On Tuesday evening, in its first remote meeting after the state and county safer-at-home mandates, the Whittier City Council enacted a COVID-19 eviction moratorium in a 4-1 vote.

Scientists say that helping others can help with stress management, immune building, and more. Here are some ways you can exercise your altruism muscle

Sustainable City News shares local, regional, and national resources for workers feeling the crunch in greater Whittier.

The coronavirus pandemic has reached Los Angeles County, with predictions of an overtaxed healthcare system. Disorganized but swift social distancing in Whittier has included school closures and event cancellations. Find out what you can do to protect yourself and the community at large.

“I can’t emphasize enough how critically important it is to maintain wildlife movement through this area at the very least,” asserted Andrea Gullo, Executive Director of the Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority. “This linkage will affect the Authority’s, many cities’ and the County of Los Angeles’ ongoing commitment to the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor.”

Although not all the results are in, Mayor Joe Vinatieri and District 3 Councilwoman Cathy Warner have indisputably been re-elected to Whittier City Council. Newcomer Jessica Martinez will join Henry Bouchot (District 2), Fernando Dutra (District 4) and the re-elected incumbents to take her first public seat as Whittier's District 1 representative.

As many as a third of ballots county-wide were yet to be counted as of Thursday night. With no close races, however, Whittier's election results are fairly certain. Learn why, and see current ballot counts.

On the morning of Wednesday, March 4, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors and the Department of Public Health joined the City of Los Angeles in declaring a local and public health emergency in response to increased spread of coronavirus across the country and six new cases in the County.

Sustainable City News reviewed contributions made to candidates for Whittier City Council. Some contributions raised troubling questions.

Last week, Sustainable City News fact-checked statements by mayoral contenders in the first three candidate forums. This week, we fact-check...

After three forums sponsored by a variety of Whittier nonprofits and civic organizations, Sustainable City News fact-checks statements made by City of Whittier mayoral candidates on several issues of interest to local voters.

In this issue, we reprint content written by candidates for Assembly District 57 about themselves and their reasons for running. This content can be found on candidates’ websites and on VotersEdge.org.

Some say unhoused Whittier residents refuse services. Is this true? If so, why? Sustainable City News interviews six homeless residents about what keeps them unhoused.

The Whittier City Council called an emergency meeting on Monday, January 6, after a 22-year-old woman was found dead of an apparent overdose at Parnell Park on New Year’s morning and a gunman attacked the encampment just days later. In the end, the Council voted to give a 10-day warning to the residents of the Parnell Park encampment before a temporary park closure.

The driver parked and entered the encampment, screaming “get out of my park, get out of my city, get out of my country”. The driver was described by multiple eyewitnesses as Latino and visibly inebriated. He was not known to any member of the encampment.

In late November, State Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon made a surprise announcement that he would not seek re-election for AD 57 in 2020. While Assembly candidates typically spend upwards of two years preparing their campaign, this left the field open to candidates willing to pursue a fast-and-furious three-month campaign leading up to the March 3rd primary.

Voting in the upcoming March 3rd election will be very different for Whittier and L.A. County voters. Many old polling places are gone. In their place are vote centers. Residents can vote at any Voting Center for up to 10 days before Election Day. The goal of this article is to clear up any questions and misconceptions about the new voting system.

“Unless we are actually actively going out of our way to house these individuals, the state of emergency doesn’t mean anything,” Councilmember Josue Alvarado said.