Tag: resident

In the dust of the Coachella Valley, residents push for a park along the shrinking Salton Sea

SALTON SEA, Calif.  —  In a state boasting epic mountain ranges and stunning coastlines, the Salton Sea is not typically considered...

My town became environmentally conscious and so did I

Growing up, I realized that children are a product of their environment, so...

How not to be a terrible tourist: What Europeans want travelers to know

AMSTERDAM —  Travel can be exhilarating or awful, and like it or not, we all leave footprints. Of course, some tourists tread...

Why some residents of European hot spots just want tourists to stay away

AMSTERDAM —  For people who live in particularly picturesque quarters of charming European cities, the words “Instagrammable” or “Tik-Tok famous” can feel...

What it's like to travel to Maui right now — one year after the catastrophic wildfire

Five hundred feet outside the Lahaina burn zone, the tourists receive their leis. As the torches of the Old Lahaina Luau flicker,...

These L.A. health teams go door to door with a question: What do you need?

On a sweltering morning in Watts, community health worker Elizabeth Calvillo rapped on a shut gate with her pen, hoping the sound...