“You cannot gut the agency responsible for #disasterresponse and expect it to function at its best when the next #hurricane, #wildfire or #flood hits,” said Rafael Lemaitre, a former #FEMA official. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/c...

We must invest in #NewsLiteracy at the middle and high school levels because responsible journalism defends democracy. Props to @newslit.org X @apnews.com for sounding the alarm. apnews.com/article/news...

Rock on! “In the United States of America, no one should fear a midnight knock on the door for voicing the wrong opinion,” lawyers for the Stanford Daily, the university’s independent 133-year-old publication, wrote in a lawsuit. Via @sfchronicle.com www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

“The federal grant would have provided public safety agencies and others in the county with tens of millions of dollars toward covering their costs during the fire. #OCFA Chief Brian Fennessy said the denial by @caloes.bsky.social ‘really defies logic for us.’” Via @ocregister.bsky.social

How about those states rights? Via @npr.org

“We’re talking about the president is exercising his authority, and of course, the president is limited in his authority,” U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said in court Thursday. “That’s the difference between the president and King George.” www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

“The reality is police are not the ones who’re allowed to decide who is press,” @adamrose.bsky.social told @latimes.com. Let journalists do their jobs without getting nailed from behind with munitions. #JournalismIsNOTACrime www.latimes.com/california/s...

This is why #LocalNewsMatters! @latimes.com is out front on this historic mobilization of federalized CA Army National Guard soldiers. Reporting by @salhernandez.bsky.social @tarantulaarms.bsky.social @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social and Hannah Fry. www.latimes.com/california/s...

In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)

President Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles on Saturday night in response to immigration protests there. What can the Guard do? What can’t it do? How is sending in the National Guard different than invoking the Insurrection Act? Read our explainer: thewarhorse.org/everything-t...

#JournalismIsNotACrime www.latimes.com/california/s...

Talk about a bait-and-switch! @gavinnewsom.bsky.social killed a bill that would have taxed #Google & #Meta to support California newsrooms. He sold the deal based on a state-funded infusion that is now slashed by two-thirds. Let’s finally get serious about ending news deserts. #LocalNewsMatters

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen whose student visa was canceled by the U.S. government, returned to Massachusetts on Saturday evening, one day after a federal judge in Vermont ordered that she be immediately released from a detention facility in Louisiana. nyti.ms/44zpoom

#SavePublicMedia - California needs @laist.com , @kqednews.kqed.org & @kpbssandiego.bsky.social ! www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

“In short, [invoking the #InsurrectionAct] would give the president very wide latitude to use the military on U.S. soil, free from the major checks & balances that usually come with deploying the military domestically.” Via Sonner Kehrt @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social thewarhorse.org/trump-insurr...

“It’s bigger than these text messages,” said Kelly Aviles, outside counsel for @latimes.com. “The city seems to believe they can destroy whatever they want whenever they want, and that they don’t have a duty to the public to retain public records.” #LocalNewsMatters www.latimes.com/california/s...

Grateful to be spotlighted by @andreagribble.bsky.social and the #SocialSchool4Edu Team! More to come. #SchoolPR #IndySchoolPR #IndependentSchool

Awesome panel on school crisis comms and #emergencypreparedness during #PalisadesFire & #EatonFire with PIOs from Arcadia USD, Simi Valley USD and Santa Monica-Malibu USD. #CalSPRA #SchoolPR

“As the family raced down the hill, branches & wind pummeling their car, the song ‘Best Day Ever’ from the cartoon ‘SuperKitties’ blared over the speakers. Fortier hoped the music would distract them. It didn’t.” Via Jenny Gold @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...

A statement from a spokesperson for The New York Times on White House press coverage:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has started clearing debris from burned properties in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, 35 days after the fires -- a speed that Gov. Gavin Newsom described as "unpredecented" in California history. With @sherlyholmes.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/california/s...

As a #SantaBarbara native, this is very exciting. The News-Press bankruptcy would have been a sad bookend to a sordid story. Wishing @asunewswell.bsky.social much luck in adding to a dynamic local news market that already includes Noozhawk, The Santa Barbara Independent & The Montecito Journal.

This is bananas…

“As the [LAFD] faced extraordinary warnings of life-threatening winds, top commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and dozens of water-carrying engines in advance of the fire that destroyed much of the Palisades.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

“The drone was destroyed and the Super Scooper — a massive fixed-wing plane that can drop large amounts of water — was damaged. ‘It put a hole in the wing,’ he said. ‘It’s grounded now.’” Via @castleman.bsky.social & Grace Toohey www.latimes.com/california/s...

I remain in major awe of my colleagues @latimes.com. For those who cancelled their subscription in the last year in protest of whatever, I urge you to take a look at our homepage and argue that this work isn't worth supporting: latimes.com

Many college-bound students with undocumented immigrant parents are hesitant to submit federal financial aid applications as President-elect Donald Trump vows to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally.

California’s population grew by almost a quarter of a million in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Experts say the figures represent an important turnaround.

“Chinese government contacts were cultivating the politician in hopes that she would rise in politics and help them strengthen China’s influence in California.” Another unnerving reason for local news reporters to watchdog our electeds. Via @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...

The need for speed is quietly killing naval aviators. Brilliant reporting, Dave. #TOPGUN

Outrageous and dangerous. Biden just wrote Trump family members and friends a blank check to lie, cheat and steal.

A SECDEF Nominee, you guys… “Her next memory, she told police, was lying on a bed or couch with Hegseth’s dog tags hovering over her face.” Via @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...

Is this thing on? 🎙️