LA Media news: progressive activist, philanthropist (and daughter of Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong) making moves of her own as the new publisher of digital outlet @DropSiteNews - which has already amassed 400,000 subscribers

BREAKING: the chief of police in Huntington Park says they arrested a man Tuesday accused of impersonating a federal agent, with fake DHS docs, cell phones and a loaded gun in an unmarked car, amid ongoing ICE raids. They discovered he had a history of arrests for human smuggling

I spent most of today seeking to meet with one of the many victims of ICE raids currently jailed in Downtown LA. While @chrclla.bsky.social focuses its efforts on impact litigation, my team boosts efforts on the ground whenever possible. What I saw speaks to the crisis in LA & beyond.

@katecagle.bsky.social has looked/is looking into this and hasn’t been able to confirm this happened.

About to go on Spectrum News with @katecagle.bsky.social to discuss the ICE raids & the need for solidarity with our immigrants & protestors in the face of Trump’s violent assault on LA.

BREAKING: LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho says there are currently “federal vans” parked within blocks of two public schools. He did not name which ones. Carvalho - who came to the US undocumented - said “every student has a constitutional right to a public education.”

As I told @katecagle.bsky.social, city employees are already frustrated because they don't have the capacity or resources to deliver the games. But these budget hearings seem to confirm that the internal strategy is to eliminate jobs and rely on volunteers to do the actual megaevent preparations

“Always chipper,” @katecagle.bsky.social said “NOT TODAY,” I said

NEW: LA City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto had to turn over emails, texts and memos about the prosecution of pro-Palestinian protesters, after a judge found evidence of biased prosecution. “I would never prosecute on content, ma’am, you know that,” she said. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...

NEW: Trump DOJ US Attorney Bill Essayli explains how he plans to "neutralize" California Sanctuary City policies by targeting immigrants who return to the US after they've been deported. “If you're here unlawfully - you don't have status - you don't have protections under our law."

Watching @katecagle.bsky.social interview Essayli, and was like hmm have I met this guy... Well!! Turns out I interviewed him when he was the attorney for Alan Hostetter, former La Habra police chief turned yoga guy turned Jan. 6 participant! Very interesting! www.ocregister.com/2021/06/14/f...

I’m here at the LA County Civilian Oversight Commission where the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is openly defying a subpoena issued by the commission. Sheriff Robert Luna says the department has “nothing to hide”, but was instructed by county counsel to not send anyone.

Earlier today the LA Times had AI-generated counterpoints to a column from @gustavoarellano.bsky.social. His piece argued that Anaheim, the city he grew up in, should not forget its KKK past. The AI "well, actually"-ed the KKK. It has since been taken off the piece. www.latimes.com/california/s...

CBS NEWS: “.. the water released from dams at Lake Kaweah and Lake Success is rushing into a dry lakebed in the Central Valley, where experts say it can't flow to Southern California and will likely go to waste.” www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...

I really miss having a reliable platform for breaking news - verified agencies that could post information in real time…with real people sharing and replying and adding their own vantage point. That requires accounts for weather, traffic, fire, police, elected official, etc all in one place :)

From a journalism perspective, non-white journalists in supposedly liberal outlets tried to diversify our newsrooms, push for marginalized people to be heard and treated seriously, and to reach out to young people. Instead, black and POC journos were sidelined and/or laid off.

Wait are people calling this place an echo chamber because sometimes the other app only shows me posts from a single person….the owner

GUY ON TWITTER: bluesky is an echo chamber OTHER TWITTER GUY: yeah it’s totally an echo chamber MORE TWITTER DUDES: yeah echo chamber LIKE A BAJILLION MORE TWITTER DUDES: echo chamber

Hello, new friends! I’m a reporter and anchor for Spectrum News 1 in Los Angeles covering local politics, homelessness, criminal justice and more. Great to see you all here! Please introduce yourself in the comments and I’ll give you a follow back 😊

The publication with 15 columnists who all share the same 3 takes every week are very concerned that this place might be an echo chamber

I can’t figure out how to post a video over here

Can't wait to see what @mattdpearce.bsky.social says about this www.foxnews.com/media/los-an...

Over on X and Fox News, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times says he’s planning a “rebirth” for the paper: “we’ve conflated news and opinion.”

A MAGA mob at Beverly Hills High School allegedly targeted a Black Student Union group last week: beverlypress.com/2024/11/blac...

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater. (It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)

I can’t refresh this app… I just assume this is because I’m going viral

Is this app for real, for real? I can’t get attached to another platform I’m going to have to break up with 😭

LA County Sheriff Luna: “We are deeply concerned about any major increase in our jail population because of our various DOJ mandates and the impact that it will have on our ability to provide constitutional care, including appropriate housing for inmates who are mentally ill."

Cannot properly convey how dispiriting it is to have a sheriff express more concern about the human impact and fiscal consequences of this terrible proposition than most CA dems who fell over themselves to lock more people up. Katie Porter proclaimed she voted for this…

I’m not sure how I’m getting new followers…I must have made someone’s starter pack list? Thanks to whoever did that! Good morning from me and the single zucchini I’ve managed to grow indoors ☀️

Now that voters have chosen to increase penalties for drug possession and retail theft with the passage of Prop 36, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna says there is no room at local jails for more inmates. “We are deeply concerned about any major increase in our jail population….”

Yesterday, the Twitter algorithm served me up an Alex Jones post. Today, I woke up seeing this on Bluesky ☀️

So is there video over here yet?

So is there video over here yet?

Thanks to @katecagle.bsky.social for continuing to follow this story. Everybody in L.A. deserves better than this, especially Jamie.

It was all a lie

It was all a lie

It was all a lie

Holy shit he’s killing his own site

A new program in the Los Angeles County Public Defender's office pairs people accused of crimes with an advocate to find housing, social services and even free Uber rides. "If I didn't have an advocate I wouldn't be here...I would just be gone.” https://t.co/9Pe2z7kFnb

Lasssst reminder LA friends! Tonight I will be talking about my book (and, if we're honest, probably making several side tangents to rant about NY's decision to ban prison journalism) at Stories Books & Cafe in Echo Park. https://storiesla.com/events/25744

Hi everyone! PSA: Your N95s and KN95s will block a lot of the particulate matter that makes you feel real shitty during bad wildfires. Even cloth masks and bandannas help. Sorry if this is already obvious to everyone, I would rather be tediously repetitive than not say anything in this case

UPDATE: The jury sided with the scenario painted by Los Angeles County lawyers in the latest trial over deputy gangs, that Larry Waldie’s lawsuit revealed a rivalry between two separate tattooed deputy factions: the Executioners vs the Gladiators.

Today LASD posted the 18th in-custody death for this year, a 32-year-old who died in his cell in the 2800 floor of Men's Central Jail -- the facility that was at one point scheduled for closure earlier this year.

Deputies with rival “station tattoos” from Compton are battling it out in court this week, as a deputy with a “Gladiator” tattoo accused a deputy with an “Executioners” tattoo of leading a work slow down to undermine his authority. And yet national media, DOJ and AG ignore LA’s deputy gang crisis.

I just listened to my housemate break up with her husband and then her boyfriend via zoom so I asked her if she was okay -- and she said she was just practicing her lines lmaooo living in LA is wild

NEW: Bail for non-violent, non-serious crime is $0 in Los Angeles. Judge Lawrence Riff said cash bail actually hurts public safety. https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/public-safety/2023/05/26/los-angeles-county-returns-to--0-bail-for-non-serious--non-violent-crimes