Brooke E. Staggs

I was actually born in the high desert. My newspaper career was born there, too. So it's pretty fitting that my final tale as a full-time journalist is a swan song about the vital, complex, controversial battle over saving our beloved Joshua trees... pressenterprise.com/2024/04/05/con…

A happy surprise to be a finalist with @roxanakopetman in the SoCal Journalism Awards for our tale on whether students and teachers are breathing clean air. Thanks Roxana for entering! Such great work in this category and others. Honored to be among them! ocregister.com/2023/03/05/are…

Did You Know? Ontario International Airport Allows You To Request Nonstop Routes #Aviation simpleflying.com/ontario-intern…

I’m so excited to spread the good news that Keith Ballard (whose book I helped write) was one of five teachers just admitted to the National Teachers Hall of Fame! So well deserved. Proud to know you, Keith! 🙌 youtu.be/POyiY7NM7zA?si…

Total solar eclipse: Here’s how visible it will be in Southern California ocregister.com/2024/04/04/tot…

Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation's disadvantaged neighborhoods. grist.org/energy/commerc…

Laura Friedman unveils state bill to ban pesticide linked to Parkinson’s, leukemia pressenterprise.com/2024/04/03/lau…

The cat is out of the bag... Or the plane is leaving the terminal? Either way, as the saying goes, I've got some personal news to share... ocregister.com/2024/04/03/the…

Disneyland to convert Autopia cars from gas to electric ocregister.com/2024/04/02/dis…

45 of our best photos from March chosen by our Inland Empire photographers trib.al/iO8hHAB

EPA’s strict new rules for heavy-duty trucks spark strong Southern California responses whittierdailynews.com/2024/03/29/epa…

Concerns about San Onofre are real, but experts debate level of risk ocregister.com/2024/03/31/con…

On A1 of @ocregister, my tale about the largest climate credits to date coming on most utility bills. I look at how the cap-and-trade program that funds these credits is impacting costs and might be tapped to do more to address skyrocketing utility bills. ocregister.com/2024/03/31/wat…

Study: Climate change since 1979 has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter ocregister.com/2024/03/29/stu…

Transit groups rally for more Metro Ambassadors and less armed police whittierdailynews.com/2024/03/28/tra…

Update on fate of trees in Uptown Whittier set for upcoming city study session whittierdailynews.com/2024/03/28/upd…

The Compost newsletter features ‘Total Garbage’ among eco reading for #EarthDay. Thanks @JournoBrooke I’m writing about some favorite climate books in my next newsletter. What other titles — including fiction, poetry and YA — should I include?

Ready to send my newsletter plugging climate-themed books by @edwardhumes @RosannaXia and Jade Sasser when word of @Jayflash0’s ‘Beer Hiking Southern California’ hit my inbox! Read more plus news on used EV deals, safeguards for extreme heat & more here. bit.ly/3PEhphq