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As More Cities Install ‘Rain Gardens’ to Filter Pollution, Portland Offers to Foot the Bill for City Residents
Portland and Los Angeles are installing bioswales—AKA “rain gardens”—to help filter rainwater runoff before it enters and pollutes the sewage system.
After Raising Money for a Year, Church Pays Off $5.2 Million in Medical Debt for Low-Income Families
The donation has forgiven more than $5.2 million in medical debt for 5,555 of Los Angeles's most at-risk families.
Jaden Smith Celebrates 21st Birthday By Deploying Vegan Food Truck to Hand Out Free Meals to Homeless
The talented young actor and musician says that the pop-up giveaway will be the first of many on Skid Row and across Los Angeles.
Uber Driver Stumbles Into Gift of New Hands For His 11-Year-old Daughter After Picking Up Engineering Student (Podcast)
A stunningly serendipitous Uber meeting resulted in a college student giving a big hand to a little girl who needed it most. Hear The Good News Guru tell the surprising story (from the October 5, 2018 Ellen K. Morning Show on KOST-103.5 radio in Los Angeles).
This New Hyperloop Pod is Set to Whisk Passengers Between Cities at 760mph
We are now one step closer to being able to take ground transportation from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than thirty minutes.
Nicole Kidman Surprises Bus Full of Tourists on Her Way to the Oscars
The Australian actress was about to get ready for the Oscars when she stopped to surprise a bus full of sightseers in Los Angeles.
Good News in History, April 12
467 years ago, Cuenca was founded in Ecuador, a city of such beauty that it has become known as the "Athens" of South America....
Good News in History, April 2
40 years ago today, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian ever launched into space when he rode aboard the Interkosmos Soyuz T-11 to the...
Good News in History, March 27
76 years ago today, a mere 11 days after being released from prison, jazz singer Billie Holiday played in front of a sold-out crowd...
Crime is Way Down: 2023 Recorded Likely the Largest Single-Year Drop in Homicides Across US
The FBI's most recent Quarterly Uniform Crime Report data for Q3 2023 shows that nearly all crime in the US is going down; some...
Women Get the Same Exercise Benefits As Men, But With Less Effort, Huge Study Shows
Researchers have discovered a "gender gap" between men and women when it comes to working out—and it favors women, who are not likely to...
LA Firefighters Rescue 1200-Pound Horse Named ‘Lucky’ from Backyard Sinkhole (WATCH)
In LA County, fire and rescue had a ton of work to do to lift out a 1,200-pound horse that fell into a sinkhole...
Monkeying Around? All 4 Types of Apes Have a Sense of Humor– Researchers Categorize Their Clowning in Video
Apes have a sense of humor similar to humans, suggests a new study that showed four species of great apes each playfully teasing each...
Good News in History, February 10
84 years ago today, In the Mood, by Glen Miller reached #1 on the charts in the US. It's one of those jazz tunes that...
Good News in History, February 8
Happy 92nd birthday to John Williams, the Academy Award-winning composer of some of the finest film scores in history, including Star Wars, Jaws, Raiders...
Good News in History, February 3
126 years ago, Alvar Aalto, the renowned architect and designer, was born in Finland. like Frank Lloyd Wright, Aalto would design all the interior...
Ancient Lake Sediment on Mars Builds Excitement for Evidence of Life in the Perseverance Rover Samples
An ancient lake bed found on Mars may hold evidence of life on the planet, a new study has revealed.
The Mars Perseverance rover has...
Good News in History, January 26
100 years ago today, the first ever Olympic gold medal was won in a Winter sport. American speed skater Charles Jewtraw (right) won the...
Good News in History, January 25
139 years ago today, one of the most influential modern poets in Japanese history, pen name Hakushu Kitahara, was born. The man published over...
Good News in History, January 24
66 years ago today, thermonuclear fusion, a process that replicates the way that stars form, was first carried out by James Tuck and Marshall...