Michael Bogan News Today

As gun violence continues in the metro, groups are continuing to make strides to bring peace to the city.

Louisville's Group Violence Intervention director decided to organize a juvenile call-in. According to the city, 19 juveniles attended, many with their parents.

Clean water is flowing through the Santa Cruz River, and species other than humans are taking notice.

Sowing Seeds with Faith helps youth make better choices by providing academic enrichment and giving students access to resources and opportunities to become successful adults.

Group Violence Intervention is a policing strategy born out of the National Network for Safe Communities at Jon Jay College in New York that over 50 cities now use.

Louisville has seen 87 murders so far in 2023. Nearly a third of the citys shooting come from gangs and group violence.

Group violence intervention, or GVI, is a strategic approach to reducing gun violence implemented in Louisville three years ago.

Last month, 31-year-old UC, Berkeley Ph.D. student Gabriel Trujillo was killed in rural Sonora while carrying out field research on a common flowering shrub called buttonbush. His murder is a reminder of the dangers researchers sometimes take to understand and conserve plants and animals in this region and around the world.

Mayor Craig Greenberg announced Friday the hiring of Michael Bogan as the director of the Office of Group Violence Intervention.

The wall of shipping containers will prevent passage for dozens of species—including endangered jaguars. “These animals need to be able to move to survive.”