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I am so excited to share the news that I'm joining the @nytimes as a health reporter covering chronic diseases:
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This story is fascinating, not only for its findings about COVID-19 super-spreaders and transmission among children, but also for its details about the remarkable success some states in India have had with contact tracing. Via @SBengali
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Larry Krasner, who has represented accused criminals and sued police dozens of times, will become Philly's new DA on Tues. What his election means for criminal justice reform in Philly -- and perhaps around the country.
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Many Haitians in the U.S. remain in legal limbo as the fate of their "temporary protected status" is unknown: via @kurtisalee
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Some good news! Redwoods survive wildfire at California's oldest state park
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NEW in higher ed: CSU, the largest public university system in the country, announced plans today to continue mainly online this fall, amid uncertainty about the coronavirus pandemic
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The Cal State system awards more bachelor's degrees than any other higher ed institute in the state and provides a 7-fold return on investment, a new economic analysis says
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One of the reasons I love the @latimes : People like @LATvives who pour heart and shoe leather into stories like this one
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BREAKING: Joseph I. Castro, president of Fresno State, named next chancellor of Cal States, largest 4-year university system in the country. Castro will be first-ever chancellor of color in system where 62% of students are:
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Enjoyed working on this story about a group of Jain devotees working to promote awareness of a minority religion in a big way. Thanks to @latfoto for awesome photos
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American Armenian Rose Float Association at the #roseparade
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Scene as #WomensMarchNYC gets underway at Columbus Circle
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Huge news about new leader of UC system, from @TeresaWatanabe
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Anthony Fauci is known as the first to arrive to work at NIH and the last to leave. @JennyJarvie has the backstory on the 79-year-old infectious disease expert at the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic:
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UC system may drop SAT requirement -- and set a national precedent: via @TeresaWatanabe
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A Washington choir went ahead with rehearsal. They brought their own sheet music, didn't hug or shake hands, and sat far apart. Now dozens of members have COVID-19 -- possible evidence that the disease can linger and spread in the air. @RichReadReports
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Beverly Young Nelson, latest to accuse Roy Moore of inappropriate sexual conduct, shows yearbook signed by Moore
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Despite clear risks, Santa Rosa neighborhood that burned down was exempt from fire regulations: with @LATDoug
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UC, Cal State will ease admission requirements for fall 2020 and beyond, citing "grave disruption" to education during coronavirus crisis:
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Brooklyn has the largest number of Russian speakers in the U.S., with many concentrated in Brighton Beach. I went there to see how people are responding to the war. *Thread*
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"Because I could've been George Floyd": Voices of Angelenos on why they came out to protest
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“Right now we are seeing a lot of folks who have never applied for anything before — folks who are bartenders, hairstylists, folks who make decent money but still live paycheck to paycheck ... And when that evaporates, they don’t have savings.” @McGreevy99
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I've been wondering why @joelrubin was interviewing lawyers about Gucci bags, racketeering and "Mongols." Mystery solved: In an untested legal strategy, the government hopes to use trademark law to take down a notorious motorcycle gang:
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Armed and Black. How a group of men licensed to carry guns say they are seeking racial justice, via @kurtisalee
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California needs nurses. So why is the state about to give up 10,000 prospects? W/ @MelodyGutierrez
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4 years
Perfect lede from @Noahbierman , @ChrisMegerian : "President Trump’s fruitless calls Thursday morning to 'Stop the count' underscored a major problem for the president: He needs some states to keep counting ballots if he has any shot of winning reelection."
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Dozens of foster youth in a housing program meant to help them transition to adulthood are now scrambling to find new homes after L.A. County abruptly said they must move, without providing specific reasons why:
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As always, @RonLin to the rescue with an explanation -- this time of the Bay Area's 'shelter in place' order:
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59,000 Haitians living in U.S. must leave within 18 months, Trump administration says, ending #TPS
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Just landed back in #NYC , where I'll be based for next few months for @latimes . Today: following the #NYCTerroristAttack w/ @BarbaraDemick
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BREAKING: UC and Cal State plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, affecting more than 1 million students and staff
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Run, hide, fight. Students increasingly are being prepared to take a range of actions in case of an active shooter on campus. Should they be? . With @leilamillersays @anitachabria
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How did college students at the nation's largest 4-year university system do with remote learning amid the pandemic? Surprisingly well overall, but Latino and Black students appear to have been hardest hit
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Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has been a magnet for working-class immigrants for more than a century. Today it's starting to be reshaped by rising property values and redevelopment. My story:
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Winery staff in #SantaRosa came in to work Tuesday to make food for employees and others affected by fire
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#Sikh temple became unexpected temporary home for #OrovilleDam evacuees: via @jaweedkaleem
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Members of the Navajo Nation are at increased risk of contracting and dying from the coronavirus. Contact tracing here is vital but especially difficult because of logistics. A must-read from @kurtisalee
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5 years
Breaking news in California #highereducation : CSU Chancellor Timothy White, head of the nation's largest public university system, announced he will retire next year.
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New Philly DA Larry Krasner appointed longtime community activist who lost her son to gun violence to head victim services unit
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Philadelphia DAO
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of @movitajhas Interim Supervisor of Victim Services:
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Only one day in #NYC and I've already talked to people from Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Bangladesh. #lovethiscity
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The @latimes newsroom is in month 15 of contract talks. Every delay in negotiations hurts hundreds of @latguild journalists who are awaiting badly needed raises and basic job protections. We need a fair contract NOW.
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I got permission to spend time inside a shelter of last resort for LA County's most troubled #fosteryouth . Here's what it was like: . Photos by @FrancineOrr
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Historic $100-million gift will help California community college students most in need
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Dr. Chuck Emond & nurse Joan Acquistapace volunteered to help treat elderly and sick patients at Santa Rosa evac ctr
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. @JosephSerna has been doggedly reporting on the Camp fire for days, producing informative and important stories like this one, w/ @tcurwen :
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Nina Agrawal
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The Tejon Ranch site where a 19,000-home development has been proposed sits in a "high fire hazard" zone - as did Malibu and Paradise. In the wake of devastating fires, some are asking, should the new community be built?
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In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, an immigrant, working-class neighborhood, activists and their elected officials fought against a big developer -- and won
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In L.A. today hundreds of students walked out of class to support DACA as the Supreme Court considers the program's legality: via @Sonali_Kohli
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Wow. Dispute between Sheriff and Supes has gotten so bad they are taking the unprecedented step of reining in his spending. Via @stiles @AleneTchek
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Some 180,000 migrants have arrived in New York in the last two years, many planning to seek asylum. They have no idea they've landed in the one place in the country where it's most challenging to win. My story for @nytimes :
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The slaves brought over on the #Clotilda went on to establish #Africatown , profiled by @MatthewTeague here:
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. @paigestjohn reconstructed the timeline of events on night of deadly #Californiawildfires :
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SoCal summer programs helping racial and ethnic minority students achieve parity in #STEM :
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CSU board of trustees passes ethnic studies and social justice course mandate after fierce debate and criticism -- including from social justice activists on its board
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Nina Agrawal
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Bravo to my colleagues @mayalau @bposton @corinaknoll for this deep dive into a secret list of problem sheriff's deputies whose credibility as witnesses could have affected >62,000 felony cases:
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A robust team of @latimes staffers have been covering the #BorderlineShooting in Thousand Oaks since the first reports came in last night. Here's what's known so far:
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L.A. teachers union to call for continued distance learning amid surge in coronavirus cases. w/ @howardblume
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A name won't decide who gets elected in 2020, but that won't stop candidates from trying! An entertaining (and informative) run-down of political branding by @markzbarabak :
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L.A. County approves temporary rent stabilization policy
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Rabbi Stephanie Kramer removed this Torah, recovered after Holocaust, from her #SantaRosa synagogue for safekeeping
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Quiet returns to #BigSur after essential bridge is destroyed. Residents wonder what happens next via @tcurwen
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Sweltering temps are expected across the south and southwest for the next week. Here's how to spot the signs of heat exhaustion
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Handmaids at #bookfest promoting Hulu reboot of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel #handmaidstale
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A sea of pink still fills route along Central Park West, hours after the #WomensMarchNYC got underway
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This week @LATLatinoCaucus and @latguild are celebrating legendary journalist Ruben Salazar, who was killed 50 years ago while reporting on the Chicano Moratorium in East LA. His life and legacy have inspired journalists around the world. #RubenSalazar #SomosLAT
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Classic car models are getting on the electric bandwagon, too (literally): the Zelectric Bug #LAautoshow
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The U.S. is no stranger to interfering in the elections of other countries. Here's a sampling:
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We dug into the California facilities holding children separated from their parents at the border. Here's what we know: . With @palomaesquivel @LATbermudez
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Gun control has been the through-line of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's political career. This may be her moment. Smart story from @LATSeema
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City's first baby of 2018 is a quintessential New Yorker: born to immigrant parents, one of whom is a cabbie
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New York Daily News
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The first baby of 2018 was born at Flushing Hospital in Queens just after the ball dropped
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These are a fascinating window into L.A. history, not to mention a gem of a photo trove
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California Sun
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We’ve all seen Ansel Adams’ luscious black-and-white images of Yosemite. Lesser known are his pictures of life in World War II-era Los Angeles.
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Happening now: March over Brooklyn Bridge calling for renewal of #TPS for #Haiti
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Barbara Suhr made a 2-sided sign for today's #WomensMarchNYC w/2 messages: protesting Trump & women's empowerment
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#Aleppo was thriving, beautiful before war. @nabihbulos captures magic of city that once rivaled Constantinople:
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In Detroit's busiest ER, a man with his own dark past tries to halt a cycle of violence . A human look at gun violence in one of the cities most affected, via @kurtisalee
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Such a sad story by @hkbeech and @bdentonphoto about a casualty of the palm oil industry in Indonesia:
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Asylum officers I spoke to from the New York asylum office said they were under enormous pressure to get through cases quickly, hunt for fraud and, sometimes, reject cases where asylum might be granted at another office.
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How a 22-year-old L.A. native became Biden’s inauguration poet - via @julia_p_barajas
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BREAKING: NYPD says Saipov appears to have been planning #NYCTerroristAttack for "a number of weeks," committed attack in name of #ISIS
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Ukrainians wear their identity with pride. More and more insist on speaking Ukrainian -- despite being fluent in Russian.
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There is tension. Businesses have scrubbed the word "Russia" from their names and websites. "A lot of Russian people are now becoming very embarrassed to say they're Russian," one woman said.
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The Centennial development on Tejon Ranch has been talked about for nearly 2 decades. L.A. County is moving closer to making a final decision on it:
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This story from @vicjkim about a budding real estate boom along the DMZ has many great nuggets, including the fact that about half of the land inside the DMZ is estimated to be privately owned. Who knew?
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Owner of Safari West wildlife preserve in #Sonoma stayed behind, fought #fire . No animals lost: @JosephSerna
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New Jersey Atty. General Gurbir Grewal, a practicing Sikh who often faces discrimination, vows to take on Trump in wake of Schneiderman's resignation:
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"The students don't tell their professors -- they tell the bot." Amid the pandemic and remote instruction, CSU students found friendship in an unexpected place.
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Kelley Roberts built a roller coaster for Downey float this year. Got his start decorating at 10 y/o. #roseparade
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