TOP YCSLA STORIES

TOP YCSLA STORIES

A large crowd of protesters holding signs and banners during a climate strike in Los Angeles on a city street, with some people wearing masks, and a tall modern building, trees, streetlights, and traffic signals in the background.

We’re doing what we do & sometimes the press runs our stories. Check out some of the top hits, below.

Group of young diverse children and teenagers sitting and standing outdoors in a park, smiling at the camera.

Meet the activists behind the new youth climate lawsuit

Three YCSLA members have joined the new youth climate lawsuit to hold the EPA accountable!

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Protesters holding signs about environmental issues and a large banner in an indoor public space.

Climate Activists Tell the EV Industry to Fix Its Filthy Supply Chain

EV production often relies on coal power & harmful labor practices. Climate activists in Squid Games costumes disrupted the LA Auto Show

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A large crowd of people participating in a climate change protest or rally on a city street, holding various colorful signs advocating for environmental causes and climate action.

Hundreds of young L.A. residents marched the streets today for climate action

Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles joined others around the world in a global strike.

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A group of protesters marching on a city street carrying various handmade signs about environmental and social justice issues. They are walking in front of tall buildings, and traffic lights and street signs are visible.

Not just an after-school activity: LA teens call for climate action

If you think all climate stories are depressing, check out these young people blazing the trail to a better future. For the month of April, three of LA’s youth climate leaders kept audio diaries for KCRW.

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A woman with long brown hair and a yellow safety vest is speaking into a megaphone on a city street, surrounded by other people, including a young girl with a red vest and a woman in a black shirt holding a camera. The background features trees, an orange bus, and modern buildings.

Youths march in DTLA, calling on elected officials to combat climate change

Participants rally at City Hall and march through downtown LA as part of a global youth-led climate day of action

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A group of people participating in a climate change protest march, holding banners and signs advocating for climate justice and action, with many wearing face masks.

Facing extreme heat and drought, young Californians cope to beat climate anxiety and doom

When he was 6 years old, Sim Bilal began to have nightmares offloods pouring through his South Los Angeles home.

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Group of people campaigning with signs supporting Kenneth Mejia for city controller, standing next to a Pikachu mascot costume, outdoors near a fence with trees.

Meet the Gen Z'ers Behind the Kenneth Mejia for City Controller Campaign

Teen Vogue interviewed five Gen Z volunteers and organizers who powered the 32-year-old CPA (and corgi owner) into office.

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A group of young diverse climate protestors holding a banner that reads 'FREEDOM FROM FOSSIL FUELS' in front of a government building with large columns. Four people are sitting on the steps in front, one of whom holds a sign about indigenous protected land.

Activists sue for the right to protest Caruso’s campaign at the Grove

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of leftist former mayoral candidate Gina Viola, the Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles group and Sim Bilal, an organizer for that group.

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A young man sitting outdoors in front of a city hall building, reading a rolled-up document, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, black graphic T-shirt, and camouflage shorts.

How climate conscious Americans reduce their carbon footprints

Sim Bilal relies exclusively on public transit—no easy feat in car-centric Los Angeles—uses refurbished tech and lives in an apartment with solar panels.

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Young person speaking into a microphone at a panel discussion with seated audience members against a white background.

Candidates for LA mayor have yet to release climate change plans

He moved his commute away from fossil fuels, made earth sciences his college major, and now Sim Bilal is looking for a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose climate goals align with his values.

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People participating in a protest holding various signs, including one that says 'if you breathe air you should care' and others addressing issues like transit, gas prices, and the environment.

Youth Demand Environmental Action

Youth Climate Strike LA, a student environmental advocacy group, led a protest in downtown to bring awareness to climate change.

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Group of young protesters participating in a climate change demonstration on a city street. They are holding colorful signs, one of which reads "Yomama so HOT she about to experience rising oceans + deforestation" with drawings of the Earth on fire and a fiery background. Others hold signs advocating for clean energy and climate action.

Students speak their minds at global climate strike in L.A.: ‘There is no Planet B’

Thousands of high school and college students skipped classes on Friday and converged on Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles…draw attention to climate change.

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