Skaf's general manager denied that they cut down the tree to make their restaurant's sign more visible from the street. The full story: lataco.com/skafs-on-yor... By @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Mayor Karen Bass' office FINALLY sent me a copy of the town hall meeting the mayor hosted in Nov. to discuss the ongoing federal immigration raids. The recording includes a watermark that says: "This video cannot be modified or excerpted without authorization."

LA28 chair Casey Wasserman leaving the White House and boarding Marine One today with newly appointed LA28 board member Kevin McCarthy and Donald Trump, chair of the LA28 White House task force

On Tuesday December 2, the Los Angeles City Council shut down a proposal that would have restricted the LAPD’s use of tear gas and 40 millimeter foam rounds against protestors and people in Los Angeles. @shoton35mm.bsky.social shares more details on the falied proposal.

While riding my bike along the L.A. River yesterday, I noticed a suitcase stuffed with hundreds of feet of cable, a little too late. The cable ended up lassoing my pedal and getting tangled. Unfortunately I wasn't able to stop in time and I went flying over my handlebars. Luckily I'm alright!

After 30 years in prison and 25 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris Duncan walked out of Angola today a free man. "I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."

Prior to June 8, the LAPD had not used tear gas in crowd-control settings in almost 50 years, an LAPD spokesperson told L.A. TACO. The full story: lataco.com/city-council... By @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Update: Mayor Bass' office finally responded to my Nov. 12 records request and acknowledged they have a recording of the town hall meeting (duh! it was clearly being recorded). They expect to send me the recording by December 18, just in time for the holidays 🙄

Bass as been awful on CPRA requests. A few months ago I filed CPRAs to Bass, LADOT, and Raman over a letter that Forest Lawn stated it had sent them. Bass and LADOT: we have no record of this. CD4: here's the letter (addressed to Bass, cc-ed to LADOT GM)

On Nov. 12 I filed a public records request for a recording of a town hall that Mayor Karen Bass hosted. I followed up multiple times but haven't received a response. This follows a familiar pattern of the mayor's office flat out ignoring (some) reporters and violating the CA Public Records Act.

Officials cite a 1,000% surge in assaults on ICE agents, but court records reveal a different picture. Read more here: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-01/dhs-1000-percent-increase-attacks-on-ice-agents-times-analysis?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

From my L.A. signs series #film

It is wild that the LA jails are so dilapidated and dirty that the medical examiner bothers making note of it in autopsy reports.

Terriyaki beef or chicken bowl - $7.31 - Downtown Los Angeles

Caution tape was put up after approximately 40 people living on the corner of Beverly Blvd and Mountain View Ave, were moved into interim housing during an Inside Safe operation in Historic Filipinotown, on Nov 21.

MY LATEST @latimes.com ‬⁩ COLUMNA: The ex-landscaper behind the deportation diary L.A. never wanted. Share, porfas!

Court Watch is a totally indispensable source of important, interesting, bizarre court cases every week. I definitely feel as a paid subscriber I am supporting something that serves the public good. They're trying to turn 4; subscribe if you can www.courtwatch.news/p/help-us-tu...

We’re leading a coalition of 17 AGs in support of journalists and protesters challenging DHS’s dangerous use of force during the Los Angeles protests this past summer.   We will continue to oppose threats to free, safe speech wherever and whenever they arise.

Thankful for outpouring of support from 16 states+DC in our LA Press Club case against DHS. I started taking screenshots, but too much good stuff to highlight! Check out crowd-control munitions section starting page 8. Bravo! LAPD & Los Angeles leaders: Take note. oag.ca.gov/system/files...

Undoubtedly dozens of media organizations will write about this case after seeing this thread. Many without citing our scoop. But we don’t have the resources to report out everything we find. If you’d like to fix that, consider a paid subscription to Court Watch www.CourtWatch.news/upgrade

Hi @ktla.com, I broke this story for @lataco.bsky.social yesterday. We were the first news outlet to publish the surveillance footage and report that Rodriguez is a federal agent. Disappointing to not see a "first reported by" credit or link to our website in your story. Do better.

Not good @latimes.com

Hi @latimes.com, I broke this story for @lataco.bsky.social yesterday. We were the first news outlet to publish the surveillance footage and report that Rodriguez is a federal agent. Disappointing to not see a "first reported by" credit or link to our website in your story. Do better.

Henry 'Hank' Jackson, founder of Hank's Mini Market in Hyde Park, dies at 85

“Finally, we got an ICE agent who crossed the line so bad, he got arrested,” Attorney Greg Kirakosian said in a statement to L.A. TACO. The full story: lataco.com/gerardo-rodr... By @shoton35mm.bsky.social

@lataco.bsky.social “Finally, we got an ICE agent who crossed the line so bad, he got arrested,” Attorney Greg Kirakosian said in a statement to L.A. TACO. The full story: https://lataco.com/gerardo-rodriguez-ice-arrested By @shoton35mm.bsky.social Clip 🎥 […]

California weather PSA: Fact: Major SoCal storm *is* likely this weekend, w/2-4 inches of rain & t-storms possible in LA (more in mtns) & notable flood/debris flow risk in some spots. Context: Snapshots showing ~10 inches of rain are extreme outliers, & very unlikely!

Seriously, you need to read this. Last Saturday in Echo Park was nuts as cops preemptively invaded the area before the World Series was even over and assaulted people with batons, horses and tear gas. @shoton35mm.bsky.social pieced the violence together in fantastic reporting.

One man who was walking to Gold Room bar had to get surgery on his finger after being shot with a “rubber bullet.” The full story: lataco.com/echo-park-wo... By @shoton35mm.bsky.social

2k words + a trip to the ER later (I'm OK), here is my latest story for @lataco.bsky.social about the LAPD'S response to World Series celebrations in L.A.. I spoke to a man who was headed to the Gold Room for a nightcap and had to undergo surgery after being hit in the finger with a "ruber bullet."

Los Angeles journalists, and those tracking/defending community are truly Democracy Defenders, heroes, working in war zones daily, witnessing unjust violence. Support ANY way you can @lataco.bsky.social Lataco.com/echo-park-world-series-2025 by @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Here's @cd13.lacity.gov's statement on the Short Stop incident: “The video is incredibly disturbing. Especially considering the tactics we're seeing from the federal government, everyone in the city should be demonstrating what the rule of law looks like, instead of using their same playbook”

Let's not forget the time in early 2021 when the LAPD stopped issuing press passes due to some unexplained software issue.

Be sure to also note @adamrose.bsky.social's assessment of why declaring an unlawful assembly to shut down a bar DURING THE FINAL GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES sets a chilling precedent: “Using unlawful assembly this way is like pre-crime or thought-crime enforcement"

LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @shoton35mm.bsky.social

This is absolutely essential reading and reporting by @shoton35mm.bsky.social @lataco.bsky.social on the LAPD's assault on Echo Park on Saturday. lataco.com/echo-park-wo...

Of course @lataco.bsky.social @shoton35mm.bsky.social has the definitive account of what unfolded before and after Saturday’s victory — which illustrates over and over again how LA is completely unprepared to handle celebrating fans

This is a crucial thread from @awalkerinla.bsky.social incorporating reporting by @shoton35mm.bsky.social and commentary by @adamrose.bsky.social about the LAPD’s hideous overreach on the night the Dodgers won the World Series.

A firefighter told L.A. TACO that they got a call saying that “some unwelcome people” had driven onto a parking lot that the fire department rented from the Dodgers for a seminar that they’re hosting today. The full story: lataco.com/dodgers-park... By @shoton35mm.bsky.social

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