Jason Ruiz 🐀
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Reporter for the Long Beach Post. Proud member of the @LBMGuild . Sometimes I yell about UCLA and Dallas Cowboys football games. I'm sorry.
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In 10 years of working at the Post I think I've been accused of being biased against nearly every politician in the city. So, if I'm against everyone, who am I for?
The readers.
That's who reporters are supposed to be for.
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I know it’s Tuesday and you guys want news about City Council but...🗣it’s also my dog’s birthday🗣
@dog_rates
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The $150 million project would run through 13 different cities and connect Long Beach to East Pasadena with bus-only lanes. It’s very early in the process but those proposing the project think it can be built in the next decade.
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The thing that
@MartinJarmond
is underestimating is losing people like me. The people who sat through Dorrel, Neuheisel, the last parts of Mora and the past 6 years with Chip. He can cash his BIG 10 checks, but I won’t be here next year and neither will plenty others.
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There are many ways to write a press release.
LBPD: At approximately 11:52 p.m. officers were dispatched to the 2200 block of...
Seal Beach PD:
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Organizers are protecting the Nike store trying to get people to continue marching. Crowd is chanting “don’t loot”.
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This is Rodrigo Rodriguez and his sons Ian and Diego. They didn’t know the family but Rodrigo, who is a mariachi, said he felt compelled to perform because “funerals without music are very sad.”
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Very cool effort from former
@LBPoly_Football
and current Oregon State University football player
@kinnggalex
He's using the NIL rules to create a scholarship to help students going through adversity, hopes to raise enough to fund a full-ride scholarship.
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At a protest at Lincoln Park where a group calling for the renaming of the park has set up gallows in front of the giant penny.
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As a Californian that lives approximately two miles from the beach I can tell you that the governor's impending closure of all beaches will rob me of my one annual trip to the beach. Furious. 🏖️
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On a local note I’ve got word that Long Beach Congressman Alan Lowenthal is safe. Not in the Capitol building.
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Public service announcement: If there is a "shelter in place" order announced in Long Beach grocery stores, gas stations, banks, hospitals and first responders will all still be open for business. You do not need to run out to any of these, you have plenty of time. Lots of time.
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Journalism is in crisis largely because management doesn’t understand that the brand only exists because of the reporters who helped build it. We’re not all replaceable and if you do let people go at least do it with dignity and pay them their severance.
@latguild
✊🏼
@LBMGuild
Taking a break in solidarity with my
@latguild
colleagues. Our managers refuse to honor a deal they made and are trying to avoid paying the full severance they owe our laid off colleagues.
When we pointed this out -- a manager implied we could face more job cuts.
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I'm hearing that Michigan backed out of its home-and-home with UCLA because the low attendance at the Rose Bowl would have made it too easy to spot their advanced scouts stealing signs.
Breaking: The NCAA is investigating the Michigan Wolverines' football program amid allegations of sign stealing, the Big Ten Conference said Thursday.
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Really funny that the
@UCLAAthletics
department decided it was better to alienate its fanbase to keep an underachieving and unmotivated head football coach who may ultimately spurn the college to go be an assistant coach in the NFL. Incredible work.
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Kind of tough to hear him but he told the crowd them there was the Malcolm X way and the MLK way. He said they need to take their greivences to the LBPD dept, not the retail stores before asking individuals “are you an animal?”
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Two years ago I wrote about how the LBPD had accounted for over half of all arrests on the entire Metro system despite patrolling just 4 miles of track. Now Chief Robert Luna is part of a federal case over racial profiling on the Blue Line (A Line).
A federal judge Wednesday granted a motion to add Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna as a defendant in a racial profiling lawsuit, attorneys said.
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Under no circumstances should people be able to turn left on Redondo between PCH and Anaheim. Those who make u-turns along this stretch should be banned from Long Beach permanently.
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The city releasing the homeless count on the Friday before the Fourth of July. *Nothing to see here*
Actually, there's a lot to see.
2020 count: 2,034
2022 count: 3,296
There was a 380% increase in people living in their cars. Story coming.
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The
@LongBeachPost
has published 5 stories since we walked off the job Thursday, all of which has been sponsored content/wire. This is what news will look like in LB without reporters. That’s why it’s imperative for our board to negotiate with
@LBMGuild
over how to save jobs.
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I had to fight for these puns to stay in the story so I hope you appreciate them. 😹
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The three of us that are on strike have been notified by
@LongBeachPost
leadership that they’re permanently replacing us, which underscores what the
@LBMGuild
has been saying all along:
They are not serious about supporting labor or reaching a realistic end to this strike.
It’s been nearly 6 weeks since 9 LBJI workers were laid off in the midst of our union drive, and 3 more went on strike in solidarity. Donations to our Relief Fund help pay for rent, food and bills as we fight LBJI’s unfair labor practices. Donate today:
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I'm at City Hall right now and I'm the only LB reporter that's been the past few days. I'm committed to reporting news for you, but because
@LBMGuild
members are on strike, our work is not coming with a paycheck. Please consider supporting us if you can
The Watchdog is a commitment to you by the laid off and striking journalists of the Post and Business Journal to continue reporting the day's news even when they're not being paid to. Donate to the Relief Fund and help continue the fight for local news:
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About two months ago, John reached out to me to let me know he was offered my job at the
@LongBeachPost
but he wasn’t “looking for a blessing” or trying to “undercut” those on strike. I told him crossing the picket line and taking the job would do exactly that.
We’re here now.
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Staff at the
@LongBeachPost
and
@LBBizJourn
are forming a union. All of us care deeply about the community we live in and cover. Uniting together is a way we can ensure that we remain an independent source of news. We eagerly await voluntary recognition from our board.
@LBMGuild
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I wrote this story a week ago today but it didn’t get edited because management was too busy acquiring and resetting passwords in anticipation of laying people off. If you want to know what it says feel free to ask me. Don’t cross the click-it line. Don’t read
@LongBeachPost
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As a reporter and a husband to a nurse on the front lines I find it extra infuriating that I continue to see people hanging out with friends, not wearing their masks in public and citing things they saw on the internet that proves COVID-19 is a hoax. I want sports back.
#StayHome
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In a week where there has been so much ugliness...this is what our city is still capable of. Kindness between strangers because it’s the right thing to do. Beautiful.
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The crowd is cleared out, but from the people I spoke to tonight it’s clear Captain Rosa will be remembered for a long time.
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So my boss, who expects me to return to work to write the news for our readers is calling me a liar. Not sure what kind of message that’s sending to
@LongBeachPost
subscribers but it sure is an interesting one.
Anyway, I’m not a liar and you should read this thread.
CEO
@MelissaEvansLBP
has finally addressed our union, in the form of an open letter to readers. The statement is devoid of accountability and responsibility and full of half truths and outright lies. Let’s take a look (🧵)
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Shout out to
@SignalTribune
for the coverage. No Long Beach papers covered the
@LBMGuild
picket line today. I wonder why that is? 🤷🏻♂️
Read this story. Don’t read any
@LongBeachPost
stories. Hold the line.
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Guys, I made it into the illustrious Cheeseburger Room of the White House today.
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If 2016 taught us anything, national political polls are about as useful as a mask mandate in Orange County.
Joe Biden has taken a commanding, 14-point lead over President Trump in the 2020 race, according to a new poll of registered voters by The New York Times and Siena College
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First public comment in over 3 months and the caller, who wasn't speaking to the topics on the closed session agenda, had a single focus: Defund the LBPD
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I just want to take a purity intermission to say how beautiful the outpouring of support has been for my
@LBMGuild
colleagues and I. We see you and we appreciate you. And we’re committed to providing you all with the news you deserve whether that’s at LB Post or another vessel.
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Aside from the racism espoused behind closed doors in this recording, this is another glaring example of why elected officials should not be involved in drawing district lines. Story from
@latimes
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Has to be easily over 300 now and still the only noise is coming from the 405 Freeway just to the south of the park.
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New ownership, more resources means I get friends at city council. Full disclosure,
@StephRivera88
is paid to be my friend.
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They mayor has faced more heat in the first 30 minutes of this meeting than he has since he was elected mayor in 2014.
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Mayor
@RobertGarcia
announced today that 500 single-parent households in the 90813 area code could become part of the city's basic income pilot program that would give them $500 per month for a year, along with other aid like free child care.
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Happy Sunday morning, Long Beach.
It’s a beautiful day outside so let’s get out there and enjoy it and remember that the
@LongBeachPost
staff is on strike. Please support the
@LBMGuild
by not crossing the “click-it” line until management starts negotiating with us.
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Just voted at the Walter Pyramid where poll workers are saying there’s a 1.5-2 hour wait. They also briefly ran out of ballots but a county worker pulled up with several boxes of ballots as I walked out.
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It’s me. I’m striking reporters.
Don’t support
@LongBeachPost
⚠️Reminder⚠️
@LBMGuild
is still asking you not to read the
@LongBeachPost
while 3 reporters are on strike.
They have hired freelancers and are in the process of "permanently replacing" striking reporters.
Please read instead.
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Wish I could say this is an April Fool’s post but the
@LBMGuild
remains on strike because management is dragging its feet on reaching a resolution.
It’s been nearly 2 weeks since a LB reporter wrote a story for the
@LongBeachPost
.
We’re ready to talk.
We’re ready to work.
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The things you have to do because management won’t negotiate. The
@LBMGuild
is ready to come back to work.
Tell
@MelissaEvansLBP
@jeremiahdobruck
and our board of directors to get serious about reaching a solution so we can start reporting the news again.
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So the Dodgers can get in but the media can’t. Cool.
Albert Pujols, Julio Urias, Fernando Valenzuela and Jaime Jarrin led a Dodgers delegation that visited migrant children temporarily sheltered at the Long Beach Convention Center.
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Theres's a protest outside City Hall calling for a recall of Mayor Robert Garcia. There's a protest across town denouncing a potential council vote on a COVID-19 rent repayment plan. And the council is currently hearing a presentation on fireworks. Happy Tuesday, y'all.
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The
@lbwatchdognews
appreciates the community standing with us🥰✊🏼
hi long beach friends- don’t cross the virtual picket line, even for media interviews. solidarity with
@lbwatchdognews
✊🏾
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A “former journalist” who now contacts with the CVB interviewed their boss to get the real facts behind the CVB’s request for the City Council to shield it from public record laws while spending millions in public $$ This is the most ham-handed damage control I’ve seen in a while
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At LBCC for the even with President Joe Biden and Gov. Gavin Newsom. They gave the press best seats in the house. Obstructed view with sun blasting us in the face.
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I had to get my dog Xanax because nobody cares about the city’s ban on fireworks. And now my pharmacist thinks I’m using my dog as cover to abuse prescription drugs.
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Damn. USC just got beat by a QB who was working at the Lowes garden center a few months ago. Hate to see it. ✌🏻✌🏻
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It's Tuesday night, people. That means it's time for 5G conspiracy theories...and Long Beach City Council.
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Today is a good day to remind
@MelissaEvansLBP
@jeremiahdobruck
and our board of directors that readers gave money to support journalism, not their high-priced, anti-union lawyer.
The
@LBMGuild
is ready to go back to work. Are they ready to negotiate?
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Currently standing in the lobby of the council chambers because everyone has been kicked out of the meeting. This was the last video I shot before the mayor asked for the room to be cleared.
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Police cleared an encampment at UCLA this morning and a new one is spring up at Cal State Long Beach today.
@_Brandon_E
is on the scene reporting live from campus. Read more at The Watchdog:
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Attn cops: STOP SHOOTING REPORTERS! 🗣
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A Highway Patrol Officer just bought my dinner in the drive through. Picked us at random but I’m glad I was able to find him in the parking lot to thank him. Amid all the pain and suffering happening it’s nice to see that others are still being kind to strangers.
#Thankful
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So, no one is being let back in the chambers. Not even media. Was just told by LBPD that we could watch the rest of the meeting from home.
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Stories like this are why it’s important to support your local paper/radio station.
Thousands of dollars of gifts -- flights, gambling chips, escorts -- from developers: Prosecutors drop the hammer again in the L.A. City Hall corruption investigation, this time on an aide to Councilman Jose Huizar.
@DavidZahniser
@AlpertReyes
@joelrubin
:
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I just want to take a moment to thank everyone who showed up to the
@LBMGuild
fundraiser last night. Seeing so many community members, friends and other journalists show up to support us reinforces that what we’re fighting for is important.
Long Beach deserves local news.
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In which the
@latimes
has painted me as an anti-homeless person who fights people at NFL games. 😂
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Interesting that CEO
@MelissaEvansLBP
would layoff 60% of the staff who signed unionization cards and were awaiting recognition of the
@LBMGuild
rather than come to the bargaining table and figure out real solutions that didn’t end with the death of local news in Long Beach.
This morning
@LongBeachPost
and Business Journal CEO
@MelissaEvansLBP
began making calls to striking Long Beach Media Guild members informing them they’ve been laid off. We have been locked out of our company email accounts. Reach us at LBJI.Journalists
@gmail
.com.
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I thought about this
@daily49er
story all night and
@MelissaEvansLBP
is right, she never said “fired” she said we would not be re-hired. Truly nasty stuff for a
@CSULBJPR
professor to be playing semantic word games with a student reporter.
@LBMGuild
stands ready to negotiate.
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I’ll say it again for the people in the back: self attesting is not a legitimate safeguard. Some guy I went to college with was an active participant in the anti-vax rally in LA and hours later was maskless at the Rams preseason game. He’s in the tank top, guess what side he’s on
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I’m here at the last City Council meeting at the old city hall. I came to make sure they tear it down.
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Hey, Long Beach! I'm covering transportation now for the
@LongBeachPost
. If you have any tips or story ideas about transportation issues in the city plz send them this way.
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Judging by how many celebratory posts I’ve seen on social media my gauge is that about 10% of this country understands how a president is un-presidented.
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A subscriber reached out to me to ask who our new reporter named "staff reports" was. Along with "City News Service" and other wire services, they are populating the
@LongBeachPost
.
It's almost 2 weeks since any original content was generated and that's just crummy
@LBMGuild
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Here's the current status of vote centers in Long Beach. Looks like nearly all are 15 minutes or less wait to vote in person. Here's a link you can use throughout today to check wait times.
@LongBeachPost
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We won a sexy bear award 🥳
Story Presentation Page Layout & Design Monthly Unique Visitors: 100,001-400,000:
First:
@LongBeachPost
,
@JasonRuiz_LB
,
@jeremiahdobruck
,
@___abcdennis
, Joel Sappell, Paul Kovac
Second:
@LongBeachPost
,
@___abcdennis
#CNPAwards
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Allegations of firing employees for being disloyal ✅
Using public money to buy gifts for elected officials ✅
Currently trying to restructure org to shield it from public records laws ✅
Read more from
@jeremiahdobruck
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I'm old enough to remember when a local food blogger said that Beachwood was not struggling in Downtown Long Beach and was not closing "Not now or anytime soon"
Yet here we are. Last day of service will be at the end of the month.
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Don’t be a scab. No job is worth having that label attached to your reputation.
The
@LongBeachPost
is interviewing to replace our reporters who are on strike against the company and CEO’s unfair labor practices. We know jobs for reporters are scarce but crossing the picket line is never the right choice.
SCABBING HURTS EVERY WORKER.
Don’t be a scab.
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Just at lunch and had these thoughts...there is an entire segment of the economy that depends on us as humans not fearing being out in public. You can see the concern on their faces. If you’re not sick, think about patronizing a local business.
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Still getting used to being quoted in the press but I’ll continue to tell the
@LBMGuild
’s story until our board of directors recognizes our union and negotiates a budget with real solutions that preserves local journalism jobs.
Thanks you
@forthelbc
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“A hallmark of our democracy has been the peaceful transfer of power,”
@RepLowenthal
said. “I don’t have to be happy about it, but it is our responsibility to uphold the Constitution. The world is watching.”
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Out in front of City Hall where about 50 people are gathered at a rally to support the placement of a $298 million affordable/homeless housing bond on the Nov. 3 ballot.
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@MartinJarmond
You still gotta do your thing tomorrow. This is just a generationally bad USC defense. Respectfully.
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Long Beach, these are the 2 maps under consideration tonight for a vote that could make one of them THE City Council district map for the next decade. If you thought this process was going to come to a quiet end tonight, you're wrong. Woke up to a text about a lawsuit being filed
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The request from
@LongBeachMayor
Rex Richardson for the city to look for outside groups to create a funding mechanism for local journalism moved forward Tuesday. Read more about it at
@LBMGuild
The Watchdog:
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I walked my dog, talked to the mayor about his run for Congress and responded to every single person who said I should be fired (so far) today. How's your Friday going?
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Here’s video of the city council retreating to chambers to boos and chants of “shame” after pro-Palestinian protestors calling for the city to support a ceasefire got angry after the council didn’t address their comments. Turned into “Recall Richardson” chants.
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LBPD Chief Robert Luna announced today that he was running for LA County Sheriff but someone announced to local activists where his press conference was in advance and that's how you end up with a photo like this. 📸
@Artscphoto
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Had the honorable
@RepBarragan
in our office today and her staff made us these cool name plates.
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A table with pre-assembled cups and candles being handed out at tonight’s vigil for the family that lost their lives in the accident Halloween night.
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The Long Beach City Council is back in session tonight after taking canceling last week's meeting due to concerns over civil unrest. It's going to be a long meeting because now it will have to consider two weeks worth of items.
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Made it out of the county clerk’s office without being dunked on by
@LACountyRRCC
again. Still haven’t recovered from election night but still decided to go forward with the wedding.
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