A woman's grisly death inflames debate over how California manages problem black bears Wildlife officials estimate there are now 60,000 black bears in California, roughly triple the figure from 1998. With human-bear encounters on the rise, some rural areas want more leeway to hunt bears...

One of those complicated gripping narratives unrolled as only as master craftsperson Jessica Garrison can do. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Contamination fears drive push to remake state cannabis agency Amid criticism of the California's oversight of its legal cannabis industry, calls are now mounting to strip many responsibilities from the agency in charge.

California lawmakers March 11 will hear a report from state regulators on the health of the state's weed i dusty, but the agency that regulates it is exempted by law from "sunset" review
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.... and felt it important to let others know what had happened. It also was possible only because a small team of journalists worked double shifts for 3 weeks straight to help give voice to those victims. Props to @melodygutierrez.bsky.social @nathanfenno.bsky.social and maestro Mark Potts

Escape from the Palisades: Split-second decision making, confusing responses YouTube video by Los Angeles Times

Sharing a true team project I'm very proud of: trauma-informed reporting and accountability and context in a disaster. Telling the first hours of the Palisades fire was possible only with help from those whose lives were upended, fled in terror, who lost their homes.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YSU...

Emergency room visits at this Loma Linda hospital are long — really long Patients typically spent roughly seven hours at the Loma Linda emergency room before leaving — the third-longest duration nationwide, a Times analysis found.

The worst part of these 7-hour waits? "Thousands of people left before being seen"
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Full Coverage: California's problem with contaminated weed A Los Angeles Times investigation, in conjunction with WeedWeek, finds alarming levels of pesticides in cannabis products at dispensaries across the state.

And though the data is now public, there's tons more to know. Read the stories! And tell me what you think or ask me questions! www.latimes.com/california/s...

GitHub - datadesk/expanded-cannabis-pesticide-test-data Contribute to datadesk/expanded-cannabis-pesticide-test-data development by creating an account on GitHub.

We spent 2024 disclosing the secret of California’s contaminated cannabis products. Now the data is OpenSource! Transparency not available from regulators. github.com/datadesk/exp...

More than 3,100 students died at schools built to crush Native American cultures The Post’s year-long investigation found that three times as many Native American students had died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 as the U.S. government had previously reported.

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Beautiful telling of a sad sad story, and chilling because the deaths extended to the 1970s

Column: Newsom is acting more like a governor should. Will that boost his White House prospects? With Donald Trump's victory and California's center-right shift on election day, the Democrat has begun popping up more in the red reaches of the state. It is something he should have done long ago.

NEW: After kinda-sorta, not-really running for president in 2024, Gavin Newsom is waging a home-grown campaign across red-state California.

It's something he should have done a long time ago and can't hurt if he decides to run for real in 2028.

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We tested more than 150 different cannabis products for pesticides. My latest for @datagraphics.bsky.social @latimes.com lets you search your stash to see if it might contain toxic chemicals:

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California farmers were big Trump backers. They may be on collision course over immigrant deportation If Trump's plans for mass deportations penetrate California’s heartland, it almost surely would decimate the workforce farmers rely on to plant and harvest their crops. So, why aren't farmers yelling ...

"A paradox has settled across California’s velvet green fields and orchards"-- my gosh can these ladies write!
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