Dios mio can we settle this goddam contract before I retire? Dr. Pat and the guild saved the LATimes. Thank you to both. Now let’s fairly compensate the people who make the LAT the most important institution in Southern California and keep rising
“So maybe unions can’t save the news biz,” says
@LATstevelopez
. “But they can raise the voices of those who can — journalists. Having written for decades about economic justice, I’m with Los Angeles Times Guild colleagues committed to a mission I share at a newspaper I love.”
I went to a rally Wednesday for a hotel worker fired after getting Covid, and today woke up to this timely Margot Roosevelt story: Workers and customers are catching COVID-19. Should businesses escape blame?
The first part in a must-read series by
@LATstevelopez
, with photos by
@francineorr
, on poverty in the suburbs of Los Angeles and how it affects children.
I saw this man biking in downtown LA today, holding a bird. Brian Cook said bird was covered with glue and couldn’t fly. DTLA Vets is trying to save the bird. “I’m a nature lover,” said Cook, who lives in a tent on skid row
I always expected
@LATstevelopez
‘s last day at Times Mirror Square would involve being escorted out by security after a column slamming one of our owners. Instead he exits unescorted, into our new El Segundo adventures. Still many column, many years ahead to get fired!
Fine reporting by Patrick McDonnell on continuing tragedy of forsaken Kurds, who had same lament when I was in Iraq at end of first Gulf War: “What we want is to be left in peace, to live our lives normally.” Scenes of turmoil:
Although a well written article,
@LATstevelopez
misses the point on a root cause of homelessness - There IS hope for local solutions - but there needs to be a PLAN, and for that we need LEADERSHIP!
@MayorOfLA
@CD6Nury
#vannuys
Bonin says he and family are heartbroken and sick, “reeling from revelations “ that cut the spirit of Los Angeles.” Tearful as he says attack on his son makes his “soul bleed”
Rosanna Xia follows her great reporting on Hollister with this bulletin on historic beach access moment: Newsom signs bill to open Hollister Ranch beaches to the public
I’m at the Oakwood Community Center in Venice. Here to support those who, like me, want homeless shelters & transitional housing. The pro-development people are campaigning against “powerful special interests in the social services sector.” I kid you not.
@LATstevelopez
@LATstevelopez
So Steve, what's going on there at LAT? I just cancelled after 47 years. No political reason. It had just gotten so pathetic. Any light at the end of the tunnel, besides the oncoming train?
More than 100,000 Americans are expected to die after a slow initial government response to the coronavirus pandemic and the first person to be fired is ... the aircraft carrier captain who pleaded for help for his stricken crew.
@ckubeNBC
Nice sentiment to launch holiday season - Nita Lelyveld’s City Beat: Homeless people are served a five-course dinner at an O.C. home. It’s about dignity and human connection
LAT 1-2 Page One knockout punches. How does a cop fake evidence and not get fired? Why does Lapd still have gravy train retirement plan? Anybody in charge?
So is this a double or triple dip, and is it time to drop DROP?
Before becoming LAPD chief, Moore retired, collected a $1.27-million payout, then was rehired
My worry about historic day in DC is that we might forget that Trump’s daily lies, hypocrisy, hatred, pettiness, ignorance and divisiveness remain at least as great a threat to the republic, the world and the planet as the basis of the impeachment
Shout out to my colleagues,
@LATstevelopez
&
@francineorr
, who are out there on the front lines with the selfless health care providers who are visiting ailing homeless folks. Proud to be your colleague, guys!
This column was dug up by my longtime colleague Francine Orr, who seeks out stories at all hours, and the photography is her usual poetic blend of artistry, social commentary, moral outrage and compassion
L.A. homeless crisis grows despite political promises, many speeches and millions of dollars. How do we fix this? In 2016, when the county's homeless number rose to 47,000, with 28,000 in the city alone by
@LATstevelopez
via
@LAtimes
Trump, oil and gas baron lackey, wants to drill in protected waters off California coast. Just let him try. We have too much love for the coast to let it happen.
Anonymous whistle blower or enabler? We already knew Trump was unfit and amoral. Stand up, state your name, explain why you ever had any faith in him, admit your poor judgment and quit
sad news. hep cat Jack Sheldon, a jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader, has died. once told me he still practiced, after decades, because he was "trying to get good."