Closing the gap in the path could cost upwards of $1.2 billion https://la.urbanize.city/post/metro-releases-draft-eir-los-angeles-river-path-project

You’ll log.

Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS, and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected

Solid urbanism and mobility Christmas

Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you? Caller: I am eight

With atmospheric rivers, intense rainfall, and strong winds ahead, I’m declaring a state of emergency in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Shasta counties to activate emergency authorities and preposition resources to keep our communities safe.

The new Gallup presidential favorability poll

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

You’d better wise up, Bari Weiss.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 4/5

“I may allegedly have a screen recording of the 60 Minutes CECOT piece if anyone didn’t see it”

I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment. It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

JUST IN: Betty Reid Soskin, the beloved former park ranger with the National Park Service, has passed away at 104.

WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer. Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump. Now, it’s gone.

The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A tow truck driver who towed an ICE SUV that was blocking a driveway while the agents kidnapped Angelanos back in September was just found NOT GUILTY on the only charge against him (theft of government property). THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR "FUCK YOU; MAKE ME"

Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.

Insane that Trump’s CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER is the one managing the release of the Epstein files

I forgot how much having to drive a car in traffic makes me a raging bitch.

*Farting noises*

US House of Reps has passed a bill to criminalize trans healthcare for people under 18. This bill can be still stopped in the Senate, call/write your senators & ask them to oppose. Californians: @schiff.senate.gov www.schiff.senate.gov/contact/ @padilla.senate.gov www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/

Man, I love LA.

Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

A member of the president’s inner circle lashed out after critics ruthlessly mocked his new “Hitler Youth” haircut on display in a magazine photoshoot.

So we will have to VPN and then screenshare with our TV just to watch our little gay awards show? Is that what you're telling me?

Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.

Trump’s ICE is going after immigrants who are VOLUNTARILY leaving the U.S. and sending them to inhumane detention centers. Why? Just so they can funnel more money into private, for-profit prisons. The cruelty is the point. www.tpr.org/news/2025-12...

“A-plus plus plus plus”. #NFP

“An FBI agent speaking to a local rotary club noted that as long as the task force is operating, just about everyone in Memphis can expect to be pulled over at some point.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

But this is of interest to every scientist in the country: if they can go after this specific grant, they can and will come for all of us

An illustration of how L.A. City Public Works so-called "Large Asphalt Repair" works (or really *doesn't work*). Today Bureau of Street Services left an un-resurfaced ~4-ft-wide strip on a 30-ft-wide part of Hoover... in order to avoid triggering curb ramps for wheelchair access

More photos of today's L.A. City resurfacing of Hoover - near Bellevue Park and Sunset Junction. Note the ~4-feet-wide unresurfaced strip in the foreground

Here are Google street view images of the curbs right there (Hoover/Manzanita) that the city did not make wheelchair-accessible during today's resurfacing work on Hoover

“The formal process began under the Biden administration in 2024 and a hearing on the drug’s proposed rescheduling has been on hold for administrative reasons since the beginning of this year.”

Just watched This is Spinal Tap on my flight back to LA tonight in a micro tribute to the heartbreaking news about the killing of Rob Reiner and his wife. A lot of really sad news this weekend. 😔

Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008. Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.

> @amysiskind.com

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Use your crews to steadily improve speed and reliability for your main transit lines -- esp rail. Start with paint, plastic + signal prioritization. Measure + adjust. Shift to concrete as funds available. www.inglesidelight.com/san-francisc... www.sfmta.com/projects/k-i...

Jennifer Shah, a former star on “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” has been moved from a federal prison into a community confinement program after serving less than half of her sentence for defrauding thousands of people.

BREAKING: The Justice Department again fails to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, an AP source says.