USC Dornsife led an effort to analyze bodycam footage from 1,000 traffic stops across Los Angeles — data now helping train AI tools aimed at improving safety, accountability and respectful treatment during stops.
Widespread media coverage and critical grant funding help expand Public Exchange’s CLEAN project.
From displacement to respiratory illness, Angelenos without stable housing suffered disproportionately — and most residents support smarter rebuilding.
The Los Angeles fires may be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. A USC expert on safety, risk reduction and complex systems calls for a blue-ribbon commission to analyze their causes.
Surprising findings may help authorities predict wet-weather dangers in burn areas and protect residents.
Expensive, militarized fire suppression led the U.S. down a forest management path that neglected more nuanced approaches. [11½ min read]
Wildland blazes like last year’s Woolsey fire and Camp fire are the result of global warming, which in turn is a product of society’s inability to address inequity. [2¾ min read]
Rain in southern and northern California over the next few weeks and months could double the trouble for residents in the steep hills and mountain sides that were scorched by the recent wildfires.
How will toxins released into the ocean from the huge Thomas Fire and subsequent mud slides impact local ocean life? An adventurous team of Earth and environmental scientists is determined to find out.
Wildfire incinerates power and communication lines to USC island research facility
