Jonathan Gold and California's Forest Crisis | Los Angeles News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Los Angeles News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Eight years after his death, Jonathan Gold’s legacy still sizzles through Los Angeles — not just as a food critic, but as a cultural architect who turned meals into maps of the city’s soul. His groundbreaking writing, steeped in immigrant stories and sensory detail, made food writing feel personal, democratic, and deeply human. From his cello-playing punk past to his iconic reviews of hidden gems, Gold showed us how every dish tells a story — and how eating together can bridge divides. Meanwhile, California’s forests are burning faster than they can heal, leaving behind a silent, scorched crisis. With depleted seed banks, slashed staff, and shrinking budgets, the state’s reforestation efforts are racing against climate chaos — a battle that demands urgent, massive intervention before nature’s wounds become permanent. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/860564f974d83979