"If I were just watching these incidents on television, I would think that we were not in the United States of America. Back then they wore hoods. Today they wear masks.”" newrepublic.com/article/2042...

A 17-year-old worker died at a pork producer in Nebraska run by the governor’s family. Two investigations later, the boy’s mother is still searching for answers. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

Trump is again threatening Smithsonian funding over "improper ideology." A show of Chicano prints from the Smithsonian's collection at The Huntington in LA reveal a history that that's in the crosshairs. Paula Mejía writes for @kcrw.com Art Insider about the show: email.kcrw.com/chicano-prin...

I traveled to Oxnard 6 months after the raid on Glass House cannabis farms to understand how the tight-knit, agricultural community was coping. I found: organizers looking for minors who lost their parents in the raid, businesses stunned by the drop in clients. www.latimes.com/california/s...

She was awaiting a green card after three decades in the U.S. Then ICE arrested her www.latimes.com/california/s...

He risked his life for American soldiers in Afghanistan. Would America let him in? by Andrea Castillo www.latimes.com/world-nation...

“Honestly I’m not ready, having to take care of all of these responsibilities,” Escalante told the Associated Press. “But I’m willing to take them on if I have to. And I’m just praying that I get my mom back.” www.latimes.com/world-nation...

"Benjamin obsessed over the school semester, well underway. He worried about what he’d be missing in class. He wondered if he’d get back to his family. And if he’d be able to accomplish his dream of graduating from high school." by @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

“The foreigners come, they live in our city and they criticize our food, our culture. Maybe it’s better they stay in their own countries where, according to them, everything is better.” www.latimes.com/world-nation...

"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...

Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

The impact of ICE arrests is extending into America's child care system: It's reducing the number of immigrant child care workers available — and prompting U.S. mothers with young children to leave their jobs as they scramble for stable care. 19thnews.org/2025/12/ice-...

"The series wants to say something about ambition through comedy and satire, but like many shows and projects before it, it mistakes proximity to Hllywd for a form of tongue-in-cheek, generational, internet authenticity & leaves the rest of LA ...out of frame completely." lataco.com/i-love-la-re...

For a show named after loving the city, let's hope season two can actually love the city a little more for who and what it is, not for just what it appears to be on cellphones. The full story: lataco.com/i-love-la-re... By Francisco Aviles Pino

After two decades, I’m dropping my anonymity as a restaurant critic. Why now? L.A. Times restaurant critic Bill Addison shows his face. www.latimes.com/food/story/2...

Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected] www.propublica.org/people/nicol...

In LA, the battle for public parking spaces is like a blood sport. Joey “Cone King” Morales has taken it upon himself to take on the orange cones people use to reserve street parking in some of LA's most dense neighborhoods. great read by @karenmg.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

NEW: LA Times journalists (@latguild.bsky.social) approved a new contract after three years of hard-fought negotiations. Under the deal, which covers more than 200 Guild members, every newsroom worker will receive a raise of at least $3,000 in the first year. newsguild.org/los-angeles-...

We are all the passed out raccon in the bathroom.

"The list of luminaries who have condemned the agency’s actions or filed legal copyright removal requests (Jay-Z had his song “Public Service Announcement” struck from a DHS social media post) reads like a sold-out Coachella lineup: Jay-Z, Olivia Rodrigo, MGMT..." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

heartbreaking look inside the Stockton banquet hall where kids were slaughtered as parents return to a scene of horror latimes.com/california/s...

Trump administration immigration crackdowns are driving unexpected enrollment declines at U.S. schools. Read more here: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-29/school-enrollment-plummets-lausd-amid-trump-immigration-raids?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Despite court wins, immigrants stay detained as ICE seeks to deport them www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Christopher Knight's @knightlat.bsky.social's last column for the LA Times! 🫡 www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Undocumented farmworkers have formed the backbone of California agriculture for more than a century, yet they face mounting fears of ICE raids under the Trump administration. www.latimes.com/california/s...

"A Times analysis of court records related to assaults on federal law enforcement in Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Ore., Chicago and Washington, D.C., shows the majority of the alleged attacks resulted in no injury to an agent." www.latimes.com/california/s...

SCOOP: An L.A. grand jury is now hearing evidence in the case of a teen girl found stuffed in trunk of Dv4d's Tesla, sources tell me & @lacrimes.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

"But offering her an editorship showed disregard for the damage she’s caused and the journalistic ethics she’s burned to the ground. The glamorous photo shoots, the breathless gossip... all function to rehabilitate the images and careers of people who have done harm." newrepublic.com/article/2035...

Cubans and other third-country nationals deported from the U.S. are being dropped off on the streets of Villahermosa, Mexico, where they struggle to survive. Though Mexico receives these deportees, it does not give them any legal status to live or work there. capitalandmain.com/im-lost-in-t...

Thousands of Immigrant Students Flee L.A. Unified Schools After ‘Chilling Effect’ of ICE Raids www.the74million.org/article/thou...

Farmworkers sue Trump administration in California over threat to wages

The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BREAKING: L.A. D.A. Nathan Hochman is moving to drop charges against Torrance officers in the 2018 fatal shooting of Christopher Deandre Mitchell, undoing a signature case filed by ex-D.A. George Gascon www.latimes.com/california/s...

What an incredible piece of reporting from my former colleague @lajourno.bsky.social, who spent months reporting how the state has under-investigated children working in harsh conditions in fields across California. Spend the time to read and hear from the children. www.latimes.com/california/s...

An autopsy made public today shows a Border Patrol agent was depressed and died of a cocaine overdose a month after he was arrested in Long Beach. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Immokalee is one of Florida's most low-income areas, and about 73% Latino. It's also heavily agricultural - this is like targeting the Central Valley in California. www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/immo...

Maribel Lopez was supposed to be protected from deportation because she had a pending asylum case on appeal, after fleeing years of abuse in Guatemala. Instead, she was deported in error & left behind a 2-year-old son. Now back in the U.S., she remains in detention. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

"What are young and/or struggling journalists supposed to think when the most successful people in the business are the ones with malleable ethics and poor judgement (and, to be honest, pretty bad writers)?" @marisakabas.bsky.social with some sharp thoughts 👇🏼 www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...

Law enforcement physically attacked 72 journalists covering immigration in LA this year—more than double the city’s 2020 BLM protest total, according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. lapublicpress.org/2025/11/indy...

An L.A. jury deadlocked on assault charges against an ex-Whittier who shot and paralyzed an unarmed man in 2020, leading to a mistrial. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

“[We] at The Washington Post will continue to remind you that one of our colleagues in the not-so-distant past was murdered... “That’s not something we can just wipe under the rug or forget about.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

A homeless man who had previously been banned from L.A. Metro for violence was convicted today of murder and robbery for stabbing a 67-year-old woman to death on the B Line last year. www.latimes.com/california/s...

For sea creatures, plastic is often deadly. New research shows it takes just 6 pieces the size of a pencil eraser to kill sea birds. It’s the first time scientists have quantified how much plastic it takes to kill a bird, marine mammal or turtle. @susrust.bsky.social www.latimes.com/science/stor...

Trump ‘knew about the girls,’ Jeffrey Epstein claimed in explosive emails released by House Democrats www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

what a heartbreaking story. chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

“Because all the bees are girls, worker bees are girls, I say, ‘Girls, you’re going to be on the news tonight,’” Nicholas said. “Or I’ll say, ‘Girls, how are you doing this morning?’ I just want to give them a heads-up.” a great read by @tarantulaarms.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

“Union baristas mean business and are ready to do whatever it takes to win a fair contract,” Eisen said in a statement. “If Starbucks keeps stonewalling, they should expect to see their business grind to a halt. The ball is in Starbucks’ court.” www.latimes.com/business/sto...

“If you’re thinking, ‘Alessandro’s giving up,’ look deeper. I am choosing freedom. For the first time, I feel unshackled from the expectations of waiting.” beautiful read by my colleague Andrea Castillo www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Many of you have been watching our contract fight at the L.A. Times and asking how to help. Now's the time. Tell our managers that you'll honor the picket line if negotiations drag to a point where we're forced to call a strike. You can sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...