Rediscovering the Golden State

It doesn’t seem to add up: vacant or underutilized office space in a city with a severe housing shortage. But these are two major problems that are slowing recovery and progress in our cities and preventing Los Angeles from realizing its true potential. Enter problem-solver John Hart. Working under the direction of Jing Liu, in her Geographic Information Systems class, he use...

Extreme weather whiplash continues to reshape our lives and landscapes. Nature demanded our attention again as autumn slogged into winter 2025-26, proving the difference a year can make when wild and stubborn weather anomalies force landscapes and people to repeatedly adjust and recover, while we all look toward an uncertain future. Are these game-changing battles between ban...