Shade Balls

On Monday, LA mayor Eric Garcetti dumped 20,000 so-called “shade balls” into the Los Angeles Reservoir. It's the final stage of that city's water quality protection plan, an effort costing $34.5 million. A shade ball, which  Trending Tonight @ 10: Millions of "shade balls" sit on top of the Los Angeles reservoir to conserve water. … Read more

Today, shade balls got their moment in the sun. On Monday afternoon, the 20,000 black plastic balls tumbled down the slopes of Los Angeles Reservoir, joining 95,980,000 of their brethren already covering the surface of the  August 12, 2015 6:12 AM EDT – "Shade balls away!" Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the completion of … Read more