{"id":778416,"date":"2026-05-07T00:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/778416\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T00:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:18:12","slug":"why-los-angeles-parks-feel-different-from-those-in-older-cities-and-more-ucla-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/778416\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Los Angeles parks feel different from those in older cities \u2014 and more UCLA media"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Times<\/a> explored why LA ranks near the bottom among major U.S. cities for park access and public green space, featuring research from UCLA urban planning researcher Claire Nelischer. Nelischer said Los Angeles lacks the dense network of small neighborhood parks found in cities like New York and London, and noted that parks play an essential role in health, social connection and daily life \u2014 especially for renters and immigrant communities. Read more about UCLA in today\u2019s Washington Post, NPR and others. <\/p>\n

More highlights from UCLA in the News: May 6, 2026<\/b><\/p>\n

A legal scholar defends critical race theory \u2014 a term she helped coin<\/a> | NPR<\/p>\n

Growing up in Canton, Ohio, [UCLA] legal scholar Kimberl\u00e9 Williams Crenshaw was encouraged to call out conditions that were unfair or inexplicable. It was a form of \u201ctalking back\u201d that continued into her career, she says. \u201cWe\u2019re not living in a world in which we are all standing on equal footing,\u201d Crenshaw says. \u201cAnd we have to muster the courage … [and] the righteous indignation to talk back against these expectations.\u201d Crenshaw is responsible for naming two of the most contested ideas in American politics: intersectionality and critical race theory. (Crenshaw was also interviewed by NPR\u2019s \u201cMorning Edition\u201d<\/a> and \u201cFresh Air.\u201d<\/a>) <\/p>\n

UCLA report: U.S. Latino economy tops Japan<\/a> | Hoodline <\/p>\n

UCLA researchers say the economic punch packed by U.S. Latinos is now so large it would rank as the world\u2019s fourth-biggest national economy, edging past Japan. The finding, rolled out during a Cinco de Mayo briefing at UCLA, casts Latino households, workers and small business owners as a driving force in U.S. growth. Here in Los Angeles, that surge translates into serious buying power for local storefronts and a deeper talent pool for employers. (UCLA\u2019s David Hayes-Bautista was quoted.) <\/p>\n

Why social circles shrink and how to build them back up<\/a> | Washington Post<\/p>\n

According to Jaimie Krems, social psychologist and director of the UCLA Center for Friendship Research, people aren\u2019t always as motivated to prioritize their friendships as they are to invest in, say, romantic or familial ties. Though they should be. \u201cWe need to stop undervaluing and deprioritizing the benefits of friendship,\u201d Krems said, noting that strong social connections are linked to living longer, feeling happier and even lowering the risk of cognitive decline later in life. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s the real story of Cinco de Mayo?<\/a> | KCBS-TV<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not <\/b>Mexican Independence Day \u2014 that\u2019s September 16th. But it is related. In 1810, when Mexico declared independence, they also declared racial equality and citizenship, and the abolition of slavery. Well, California was part of Mexico then. These were our constitutional values,\u201d said UCLA\u2019s David Hayes-Bautista. <\/p>\n

Indigenous Andeans\u2019 digestive superpower possibly connected to potatoes<\/a> | Scienmag<\/p>\n

A groundbreaking study emerging from the collaborative efforts of evolutionary scientists at UCLA and the University at Buffalo has illuminated a fascinating chapter in human genomic adaptation, specifically among Indigenous Andean populations. This research, recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, reveals that these high-altitude inhabitants possess an unusually high number of copies of the salivary amylase gene, AMY1, a crucial genetic component facilitating starch digestion. (UCLA\u2019s Abigail Bigham was cited.) \u00a0<\/p>\n

Fire recovery could wipe out Altadena\u2019s affordable rentals<\/a> | Capital & Main<\/p>\n

For Gabriella Carmona, a senior research analyst at the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute, all of this raises a question: \u201cAre we prioritizing our recovery on returning Altadena to what it once looked like based on housing\u201d density \u2014 or \u201cbased on people\u201d who lived in the community prior to the fires? \u201cWithout directed policy, I fear that it might primarily be the housing piece, rather than the people,\u201d she said.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Why LA is struggling while San Francisco booming again<\/a> | Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n

Adding to Southern California\u2019s economic struggles, the Eaton and Palisades fires contributed to a net loss of 0.5% in gross domestic product in Los Angeles County in 2025, according to a study by UCLA Anderson School of Management. <\/p>\n

A look inside the case that enshrined political power for billionaires<\/a> | New York Times<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the one hand, there\u2019s this huge concern about corruption in government,\u201d said Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. \u201cOn the other hand, there are these very powerful First Amendment arguments that had not ever been really considered by the court.\u201d <\/p>\n

Hantavirus cases on cruise ship<\/a> | BBC News 24<\/p>\n

\u201cHantavirus is actually a family of viruses that tend to be spread from rodents, who are the reservoir. We\u2019ve seen hantavirus here in the United States, associated with deaths and severe illness in the Western part of the United States,\u201d said UCLA\u2019s Anne Rimoin. <\/p>\n

As cosmetic interventions are boom, ethical conversations\u00a0lag<\/a>\u00a0| Associated Press<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to think about how those choices are constrained and to think about the social pressures,\u201d said Abigail Saguy, a sociologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. \u201cThis is a social issue. It is a collective problem. But it\u2019s continually treated as an individual issue and what individual people should do.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Times explored why LA ranks near the bottom among major U.S. cities for park access…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":778417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-778416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116530427953696307","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}