Definitely an insightful exchange — for sure. Important information about how a candidate might lead. Also, the disrespect fora journalist doing her job might be par for the course these days, but still worth calling out.

Federal oversight is disappearing as multiple refineries explode. Who’s in charge now? Read my latest @calmatters.org! calmatters.org/environment/...

California issues historic fine over lawyer’s ChatGPT fabrications calmatters.org/economy/tech...

Come to Manny’s tonight if you’d like to engage on some climate policy with yours-truly and some fantastic guests. We have some slots left after getting a few cancellations! Go to: cal.news/climate

Lawmakers send Newsom a high-stakes energy overhaul tied to wildfires, utilities and oil calmatters.org/environment/...

Back on the CA politics beat at @wsj.com, we crossed paths often. He was then what he is now: kind, sharp, generous—the best kind of colleague. When @calmatters.org hired him in 2021, I soon followed. It’s been an honor to share a newsroom with you, @akoseff.bsky.social!

Newsom strikes climate deal extending California cap and trade, boosting oil production calmatters.org/politics/202...

From @gauchoesque.bsky.social @calmatters.org: California has a fallback plan for Trump’s clean car attacks. Does it go far enough? calmatters.org/environment/...

What's it's like to live through LA's long deportation summer calmatters.org/justice/2025...

I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.

Really smart piece: grist.org/politics/tru...

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift temporary ban on roving immigration stops in L.A. calmatters.org/justice/2025...

Eleni Kounalakis drops out of California governor’s race, pivots to downballot campaign politi.co/4mqVvfm

With electricity prices rising and pressure to keep the lights on, California is racing to create an expanded power market with other Western utilities to trade vast amounts of electricity, @gauchoesque.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social report calmatters.org/politics/202...

Huge props to @gauchoesque.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social for giving me the layperson's understanding of a proposed shared power network in the West: calmatters.org/politics/202...

yeah for sure.

California has the greenest power grid in the U.S. Now it’s about to plug into coal-burning states — just as Trump moves to tilt energy markets back to fossil fuels. Here’s what’s happening 🧵

California cut coal from its energy supply. Why it might plug back into fossil fuels — with an expanded western energy market. Read my latest @calmatters.org with @jeannereporter.bsky.social. calmatters.org/politics/202...

🔥 California vs. Washington, Round 2. As Trump & Congress move to gut clean energy laws, CA faces rising costs, stalled projects, and a climate backlash. Can the state still lead? I'm moderating a panel at Manny's in SF Sept. 17. We'll discuss it all! give.calmatters.org/event/still-...

U.S. solar tariffs backfired—jacking up prices, killing jobs, and letting foreign firms dodge the rules while American manufacturing flatlined. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/t...

Kamala Harris will not run for California governor via @akoseff.bsky.social @calmatters.org calmatters.org/politics/202...

The country is in the middle of a housing market drought, and conditions look especially parched in California, writes @frombenc.bsky.social. calmatters.org/housing/2025...

Sharp reporting from @akoseff.bsky.social @calmatters.org : Newsom ramps up California redistricting threat as Texas weighs new Republican maps calmatters.org/politics/202...

Behind the masks: Who are the people rounding up immigrants in California? calmatters.org/justice/2025...

Earlier this month, the Trump administration withheld more than $120 million for California’s migrant education programs, for students who parents work in agriculture, @carolynjones100.bsky.social reports calmatters.org/education/k-...

Journalists are starving in Gaza. 🦋 www.cjr.org/news/journal...

The nine wealthiest households in the valley control $683.2bn – a $136bn increase over the past year. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"GREAT ART CAN BE ABOUT THE QUOTIDIAN. HOWEVER, WHAT IF YOU TAKE THE QUOTIDIAN AND ELEVATE IT WITH A BAZOOKA?"

This guy—former Pinochet detainee—literally just lost his Green Card and then was disappeared by the U.S. government to Guatemala. www.mcall.com/2025/07/18/l...

WGBH building in Boston today

It's our birthday! @calmatters.org: Holding the state accountable for 10 years, and we're just getting started calmatters.org/inside-the-n...

California’s drive to run its electric grid entirely on wind, solar and other clean sources of energy just got harder after President Donald Trump signed a sweeping new budget law. buff.ly/OCRlWil 📝 @gauchoesque.bsky.social 📸 Larry Valenzuela

One of California’s most vulnerable Republicans just got a new challenger calmatters.org/politics/202...

America’s national parks are wildly popular. Last year, they had more than 330 million visits, a number close to the entire population of the United States. But how clean or dirty is the air in the parks?

California’s wind and solar projects face new federal hurdles calmatters.org/environment/...

Cleaning up smog is suddenly much harder. Reined in by Trump, what will California do next? calmatters.org/environment/...

Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs — are closer at hand than previously believed.

This is a vast underestimate of the projected death toll from the cuts to USAID and Pepfar alone.

Irreversible tipping points in the climate system — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the wide-scale collapse of coral reefs — are closer than scientists previously believed.

😂

California's port traffic is beginning to look worse now, under the effects of President Donald Trump’s fickle tariff policy, than it did at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, @levisu.bsky.social writes. calmatters.org/economy/2025...

In a late-night vote, the U.S. Senate overturned California’s zero-emission vehicle mandate, likely setting up a legal battle over the state’s authority to regulate its air pollution, @gauchoesque.bsky.social reports calmatters.org/environment/...

US Senate blocks California's electric car mandate in historic vote calmatters.org/environment/...

Stories at Play, 5/27, 6-7: 30 pm Come join us for the first @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social *in-person* event in its beautiful new event space, “The Page,” at the main library, 100 Larkin St. Featured writers: @markwallace.bsky.social, @tkrex.bsky.social, and Doug Henderson

Come work @calmatters.org! We're looking for the next amazing Environment and Health Editor to lead a lineup of stellar environment and health reporters here in California. Details: calmatters.org/about/jobs/e...

A frog hiding amongst the water lilies. #photography #ArtChallenges #smArtist #WaterLily #MayBlooms #nature #wildlife #flowers

wow, ok, lol