Gabriel Arizon
Gabriel Arizon reports on environment and local news for The San Fernando Valley Sun/El Sol, with a consistent focus on how climate, policy and public safety decisions play out in everyday community life. His coverage links heat, infrastructure, law and culture, keeping the human impact at the center of stories that might otherwise read as abstract policy or crime briefs.
Heat, Climate and Everyday Safety
Arizon covers extreme weather as a practical public safety issue rather than a distant environmental trend. In his work on staying cool under intense summer heat, he breaks down specific steps residents can take to protect themselves, treating heat as a health and equity concern for people who may lack access to cooling resources. He connects environmental conditions to the realities of housing, outdoor work and neighborhood infrastructure, spelling out where residents are most exposed and what options they actually have.
When he writes about environmental investments such as funding for green schools, he emphasizes how new systems and buildings will change daily life for students and staff, from air quality to classroom comfort. Across these pieces, climate coverage is grounded in concrete guidance and local examples rather than broad warnings.
Legal Accountability and Wrongful Death
Arizon regularly reports on cases where families seek accountability after fatal incidents, following those stories from initial tragedy through legal action.
His coverage of a wrongful death lawsuit against a major theme park centers the family’s effort to secure answers and responsibility, detailing the circumstances leading up to the death and the claims made in court. He returns to that accountability theme in work on county settlements with families in child welfare cases, explaining what officials agreed to, why, and how those decisions relate to earlier failures in protection.
When he contributes to breaking news on fatal violence, he tracks the identification of victims and suspects, showing how individual lives intersect with larger public safety systems. These stories are reported as news pieces that combine legal detail with careful attention to the relatives, advocates and communities who live with the consequences.
Community Memory, Culture and Protest
Arizon’s local reporting often turns on how communities remember, celebrate and defend their values in public space.
In his work on the effort to replace a Cesar Chavez memorial, he follows community meetings and input processes that shape what will stand in that space next, focusing on residents’ voices and the symbolism they want to preserve. Coverage of celebrations such as Mexican Independence Day and Latino Heritage Month tracks how cultural events are organized, who participates and what they mean for identity and pride, treating them as civic moments rather than lifestyle features. He also reports on protests against prominent political and business figures, documenting the messages on the streets, the groups involved and the democratic concerns driving people to march.
Across these assignments, he covers both conflict and celebration as part of the same story about how communities assert themselves in public and negotiate their relationship with power.
Policy, Schools and Organizing
Arizon frequently reports at the intersection of policy, education and grassroots organizing. In covering substantial public investment in green school infrastructure, he explains the amounts involved, the agencies responsible and the goals for environmental improvement on campuses, while quoting officials and community voices who frame the stakes for students.
His work on legislative protections for immigrant communities focuses on specific bills, hearings and advocacy campaigns, showing how organizations mobilize to secure changes in law. When reporting on the sudden termination of a co-founder at a student running organization, he follows both the internal fallout and the public reaction, highlighting how educational and youth-focused programs respond to leadership crises.
Taken together, these stories show a reporter who treats schools and community groups as critical sites where policy is implemented, contested and felt, and who consistently traces the link between formal decisions and their on-the-ground impact.
4 more environment journalists.
Alan Halaly
Alan Halaly is a water reporter at the Las Vegas Review-Journal who treats the Colorado River as a working system, not a backdrop, making its governance, infrastructure and risks central to his beat. He covers how policy decisions and infrastructure projects shape the region’s water future, linking high-level choices on the Colorado River, dams, mining and data centers to everyday consequences under mounting heat and growth pressures. He reports deeply on new laws, lawsuits and regulatory shifts, focusing on on-the-ground impacts. His coverage spans Colorado River cuts, Hoover Dam operations, extreme weather, heat and parks, septic system rules, workplace and public health risks, lithium and gold mines, protected landscapes, data centers, AI infrastructure and public funding. Previously he reported for metropolitan dailies, digital outlets and public media, including the Miami Herald, WUFT, The Daily Beast and Miami New Times, with work recognized by Hearst, ONA and the Society of Environmental Journalists.
Alejandra Borunda
Alejandra Borunda reports on how climate change affects human health for NPR. Her work treats global warming as a direct cause of physical and mental health risks. She covers extreme heat, including undercounted deaths, lost sleep and local efforts to track heat-related fatalities. She also reports on wildfire smoke, hurricanes, disease spread such as dengue fever, trauma, stress and unequal health impacts. Her stories examine how communities protect themselves and recover, as well as practical solutions involving climate-resilient crops, agriculture and diet. Before NPR, she wrote about climate science and environmental issues for National Geographic, including glacier retreat, shade and heat inequity, and shrinking ice-fishing seasons. A former climate scientist, she combines field reporting with scientific data to connect atmospheric research to everyday risks, choices and people’s lived experiences.
Alex Lubben
Alex Lubben is an environment reporter at The Times-Picayune/The Advocate who connects climate risk to policy, industry and community change. He covers Gulf warming, flood protection, coastal restoration, wetlands litigation, industrial projects such as SpaceX’s possible expansion, invasive species and local ecosystems. His reporting tracks how law, politics and corporate decisions shape levees, drainage, marshes and long-term resilience. He also examines climate relocation, housing and labor, showing how hurricanes, floods and wildfires displace vulnerable communities and expose gaps in government systems. He works on a small environment team and brings an investigative background to document work, data analysis, legal and policy research, and field reporting. His work has appeared in VICE News, The Center for Public Integrity, The Nation, Jewish Currents and NBC News.
Alex Wigglesworth
Alex Wigglesworth reports on how climate, land use and public policy shape California communities. She covers the Inland Empire and Mojave Desert for the Los Angeles Times and is part of its environment team. Her beat includes wildfires, megadrought, extreme weather, desert development, conservation, wildlife, industrial hazards, aging infrastructure and regulatory enforcement. She has covered Western Joshua trees, desert tortoises, beaver-led restoration, toxic lead pipes, air-quality concerns after industrial fires and the effects of nuclear war on food systems. Earlier, she was a general assignment reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com. She combines breaking news with detailed reporting grounded in scientific studies, modeling and expert interviews. Her work connects fires, drought and other hazards to climate change, while examining how agencies, companies and land-use decisions affect people and ecosystems.