talks! Join us Monday, June 23 at noon on Zoom

Alissa Walker Jun 17, 2025

Tactical alert

"We are one year away from the World Cup, how could this be happening?"

Alissa Walker Jun 10, 2025

The state of play

Last year, I wrote about how LA's ParkScore had dropped from 80th to 88th out of 100 U.S. cities. This year, I'm sorry to say that we sank even lower — LA is now 90th out of 100.

Alissa Walker May 28, 2025

Disasters

3 articles

Two young kids running around a garden space at Hollywood High courtyard with a blue mural behind it

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Safe spaces

In the midst of a climate disaster, schools must become beacons of resiliency in every community

Alissa Walker Feb 6, 2025

A hand holds up a charred piece of magazine that has a Penzoil ad with the words LONG LOVE in front of smoke clouds

Fire watch

Zero percent containment

Reporting from a city, torched

Alissa Walker Jan 9, 2025

An advertisement on a bus shelter on an shadeless LA street showing "how to avoid heat stroke"

Too hot

The Olympics are literally a disaster

It's less like a football game and more like a major earthquake

Alissa Walker Sep 6, 2024