After a warm winter, San Bernardino County mountain resorts now blanketed in snow. My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social: buff.ly/OILM5XX

Every restaurant during Lent:

Do student walkouts affect school district funding? A short explainer by me in the @pressenterprise.bsky.social:

Anti-ICE walkouts pit students’ free speech against safety in the Inland Empire. @pressenterprise.bsky.social story by @byallysonrae.bsky.social and @jordandarling32.bsky.social, with a little help from me:

Robert Duvall, the legendary character actor who specialized in playing rugged, complicated men, has died. He was 95. 🕊️ www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Friends of Big Bear Valley executive director Sandy Steers dies. The organization is best known for its bald eagle cameras that are watched around the world. My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social. Gift link:

Crews stop fire at former F.W. Woolworth store in downtown San Bernardino. @sbsun.bsky.social story by @sierravanderbrug.bsky.social and Brian Rokos, with a micro-assist by me:

Border Patrol uninvited from Chino Hills job fair, San Bernardino County says. My story in the @dailybulletin.bsky.social:

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

I deal with whistleblowers on a weekly basis. Contrary to how government agencies often talk about them, they are almost uniformly in my experience some of the most committed employees in their organization, frustrated because problems aren't getting resolved by going about it "the right way."

Hombre de San Bernardino, baleado por agentes de inmigración, testifica ante el Congreso. Mi noticia en Excélsior California:

Court rules in favor of San Bernardino County in ambulance provider dispute. My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social:

Well, this is crap. This was the best of its category (“cool reporting we did this week”) podcast. Hoping this team lands somewhere that appreciates them more soon.

The most disturbing thing in this record I've obtained from the Ontario Police Department is that they printed off two pages using Comic Sans.

Cientos de estudiantes del Distrito Escolar de Lake Elsinore faltan a la escuela para protestar contra ICE. Mi noticia en Excélsior California:

Hundreds of Lake Elsinore Unified students skip school to protest ICE. My story in the @pressenterprise.bsky.social:

Get in line, kid.

San Bernardino man, shot at by immigration agents, testifies before Congress. My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social, including information from the San Bernardino PD's records of that day in August. Gift link: buff.ly/5n0vE4S

This Fiji squatter settlement does not have plumbing or formal electricity. Even food is scarce. But drugs are everywhere, devastating families and scarring this small society. Community workers say they have seen users as young as 10.

Opinion | The least-discussed factor may be the most important: who is not included in California’s test scores: Private school students. bit.ly/4tiq1fQ 📝 Jill Stegman 📸 David Rodríguez Muñoz

#SaveThePost: You can also help support laid-off journalists by contributing to the Washington Post 2026 layoff fund:

How San Bernardino is addressing homelessness. My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social. But you should really be clicking on this to see Will Lester's amazing photos taken during this year's Point in Time Count in San Bernardino. Gift link:

According to FOX 9, a Minneapolis federal judge demanded to know why DOJ is missing deadlines & AUSA Julie Le said, "The system sucks, this job sucks" & asked to be held in contempt so she could sleep. PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.

Nuevo proyecto de ley gravaría el 50% de las ganancias de los centros de detención privados de ICE en California. Mi noticia en Excélsior California:

Cal State San Bernardino internal loan being investigated by CSU chancellor’s office. My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social:

Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell confirmed the closure plans in a Sunday evening email to staff obtained by The Washington Post. “We will have more information about staffing and operational changes in the coming days,” he wrote.

The organization, called Pittsburgh Alliance for People Empowered Reporting, or PAPER for short, seeks to look into possible models to continue reporting after the Block family, which owns the Post-Gazette, ceases publication.

Ravens damage Big Bear bald eagle eggs. My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social:

Now-closed Fontana City Hall will be demolished to make way for replacement. My story, in the @sbsun.bsky.social:

i am recovering from a successful lobectomy, yet here i am, tubes sticking out of me like i’m weapon x and stressed about all this. i need the insurance. i need my medical team here. please please let us all be ok.

Lake Arrowhead homeowners dump oversight committee in once-in-a-century vote. My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social:

New bill would tax 50% of profits from private ICE detention centers in California. Story by the Bay Area News Group's Kyle Martin, localized for Southern California and number-crunching by me:

Does the non-journalist general public know what "enterprise reporting" is without having to look it up?

San Bernardino crime at its lowest level in 25 years, police chief says. My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social (gift link):

San Bernardino City Councilmember Treasure Ortiz charged with illegally recording police personnel. My story with @sierravanderbrug.bsky.social in the @sbsun.bsky.social:

Excited to moderate a climate forum of leading candidates for CA governor next Wednesday! Hosted by @envirovoters.bsky.social. Lots of important stuff to ask Xavier Becerra, @katieporterca.bsky.social, Tom Steyer & @ericswalwell.bsky.social. Register via Zoom: envirovoters.org/gubernatoria...

Planned San Bernardino homeless shelter faces shortfall of millions. My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social:

As 2026 homeless count nears, here’s what the 2025 Inland Empire count found. My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social:

"Is this time-effective? Of course not. We’re dispersing the labor previously done by one person across five paid employees and hundreds of parents and guardians. But is it cost-effective? Also, no."

Meanwhile, every social platform dumps your post in the garbage if it includes any links anywhere else. So definitely a good spot for anyone actually making anything on the World Wide Web!

A federal judge just issued a court order banning LAPD from using 40mm "kinetic impact projectiles" (rubber bullets) as a crowd control tool. Black Lives Matter LA and Cangress sought sanctions, saying LAPD violated an earlier injunction. The court order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

IRE strongly condemns the FBI raid of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home. IRE stands with reporter Hannah Natanson and The Washington Post. Read the rest of our statement: https://bit.ly/4qtP79U

Bandcamp has emptied the trough and got rid of the slop

It’s still weird that CJR would rather interview actors than people working in local news, but Cusack is arguing for removing the paywalls from the need-to-know journalism, not stuff like entertainment or sports.

After Jan. 6, 2021, we sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there. Revisit our full archive, five years later:

One of our most-read stories of 2025: This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students. (Published March 2025 with @texastribune.org)

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Wildlife crossing, road widening planned with $107 million for Riverside County’s Mid County Parkway project. My story in the @pressenterprise.bsky.social:

The biggest 2025 transportation changes in the Inland Empire. My story for the @sbsun.bsky.social:

NEW: Our reporter visited a potential source’s home, where he introduced himself as a reporter and they had a pleasant conversation. A few days later, VA Secretary Doug Collins sent out a tweet that accused our reporter of trying to “stalk” the employee.