Reporter @shoton35mm.bsky.social was targeted while on assignment for @lataco.bsky.social by an officer who fired a crowd-control round during a “No Kings” protest in downtown LA on Oct. 18. "The police are going to do what they want and face consequences later."

Statement on LAPD targeting our reporter @shoton35mm.bsky.social 🧵 Video by @filmthepolicela.bsky.social

Reporter Lexis-Olivier Ray was targeted by an LAPD officer firing a crowd-control munition during a “No Kings” protest in downtown LA on Oct. 18. While dodging the round, @shoton35mm.bsky.social, who was on assignment for @lataco.bsky.social, fell and sustained bruises.

Federal immigration agents shot and wounded a man identified by local officials as 44-year-old Carlitos Ricardo Parias, “Richard LA,” in South Los Angeles early Tuesday morning while surveilling a street near Santee Education Complex, an LAUSD school. latenfour.com/2025/10/21/i...

A LAPD officer driving an SUV through a crowd of people knocks over and injures a man in Downtown Los Angeles. @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Earlier today during NO KINGS DAY, LAPD struck with an SUV Ellie as they forcefully drove their way through a crowd to the MDC. @shoton35mm.bsky.social caught up with him and ask him what happened.

LAPD on horseback disperse protesters on No Kings Day in downtown L.A. ~ @shoton35mm.bsky.social

LAPD shot at @shoton35mm.bsky.social last night and called him “fake press.”

Here's the video from @filmthepolicela.bsky.social of @shoton35mm.bsky.social getting shot at by LAPD. You can see the horse cop point Lex out before the other officer shoots Lex. You can see clear as day the LAPD violated the federal injunction.

Is... Rick Caruso coming out against the convention center expansion? Or does his social media team just pick random videos that are about the convention center and use them out of context to criticize the way the city is being run

My odometer stopped working at 319,999 miles but the engine keeps turning!

Splitting lanes down Main Street in DTLA.

New kinda protectedish bike lane on 3rd in DTLA between Main and Spring Streets

From the first 40 unscratched lottery tickets in California holding potential 1980s fortune to the original "Anarchist Cookbook" pulled from a garage of spiritual texts, this year's fair was a cabinet of curiosities. By @afroxander.bsky.social The full story: lataco.com/rare-books-l...

“The law does not permit this kind of prolonged deprivation of an individual’s liberty without any allegations or charges of violating the law,” said Jean Elizabeth Reisz, an attorney representing Marin, who is also a USC law professor. lataco.com/bayron-rovid...

My latest for L.A. TACO....

From puffy San Antonio-style tacos from a fine-dining chef to a blue tortilla from freshly nixtamlized corn that just so happens to be topped in French fries, these are the L.A. tacos to celebrate with. The full list: lataco.com/five-best-ta...

“There is a common misconception that we store rocket or jet propellants on site; however, JPL has not worked on jet or rocket propulsion for over 60 years,” a spokesperson for JPL told L.A. TACO. The full story: lataco.com/eaton-fire-j... By @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Last week, convention center expert Heywood Sanders wrote this about LA's expansion plan: "the likelihood of any significant increase in the city’s convention business is effectively nil." So I called him up to talk me through his analysis — and what he told me makes LA's plan seem *even worse*

"I went into this with the intention of being a YouTuber. I don’t have a journalist visa. I don’t have a journalism degree.” New from me @wired.com www.wired.com/story/how-a-...

I filed this case with @strugar.bsky.social last week on behalf of @shoton35mm.bsky.social, who LAPD kept threatening to arrest (and eventually did) for going into encampments to report on sweeps last fall. www.latimes.com/california/s...

LAPD and other Los Angeles official go to such extremes to hide what happens at homeless encampment sweeps. Even handcuffed @shoton35mm.bsky.social inside a police car! Feels like a big coverup. I've hounded city officials about it. They just stick heads in sand. Glad Lex is dragging them to court.

After claiming Gabby Giffords, the retired American politician turned gun-control advocate, also attended the event at Damian with Tucker Carlson, a staffer confirmed that she wasn't even in Los Angeles at the time. Full story: lataco.com/rick-caruso-... By @shoton35mm.bsky.social

A spokesperson for Damian told L.A. TACO: “Just to be clear, this event was planned by a third party that only used the venue on a day that Damian was closed.” By @shoton35mm.bsky.social The full story: lataco.com/tucker-carls...

BREAKING: Federal judge in Los Angeles issues preliminary injunction against Department of Homeland Security to restrict use of force against press, legal observers and protesters. Judge in LA Press Club v. Noem calls out "surprising savagery" of DHS officers: "The First Amendment demands better."

Garnet fire burns into grove of giant sequoias; several behemoths are in flames

Legend @shoton35mm.bsky.social on Hasan stream 🙌🏻

A war veteran attended a protest in June. He was arrested in July and now faces a federal charge for conspiracy, which carries a maximum penalty of 6 years and a $250,000 fine. Reporting here by @aglantz.bsky.social:

3 L.A. County deputies relieved of duty after alleged off-duty beating of man at bar

Journalists Pay Themselves is coming to an end this month. Here’s what’s next. journalistspaythemselves.com/p/journalist...

Nunez is accused of towing the federal vehicle during the August 15 arrest of Tatiana Mafla-Martinez, a TikToker who had been documenting immigration raids in Los Angeles. He faces 10 years in federal prison. By @shoton35mm.bsky.social The full story: lataco.com/tow-truck-dr...

BREAKING: Judge Charles Breyer finds that the Trump administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act by using the military for domestic law enforcement purpose in Los Angeles. He enjoins further violations of the Posse Comitatus Act ⬇️ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Why run a subscriber drive together? @lizkellynelson.com explains the thinking behind the Back Indie Media Drive we’re doing this month at Project C newsletter.projectc.biz/p/back-indie...

Erazo also noted that tear gas was used at a time when parents were taking their kids to school and innocent bystanders were on their way to work. Details: lataco.com/westlake-hom... by @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Tear gas canisters and pepper balls fired during a Border Patrol immigration raid this morning in Westlake. @lataco.bsky.social

Dozens of protesters with @jvp.bsky.social L.A. have taken over the lobby of the building where @schiff.senate.gov's future Burbank office will be. 🎥: @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace have taken over the lobby of Senator Schiff's future office in Burbank. Reporting on the ground for @lataco.bsky.social

Journalist @shoton35mm.bsky.social was shoved by a LAPD police officer while covering an immigration protest in downtown LA on Aug. 12. "There’s definitely things that we missed because we were not able to move around freely," he said.

Hodgson was charged with 7 felonies and misdemeanors for drunkenly approaching a woman with a firearm in a women’s restroom and then later injuring a police officer while resisting arrest. He was also connected to the arrests of 2 U.S. citizens. lataco.com/isaiah-antho... @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Scarcity mindset is killing indie journalism. There's plenty to go around...so why are journalists afraid to even ask? journalistspaythemselves.com/p/scarcity-m...

“I think the more likely scenario is a forced-to-carry-this-to-term situation, where we actually decide we don’t want it, and we are not allowed to get rid of it.” Loved talking with @gustavoarellano.bsky.social, Joe Mathews, and @hawthorne.bsky.social about the viability of the 2028 games

Since Trump deployed troops to Los Angeles, federal and local law enforcement have repeatedly assaulted journalists and protesters, per a new lawsuit. More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

On Thursday, a black metal fence approximately 8' in height was installed along the perimeter of the driveway leading to the federal Metropolitan Detention Center on Alameda Street in DTLA. 🎥 by @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Bombing down Grand Street on a bike in Downtown Los Angeles. #BikeWave

Trump repeatedly cited homelessness as an excuse for flooding DC with cops and troops, conflating being unhoused with being a criminal. He's building on a bipartisan policy consensus that's surged across blue and red states and cities. New from me @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1991...

Over three days at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, hundreds of plant lovers and the plant-curious streamed in and out to bask in the beauty of cacti and succulents. By @afroxander.bsky.social Full story: lataco.com/biggest-cact...

Six states (OH, WV, SC, TN, LA, MS) have pledged more than 1,100 National Guardsmen to go to DC. There are now 2,091 total National Guard troops activated for DC operations, per official numbers. Unclear how many hundreds of various federal agents were surged in as well. End point? Unclear.

if you, a non-Angeleno, wants to know what is going on in Los Angeles, I really recommend @lataco.bsky.social and @awalkerinla.bsky.social's newsletter about the Olympics

LA jails posted their 33rd in custody death for this year -- and this one was at the Lancaster sheriff's station