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Turns out you can serve as mayor of Palm Springs, take bribes from the biggest developer in town, plead guilty and avoid jail — as long as you get the trail delayed 10 years (and get this one judge who is “not a big fan of old cases”). desertsun.com/story/news/cri… via Christopher Damien

Months after the fires, how safe is it to swim at L.A.’s beaches? #cawater latimes.com/environment/st…

Utility executives were supposed to take a pay cut if SoCal Edison's safety record declined. It declined. They got $$$ anyway, then misled the public. Melody Petersen got the goods right here: latimes.com/environment/st…

The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration may seek to deport 350,000 Venezuelans who were granted temporary protected status. "This is the largest single action stripping any group of non-citizens of immigration status in modern U.S. history." latimes.com/politics/story…

“The Legend of Ochi" offers a vision for coexisting with all creatures. Watching it, it’s easy to find links to issues facing Californians today, Lila Seidman writes: latimes.com/environment/st… Los Angeles Times

A hummingbird has built a nest on my balcony and I am already deeply emotionally attached 🪺

"The hardest thing about writing is writing." Nora Ephron, born this day. Yup.

Great reporting from Rebecca Plevin on how the Coachella Valley is actually succeeding at building affordable housing in CA: latimes.com/california/sto…

Lawmakers cutting off paid lobbyists from speaking is one thing. It's another matter when it's every day "civilians" who took time off work and drove a long way. They're also silenced in the rush to jam through so many bills. My latest for CalMatters calmatters.org/politics/2025/…

To the shock and outrage of environmental activists and state and local officials, a Texas-based company says it has resumed crude oil production in federal waters off Santa Barbara, almost a decade after a massive spill fouled the coastline. Grace Toohey latimes.com/california/sto…

A group of California legislators say they will fight Gov. Newsom’s plan to build a $20 billion water tunnel, contending the project is a threat to the Delta region and would leave many Californians paying much higher water bills. latimes.com/environment/st…

De acuerdo a estos datos de la OCDE, México tiene el peor sistema de salud del mundo. La mortalidad más alta por causas evitables (por prevención y por tratamiento).

We are going to lose an entire generation of scientists. NSF, one of the largest federal funder of STEM education has seen an 80% reduction in funding, including support for trainees, so far this year. “You can’t have science without scientists”

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate defied congressional norms and voted to revoke California’s progressive vehicle emission standards that would have effectively banned the sale of new gasoline-only cars by 2035. Tony Briscoe latimes.com/environment/st… Los Angeles Times

SO gutted at the death of the great Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado who was due to be at Truth Tellers Truth Tellers but was too sick to attend. This is the video we would have played as a tribute to one of the world's great visual artists and humanitarians.

Airport weather systems, runway lights were out during fiery San Diego Cessna crash that killed six latimes.com/california/sto…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering a massive overhaul of the National Security Council that will shrink its size and return many career appointees back to their home agencies apnews.com/article/trump-…

White House slashing staff in major overhaul of National Security Council apnews.com/article/trump-… Seung Min Kim Aamer Madhani The Associated Press

One analyst estimates that on labor costs alone, an iPhone made in the U.S. could cost 25% more than it does now. Another analyst pegged the price of a U.S.-made iPhone at $3,500.

California turns on water to create new wetlands on the shore of the shrinking Salton Sea latimes.com/environment/st…