Mario Del Pero ’95 is co-founder of Mendocino Farms, a Los Angeles born-and-bred chain of gourmet sandwich and salad restaurants.
“For students living on L.A.’s Skid Row, a book to improve literacy and inspire”
Alumnus Dan Johnson teaches reading skills to homeless students in Los Angeles with a textbook he created to speak to their experiences.
The early morning hour was taking its toll on Maria Guzman as she stood near a freeway underpass in Pacoima, Calif. As the sun rose and traffic chugged by, she diligently recorded her coordinates with a Global Positioning System receiver. The numbers ticked up on her handheld air monitor. Guzman noted the air-quality levels.
She frowned.
Writer Dorothy Parker once haughtily dismissed Los Angeles as “72 suburbs in search of a city.” But USC Dornsife alumnus Samuel Krueger’s research shows that the City of Angels actually does have a focal point.
News coverage:
The true pulse of L.A.? It emanates from this oddly shaped heart (LA Times)
Contrary To Popular Belief, Los Angeles Has A Dense, Urban Center (LA Weekly)
USC Geography Student Finds LA Has a Very Long Urban Center (Curbed LA)
LA Has a Dense Urban Center (Planetizen)
One recent Saturday, USC alumna Laura Nelson, a transportation reporter for the Los Angeles Times, gave a talk to local high school students about the city’s vast transit system. For a group of freshly minted drivers in a city where the unofficial motto for car dependence is “Nobody walks in L.A.,” the topic is important.
View from the Griffith Park Observatory/Michelle Boston