{"id":3959,"date":"2025-09-25T23:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3959"},"modified":"2025-10-15T23:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:32:33","slug":"rebirth-of-cool","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/rebirth-of-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebirth of Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-light-gray has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82641648 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-light-gray--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default tribe-news-single-overline\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><span class=\"is-color-blue\">News<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>KCRW<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>September 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Rebirth of Cool<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--2\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">In a region that boomed due to love of the sun, it is hard to make the case for shade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--3\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">But that\u2019s exactly what a coalition of schools and policymakers are doing with a campaign,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shade-la.com\/?utm_campaign=DnA%20Newsletter&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=378746829&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--X1rPtXvmKr9wfnJ-Kd56yklRcB8jq6xw6QQgqiYHi1KhG-7pJTKW_bCBK5W80Ewrcdov-W6IduSu5u-pVvc2RH2ISsw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shade LA<\/a>, and a newly launched design competition,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shade-la.com\/design-competition\/?utm_campaign=DnA%20Newsletter&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=378746829&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--X1rPtXvmKr9wfnJ-Kd56yklRcB8jq6xw6QQgqiYHi1KhG-7pJTKW_bCBK5W80Ewrcdov-W6IduSu5u-pVvc2RH2ISsw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shade Zones<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outlined tribe-button-has-icon is-style-outlined--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" 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