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Carren Jao

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Born and raised in the Philippines, Carren is a storyteller at heart, working to uplift diverse voices. She is a skilled digital storyteller with more than a decade of experience working on engaging content that lives on multiple platforms. Her arts and culture stories have won recognition from the LA Press Club and the Asian American Journalists Association.

As arts and culture editor for KCET, a public television station and online destination in Southern California, she leads editorial strategy and content development for arts, culture, food, travel and history content. Working with collaborators across 11 Southern California counties, she tells award-winning stories that matter.

Previously, Carren has worked as a full-time freelance journalist. Her work has been published around the world, including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Wired UK, Surface, Dwell and many others.

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Community and Legislators Seek Answers in Sepulveda Wildlife Razing
How could this have happened? What do they really want? How can we prevent this from ever happening again?
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Sepulveda Basin Razing: Why Public Agencies and Community Groups Need to Get on the Same Page
Fallen trees and charred leaves were littered on either side of the newly carved dirt roads left by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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$1.1 Million Award Bridges the Gap in San Fernando Valley L.A. River Greenway Trail
Two grants recently awarded to Community Conservation Solutions (CCS) is set to close one such gap between Coldwater Canyon and Whitsett Avenue in Studio City.
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L.A. River Revitalization: A Century-Old Idea's Time Has Come
A 1909 illustration reveals grand plans for the L.A. River.
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Putting Tap Back on the Map: The Benefits of Public Water
Would you pay over 1,000 times more for something you could get for free? That's exactly what happens approximately 85 million times every day with bottled water.
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Phase One of Glendale Narrows Riverwalk Opens, Bringing Recreational Opportunities to the L.A. River
What used to be a seedy, insecure lot has now been transformed into a half-mile of recreational area on the north bank of the Los Angeles river.
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New L.A. Bridge Calls for Public Review
New bridge will connect Griffith Park and Atwater Village with pedestrian, equestrian, and bike paths.
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Simplified Greywater Permits Debut in Los Angeles
Homeowners could save up to 50,000 gallons a year with a greywater system.
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Property Owners To Pay for Urban Runoff Clean-up?
Each time it rains in L.A., a toxic soup of pollutants routinely make its way from the city's roadways and rooftops down to our waterways and oceans. A new measure may offer a partial solution.
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Arroyo Seco Foundation Receives $3.3 Million for Hahamongna Improvements
A series of improvements are planned at the watershed near the JPL in the hills of Pasadena.
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New Motion Looks for New Possibilities Under the Seventh Street Bridge
Can a historic bridge over the L.A. River become home to a streetside café and a marketplace?
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Romance by the L.A. River
Just around the corner from a Home Depot, a McDonald's and a Metrolink train yard is a hidden gem: the L.A. River Center.
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