I'm in the New York Times today with some opinions about the Colorado River crisis.
Yes, we need to solve the alfalfa problem eventually. Also the climate crisis. But right now the biggest obstacle to sustainable solutions may be the state of Colorado. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
so cool, congrats!
NPR's Adrian Florido has been buying fruit from the same fruit-cart vendor in his LA neighborhood for years. On Tuesday, Florido was there when federal immigration agents whisked him away.
“It is no longer the same Mexico of my childhood,” said Ramírez, 45, one of those deported. “There was more joy, more freedom. But that’s not the case anymore.”
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Pretty weird for me how the guy I spent two years investigating at my first local newspaper job was just arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife, and it’s a national tabloid story…
Appreciate everyone linking to my 2018 investigation, which you can read here: www.desertsun.com/in-depth/tec...
Btw, follow my newsletter for new reporting on Mike Abatti, and events preceding his wife’s death. I suspect I’m going to have stuff you won’t find elsewhere. Part 1 last week: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/mike-abatt...
The Imperial Valley grows your winter vegetables, drains the Colorado River and generates tons of solar. Also public corruption runs rampant and a farm baron's wife just got killed under mysterious circumstances.
Did someone say climate murder mystery? www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/mike-abatt...
"ICE officers had begun stopping staff members, all of whom have legal status, and school officials worried about drawing more unwelcome attention.
In California...child-care facilities have experienced months of increased absences among students and staff."
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
“If you want to gauge the health of California's economy, start with its community colleges.” calmatters.org/education/hi...
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump administration’s claims that it only detains immigrants. @nicolefoy.bsky.social
NEW: Trump’s chief immigration enforcer honed his controversial tactics in California -- w/ @saralibby.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
NEW: ‘I’m terrified’: Hunger looms as millions prepare to lose food aid amid shutdown
California and other states are suing to free funds as local officials, advocates brace for deluge of need
(w/ @jennyagold.bsky.social Ana Ceballos @rebeccaplevin.bsky.social):
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
In Altadena, a grassroots dining club to help restaurants has grown to more than 1,300 online followers, helping local businesses while giving neighbors a chance to meet and discuss recovery from the Eaton fire. my latest -->
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“This area is important for the long-term survival of the Joshua trees,” Rockwell said. “It’s that last refuge.”
The government’s own data, which was obtained by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and a team of journalists from Venezuela, showed that officials knew that only 32 of the deportees had been convicted of U.S. crimes and that most were nonviolent offenses, such as retail theft or traffic violations.
President Trump may seek to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants who recently entered the United States under a two-year grant of parole, the Supreme Court decided Friday.
It's true -- we are having another round of layoffs at the L.A. Times, the second this month. The vast majority of this cash is already in the pipeline to folks who lost their jobs in early May. I'm hoping we can all dig a bit deeper to support the community journalists laid off this morning.
In 2023, a Mexican girl with a life-threatening medical condition was allowed to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds. The Trump administration has now ordered her and her parents to leave the country. Her says that if her treatment is interrupted, “this could be fatal within a matter of days.”
Earlier this year, St. John's Community Healthy began surveying patients and found that hundreds were canceling appointments “solely due to fear of being apprehended by ICE.” It launched a home visitation program in March.
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The courthouse arrests escalate the administration’s efforts to speed up deportations.
@melissagomez.bsky.social and @racheluranga.bsky.social
Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts. “Why doesn’t anyone care?”
Great reporting from @rebeccaplevin.bsky.social on how the Coachella Valley is actually succeeding at building affordable housing in CA: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Thanks for sharing the story, Sammy!
A strikingly classical, perfectly composed photograph by Genaro Molina in this story. 📸 (Everyone in California should be conversant in agricultural news, ps!) #journalism www.latimes.com/california/s...
Commentary from @calmatters.org: Rejection of Inland Empire warehouse project signals a retreat from California’s decadeslong boom
The governor’s spending plan, which will be released late Wednesday morning, calls for requiring all undocumented adults to pay $100 monthly premiums to receive Medi-Cal coverage and for blocking all new adult applications to the program as of Jan. 1.
In Monterey County, local growers have invested their own capital and often their own land to build at least eight housing complexes for thousands of guest workers.
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Trump administration investigates L.A. County over federal benefits for unauthorized immigrants
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Amalia Francisco, a 32-year-old immigrant from southern Mexico, shares a three-bedroom house in Salinas with her three brothers and other roommates. It often takes at least three or four families to cover the monthly rent of $5,000, she said.
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