the second-most-populated city in america is actually biodiverse hotspot--one oft jfew in the entire world. within the confines of this concrete jung, species are adapting and, in some cases, even thriving. welcome to the los angeles urban wild. woman: southern california is one of many hotspot areas arund the globe which are areas of extraordinary biological diversity. ma : if we just think about l.a. county, you're going from sea level to 10,064 feet when you get up to mt. san antonio. when you think geabout that elevational r which is the greatest elevational range of any county in the united states, there's a diverse suite of habitats in there, and that includes habitat that might be right along the busiest freeway in the country...but it also includes places where mountain lions live. ' i mean, it'just this place of absolutely incredible diversity when it cos to thinking about types of habitat and types of species that are thriving here. man: hey, i thought i told you guys to get out of here. now, go. come o get out of here. male reporter: we have a mom and her kids all going fo

the second-most-populated city in america is actually a biodiviverse hotspot--one ofof just a few in e confinenes of thihs conncrete jungle, , species are adapting and, in some cases, even thriving. welcome to the los angeles urban wild.

the second-most-populated city in america is actually biodiverse hotspot--one oft jfew in the entirencrete jung, species are adapting and, in some cases, even thriving. welcome to the los angeles urban wild.

the city's wild and creative side. lego's just grows and grows today it's africa's second largest. city and one of the world's most populous somewhere between colonialism and modernism nigerian architects are creating their own design language one that seeks to meet the challenges of everyday life. increasingly their focus is on the mega-cities what was considered as african tenets of being within the ruling does not necessarily mean need to be realistic and appropriately for the city that we live in we have to face the fact that in the city of some people see some people say twenty two we need to live in a smaller and smaller spaces. like a molecular and new ultra modern and market district phase one of this project is already complete to see if you know what is constructing minimalist housing units similar to ones built around the globe architecture must adapt to changing lifestyles we need to be forward thinking we always need to reflect on. on how living in a city is evolving and changing i mean the whole world has changed in particular moving in smaller and smaller spaces being more practical the demographic is changi

the city's wild and creative side. lego's just grows and grows today it's africa's second largest city and one of the world's most populous somewhere between colonialism and modernism nigerian architects are creating their own design language one that seeks to meet the challenges of everyday life. increasingly their focus is on the mega-cities what was considered as african tenets of being within the rules and not necessarily mean need to be realistic and design more appropriately for the city that we live in we have to face the fact that in the city of some people some people say twenty two we need to live in smaller and smaller spaces. like a molecular and new ultramodern and market district phase one of this project is already complete to see if you know what is constructing minimalist housing units similar to ones built around the globe architecture must adapt to changing lifestyles we need to be forward thinking we always need to reflect on. on how living in a city is evolving and changing i mean the whole world has changed and particularly living in smaller spaces being more practical the demographic is changing how

the city's wild and creative side. legos just grows and grows. it is africa a popular -- africa's second most populous city. nigerian architects are creating their own design language, one that seeks to meet the challenges of every day life. increasingly, their focus is on megacities. >> what was considered as african tended to be within the rural empire and not necessarily urban. we need to be realistic and design more appropriate for the city we live in now. we have to face the fact that in a city of -- some people say 18 million, some say 22 million -- we need to live in smaller and smaller spaces. >> like this new ultramodern and upmarket district. phase one of the project is already complete. architecture must adapt to changing lifestyles. >> we need to be forward thinking. we always need to reflect on how living in a city is evolving and changing. the whole world has changed. living in smaller and smaller spaces, being more practical. the demographic has changed how people live. the family unit is being redefined. we need to make sure we produce an architecture that reflects that. that is what bauhaus

few places are seeing the surge like henderson nevada whose population surged 20% last decade to more than 300,000, pushing it past reno to become nevada's second most populist cityof the new arrivals at least in recent years in henderson are coming from california. the mayor of henderson debra march joins us now. mayor, great to see you. i'm sure your town is a wonderful place to live. unfortunately, i haven't been there. how much do the high taxes of california have to do with people moving there? >> i think it's certainly a real strong pull for people to leave california. when you look at median price of a home, for example, in henderson, it is about 336,000 for an 1800 square foot home, but then in california, in the los angeles area, that's more like 786,000 and in san francisco probably close to 1.7 million. >> it is jack hough here. we had a recent panic in new york city this big company called amazon might move in here and create a lot of jobs but they were able to get it out of here. i take it you are not in such a panic about your town becoming too popular, how are you dealing with it? >> an important strategy for us is job creation. recently google has