A pioneering study seeks to figure out how a combination of high heat and loud noise impacts the brains and health of L.A. residents.

UCLA brain scientists, health equity advocates and L.A. nonprofit Esperanza Housing are teaming up to study the combined effect of noise pollution and excessive heat on the brain health and behavior of South L.A. residents.

This study is different because it is guided by locals who have experienced the history of environmental injustice in South L.A.

To understand the disparities in exposure to noise and heat across the metro area, our story takes you on a sound and sunlight tour of L.A.

Blanca Lucio likes to spend her mornings tending to her zucchinis, cucumbers, watermelons and traditional Mexican herbs at a small community garden near downtown Los Ang

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