Every morning Bobby Shelton walks outside and checks on each one of his fruits and vegetables: strawberries, cabbage and tomatoes ““ but that’s just the start.

Taken at face value, this is not your grandmother’s newspaper.

For a group of high school students in Inglewood, a community gardening project began with picking up debris: bags, bottle caps, a sprouting potato and crack pipes.

Hidden behind an ivy fence is UCLA’s trove of literary treasures. It is the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, located next to Interstate Highway 10 and a 15-minute drive away from Westwood.

For most students, a 30-pack of Keystone Light is out of sight after a Friday night party.

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A race car driver, a fashion director, a NASA researcher and city government officials were only a few of those who shared their ideas and experiences about sustainable business practices this weekend at the third annual Opportunity Green Business Conference.

Twelve-year-old Zachary Faulk made sure every word of his conversation with children’s science fiction writer Frank Beddor was recorded.