LA has a trash problem. The county has been trying for years to find a solution on how to clean up the streets. Some residents are coming together to tackle the issue. As Esther Quintanilla reports, one organization has taken its mission further by including social activities in their community cleanups.

Earth Week 2022 is here. USC kicked it off today by announcing sustainability goals under a new project called Assignment: Earth. President Folt announced new eco-friendly initiatives such as plans to install 200 clean-stream recycling stations. The next seven days around here will be filled with events to celebrate Earth Week.

Patrick Warren has more on the story.

Inspiration from roommates and friends gave this first year undergrad the initiative to serve an underrepresented community

This incoming class of over 8,000 students set university records for diversity and number of first-generation students.

The changes reflect shift in emphasis from general positive cases to patients at-risk

Allyson Felix will retire from running after one final season. She will give USC’s 139th Commencement address.

Strippers at a North Hollywood club have been protesting unsafe conditions for weeks. The club’s management has yet to respond to their strike.

Experts point to pandemic-driven consumption changes and the toll of the war in Ukraine as reasons for increased grocery store bills.

The way out of California’s ongoing drought is a combined effort of water conservation policy and individual habit changes, according to experts.

Hawaii and pineapples. Many put two and two together but not every Hawaiian loves the sweet, tangy, tart, sugary, juicy fruit. For more, reporter Lutian ) Wang spoke with Isaac Vigila, a native Hawaiian faculty member at USC.