Denise Verret

Director, LA Zoo

Director of the LA Zoo

Denise Verret on KCRW

The LA Zoo, which is inside Griffith Park, is involved in animal conservation, and it has helped bring back the California condor from the brink of extinction.

LA Zoo expansion will improve animal welfare but may destroy native woodlands

The LA Zoo, which is inside Griffith Park, is involved in animal conservation, and it has helped bring back the California condor from the brink of extinction.

from Greater LA

More from KCRW

Four years after the COVID pandemic made telecommuting a norm, Angelenos are getting lonely on the job. LA event organizers are now offering coworking pop-ups.

from KCRW Features

Hundreds of locals flocked to the Griffith Park Observatory to witness Southern California’s partial eclipse.

from KCRW Features

Topanga is one of the riskiest places in LA County for fires and floods. One of the area’s oldest residents explains why she still calls it home after 92 years.

from KCRW Features

LA Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani said his ex-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, allegedly stole millions to pay gambling debts. His story raises plausibility questions.

from KCRW Features

This week, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Indigenous ecologist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass speaks about the virtues of moss and how one of the smallest and humblest plants on the planet…

from Life Examined

A Ninth Circuit case has limited how LA responds to homelessness. If the Supreme Court tosses out that decision, the city could ban camping in more places.

from KCRW Features

Should I prioritize planting drought-tolerant or native plants?

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

With rising costs of living in California and the proliferation of remote work, many Angelenos are starting new lives where it’s more affordable: Mexico City.

from KCRW Features

Though votes are still being tallied, LA Magazine Reporter Jon Regardie weighs in on which LA races will go to a run-off in November and which saw early wins.

from KCRW Features