Anita Chabria
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California columnist for the @latimes, covering election 2024 and how policy and politics affects real people.
California, USA
Joined July 2013
As we brace for hospitals to be hit, remember the first wave doesn’t mean social distancing isn’t working. These will be existing cases our lapse in testing didn’t catch. What matters is if they keep coming. W/@stiles and @skarlamangla
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Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life at age 16 for killing the man who started abusing her when she was 11. That's just how California did justice back in the 1990's-- considering little girls who were trafficked to be complicit or willing 1/3
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California Hospital lost freezer, gave out 600 vaccine shots in 2 hours - Los Angeles Times
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Biden rebukes Newsom in the fight with #farmworkers and @UFWupdates. "In the state with the largest population of farmworkers, the least we owe them is an easier path to make a free and fair choice to organize a union," Biden said in a statement today. 1/4
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The 2 brothers suspected in the recent deadly shooting in Sacramento share something in common besides blood. They both abuse women — a warning sign for gun violence. If we want to stop mass shootings, we need to take domestic violence seriously 1/4
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Why local news matters- when a Miami reporter couldn’t find a candidate’s photo, it made her curious: Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money
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On that day, she said, “I died. I came back. I gave birth” @marialaganga with a beautiful reminder of who and what we protect when we take the pandemic seriously. With COVID, she's pregnant and can't breathe - Los Angeles Times
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Are homeless people flocking to CA for good drugs and lax laws? Nope. The definitive study from @ucsfbhhi, out today, found that 9 out of 10 people living on our streets are from the Golden State. And many of them are seniors that can't pay the rent. 4/4
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The LA Times is giving me a column. I’ll be looking for people and issues to help us understand this crazy, unique state that, despite all the headed-to-Texas stories, most of us still love. So email, DM, call-let me know what matters to you.
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Anyone who cares about journalism should be alarmed by this. There is NO scenario in which good journalism should be judged by how many clicks it gets.
We have alarming news. The owner of The Sacramento Bee is trying to tie journalists’ pay to the number of clicks their stories get. We’re urging the company to reconsider. Here's our letter to McClatchy’s new CEO about how this could hurt our community. #NoPayForClicks 1/9
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The Central Valley is down to 0% availability of ICU beds. It’s also one of the poorest parts of the state. Here’s why some people won’t or can’t stay home. W/ @DianaMarcum and @susrust
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@kentnish's helmet cam captured the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol --if you need a reminder of just how serious this assault on democracy was, watch it through his eyes.
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There is no such thing as a 16-year-old prostitute. That is child sex trafficking and Tioni’s life mattered.
Yes. Both tragically awful. But to compare the reactions on the death of a 16-year old prostitute with that of a grad student is simply naive. The fresher take would be: How does liberal LA reconcile the Kupfer killing with forgiving notions on transients and jail time?
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The free market approach to Coronavirus testing has allowed CA to get in the game, but no one knows what the score is: California is behind on coronavirus testing and tracking - Los Angeles Times
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We, the state of California, owe Kruzan a pardon - but even more, we owe it to her 7 year-old-daughter as an acknowledgment we failed to protect Kruzan as a child, and failed to protect her from an unfair justice system that ignored her abuse.
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Mental illness? Drug addiction? We assume that's what's driving homelessness in CA - but there's a third cause that's being ignored: the growing poverty of the working class, especially Black and brown seniors. 1/4
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Column: Here's the backstory on why farmworkers and Gov. Gavin Newsom are on the outs on Cesar Chavez Day, and how internet sensation @JortsTheCat is involved!
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@stiles on CA hospitals:LAT analysis found CA has 7,200 ICU beds in 365 hospitals. Total, the state has about 72,000 beds. The Times data analysis shows one intensive-care bed for every 5,500 people in California. w/@skarlamangla
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Voter suppression in California? A demand for an Arizona-style audit? Conservative activists push voter fraud claims to recruit an army to police California recall polls
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Don’t read this because you’re scared of what’s coming. Read this to understand that what happens in the next two weeks could look very different than the two weeks after that. Our lack of testing has left us blind. But social distancing could still work.
Hospitals are straining under the coronavirus. The big wave coming could break them
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California is better these days when it comes to realizing children cannot be "prostitutes" because they are in fact victims of trafficking. Kruzan won release after 19 years in prison-remember she went in at 16. Now, she wants a pardon from #GavinNewsom
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Sara is a sex trafficking survivor who went to prison for killing the man who trafficked her. This pardon lets her know California has changed (at least a bit). Column: She killed the man who trafficked her. Will California ever forgive her? 2/2
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This letter by some of CA’s most powerful Latino activists and legislators to Newsom about the Farmworkers’ bill hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves. The gov has only days to veto or sign. It’s a reminder that the Latino vote matters and a veto will be remembered.
In urging Gov. Newsom to sign #AB2183, Latino leaders from across California honor the service and sacrifice of those who shaped California’s farm worker movement. Read the full letter here:
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Column: Farmworkers just plowed Newsom. What does it say about the Latino vote?
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‘We’re surging again.’ Doctors, nurses angry as coronavirus strains California hospitals
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Hundreds of mutual aid firefighters at Sacramento airport, some arriving, some leaving after fighting wildfires for days. Thanks to all!
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We know COVID hits the elderly hard, but I think sometimes we are too quick to say those folks were nearing the end of life anyway. Len Maisch is a wonderful reminder that age is just a number, not a measure of a life’s value or promise.
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Such an important read by @LouisSahagun- if you flee to remote places and take the virus with you, you risk overwhelming hospitals that may have only a single ventilator to begin with. Staying at home is safer for you and others:
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San Quentin is California’s most iconic prison. Friday, @CAgovernor will announce the facility will change by 2025 to model after Scandinavian ideals of rehabilitation -- transforming what incarceration means in California. 1/3
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In a sea of lies and propaganda, the Terminator is emerging as a voice for truth. @MiaMBloom, @proflevin and @madrid_mike give insights on what Schwarzenegger's turn as an elder statesman means.
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First 3% conspiracy charges in Capitol riot- O.C. Stop the Steal organizer Alan Hostetter indicted w/ @paigestjohn @LAcrimes @hannahfry @DelWilber
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The far-right loves to hate SF, but it takes the local voices of a handful of social media influencers to run that propaganda machine. 1/3
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40% of those testing positive for coronavirus in nursing homes are the staff – women, mostly of color and immigrants. It is the crisis of poverty and inequity within the crisis. W/ @jackdolanLAT and @brittny_mejia
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How a Black lawmaker from L.A. won a ‘mammoth fight’ to oust bad cops
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California says federal ‘let it burn’ policy is reckless as wildfires rage. With @phila_lex
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It's a ventilator that costs about $100 and was designed for pandemics. Why aren't more being made? These 2 Army vets tried.
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And here's Biden's full statement in support of AB 2183, the farmworker bill Newsom has signaled he will veto. Always good to remember Biden has a bust of Cesar Chavez on his desk.
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After #stephonclark sacramento gangs agreed to a truce. There were no gun- related homicides in the month of April. The city just hired this former drug dealer to keep that peace going.
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I love the L.A. Times and the work we do for our communities and our state. I work with talented, dedicated colleagues and I am walking out today with @latguild because an injury to one is an injury to all, and solidarity is our strength.
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We put out a lot of great front pages, but especially proud of this one that is full of stories you won’t find anyplace else — from investigations to kittens. I’d name all the reporters but there are too many!
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How many women in CA prisons are there because of crimes related to their physical and/or sexual abuse? No one knows. No one has asked. But #RobbieHall and #KeinaAldrich are two that the LAT has written about.
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Imagine your family calling every day, asking for your help to escape death or torture, but there's nothing you can do. For thousands of Afghan Americans, those calls are devastating and real. 'When will we get out?'
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Column: Biden turns tables on Newsom by backing California farmworker bill -- when the president weighed in on @UFWupdates bill, it may have been about more than farmworkers.
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When we talk about police shootings, we seldom talk about the kids left behind, and their generational trauma. Gabe Murphy, 17, was brave enough to speak with us about losing his dad, Christopher Murphy.
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“Though she hoped her 17-year-old son would attend junior college this fall, she is taking him to the fields with her instead so he can learn the work ‘in case I die,’” she said: California’s farmworkers face evictions with no safety net amid pandemic
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Why is it OK for rich guys to steal my work? Just re-upping this piece on the California Journalism Preservation Act as Google throws a temper tantrum today.
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Last time out of @sacbee_news on an appropriately dark and stormy night. Thank you to all my excellent colleagues, especially @slebar, @MarcosBreton and @JACKOHMAN, and thank you to the many people in Sacramento who trusted me to tell your stories. #readlocal. It matters.
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Far-right militant Ammon Bundy has a solution to the affordable housing crisis: build homes on public land. As climate change dwindles resources like water across the West, what was once an extremist message seeks new converts. W/ @haileybranson
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3/4 "Government should work to remove – not erect – barriers to workers organizing," Biden said today. Here's my article on where AB 2183 stands - Newsom has a few more weeks to decide.
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"Never before has the American public been faced with the prospect of having to ration medical goods and services on this scale,” they wrote. Who lives and who dies? With ventilators limited amid coronavirus, doctor might face hard choices
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It wasn't parole boards or Prop. 57 that led to Smiley and Deandre Martin being involved in Sacramento's recent shooting. It's how we think about guns, and how we treat women, especially women of color.
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This is bull. He was asked repeatedly to clarify, finally said all three people whose pictures he posted - including @AleneTchek - were part of the investigation and is now backtracking because what he did is wrong and abusive and isn’t being tolerated by those he claims to serve.
(1/3) Resulting from the incredible frenzy of misinformation being circulated, I must clarify at no time today did I state an LA Times reporter was a suspect in a criminal investigation. We have no interest in pursuing, nor are we pursuing, criminal charges against any reporters.
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If we want to curb gun violence, we can start by believing women when they warn us about predators. Or we can continue to wait until those men shoot into a crowd, and wonder yet again how such a tragedy could happen with no warning. 3/4
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Column: Some mentally ill people need involuntary care. Newsom’s plan could finally help. Hope you'll read this one --- it's time we stop using prisons as mental health care and this might help
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The CA legislature is fighting about a bill that increases penalties for trafficking children, with even media cranking up the rhetoric that it's pro-pedophiles v. protect children. That frenzy is bad for law-making, and bad for victims of trafficking.
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In a highly unusual move, rank-and-file officers unions are speaking out about #GeorgeFloyd California police unions condemn actions of Minnesota officer in George Floyd's death
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If you haven't been following the turmoil over AB 2183 by @UFWupdates, it's a unionization bill that Newsom has signaled he will not sign into law. Biden's remarks are, to say the least, unexpected and powerful. 2/4
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More truth: state projections show up to 60,000 homeless people could be hit by coronavirus. Our best-case scenario on extra capacity at hospitals adds 20,000 beds. We must protect the homeless to protect everyone:
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Column: Support pedophiles or protect children? A false question roils California Legislature. @JonesSawyerAD57 is taking heat for asking the right questions. No one is pro-sex trafficking. But we should strive to get our laws right.
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Nooses and the N-word. Student at suburban high school says racism is rampant.
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Column: Musk’s tweet shows that Twitter has become a willing participant in feeding the machine of propaganda and lies that is driving some to believe violence is justified. 1/2
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For those surprised anti-vaxxers shut down Dodger Stadium, you shouldn’t be. These groups have been recruiting and expanding statewide with the goal of disruption. Expect more.
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Officers posted comments on Facebook that were deemed sexist, racist and anti- Muslim. Now this district attorney is dismissing cases where they testified, uncertain if bias played a role - a potential new precedent for a growing problem:
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@Scott_Wiener said after the veto of #SB57 that he won’t bring the idea of safe consumption sites back unless the governor’s position changes. In the meantime, about 6,000 Californians — if not more — will continue to die of an overdose every year. 3/3
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After the Buffalo shooting, Black and brown parents felt a terrible and familiar fear about how vulnerable their children are. Author @DrIbram has a new book, and some advice, that offers hope for raising strong kids and addressing racism head-on.
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As community activist Leia Schenk said, all those guns mean “you can’t have a fist fight anymore." Someone is going to pull out a gun, and “then all these bystanders are killed,” she said.
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“The thing is that boomers will believe everything they see on Facebook, but people born in my generation will believe anything they see on TikTok,” @TaylorLorenz on the new Gas app and far-right hysteria over sex trafficking
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16 people a day, 6,000 a year: the number of Californians who die from overdoses. #CAGovernor Newsom has a bill on his desk (#SB57 by @Scott_Wiener) that would allow pilot programs in Oakland, SF and LA for safe injections sites. He should sign it. 1/3
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I agree! Every American should read the LA Times.
This is a headline every American should see: “Trump administration ended pandemic early-warning program to detect coronaviruses”. Donald Trump’s shortsighted actions left our nation ill-prepared to deal with this outbreak.
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John Burton, whose namesake building two men allegedly tried to blow up, weighs in, calling on Republicans to condemn the plot: “It’s time they get some cojones and stand up against this kind of violence," he says in a statement.
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United Farm Workers members march again to the Capitol, where their clout is growing - @jvgarrison tags along in the Central Valley heat to explain what it’s all about.
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“These are old people losing housing,” @MKushel told me - older Californians who were working until some setback hit and their lives "just blew up." 3/4
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A bit of good news to start a holiday weekend -- a very deserving woman, Sara Kruzan, was pardoned by @CAgovernor today. If you don't know her story . 1/2
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While the rest of the state sees signs of hope, Latino farmworkers are in trouble: Many California farmworkers fear a winter of hunger and homelessness amid the pandemic
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Smiley and Deandre Martin both had serious domestic violence histories - likely involving sex trafficking. Smiley multiple times was found with illegal guns. But we did little to make sure to take those guns away. 2/4
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When police reform includes racial reconciliation- Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones stood in front of a Black congregation in 2016 and apologized for a history that most LE dismiss: the slave patrol origins behind modern American policing.
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A quick thread on Smiley Martin, suspected to be part of the Sacramento shooting, and parole, since there's a lot of confusion out there, and even some fact checks that are wrong. Martin was never up for a hearing in front of the parole board. Last spring, he qualified. 1/3.
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Column: At the DNC, the Exonerated Five remind us that Trump has never cared about justice #exoneratedfive
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I have little doubt my job was one of those 84 saved since I’ve only been here a year, so thanks to @latguild and our owners for making this happen.
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I am saving this front page as my first official one as AME. I am incredibly proud of the work my colleagues do every day at The Bee, and always impressed with how we mobilize when the big news hits.
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I've been waiting all weekend for this @Davidlaz column after following Lupin the kitten on his feed-- the only way to start your Monday. 'Tiny acts of grace': The fine art of kitten fostering
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Vancouver's safe drug-use sites are wrenching to see. California should open them anyway -- 6,000 people die in California each year from overdoses. 1/4
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Column: Elon Musk's engagement with the far right on Twitter is out of control -- important read by @hiltzikm
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"The elder Gorman is a Sacramento resident and worked as a journalist for The Bee from 1971 to 1978, as one of the only Black reporters in the newsroom at the time, before she went on to work at the California State Assembly. @sirmarcussmith
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Native Americans say a far-right protest over water at the Ca-Oregon border is about more than it seems: “Our water crisis still exists in part due to racism, and racism toward the tribes still exists in part due to our water crisis”
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Pressured by cops, a mom made a false murder confession. Now, her sons can prove she's innocent. @jvgarrison and I worked on the wild crime story - lots of twists - for more than a year.
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Four extremist ‘Grizzly Scouts’ indicted on charges of obstructing federal probe into deadly shootings that occurred when boogaloo adherents killed a federal security guard using civic unrest in Oakland after George Floyd's death as cover
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California's largest-ever fire threatens cannabis farms worth millions. Many won't evacuate
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The Caldor fire is moving in on Strawberry. Can its historic lodge be saved? @whereishayley within feet of the flames threatening a Tahoe icon.
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These families feel that their lived experience is being ignored in the debate over Newsom’s plan for CARE Court. They are fed up with severe mental illness being a political issue, or even a civil rights one, rather than a medical condition.
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Column: Lorena Gonzalez is a foul-mouthed Latina troublemaker. That’s good for California workers
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State Sen. @Scott_Wiener, who represents SF, was at a birthday gathering of mostly gay men recently when the conversation turned to monkeypox. “We are on our own as always,” Weiner recalls someone saying. “We can’t count on anyone else.” 1/3.
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Very honored for this win from Best of the West, and a huge thanks to the many smart and generous people who share their knowledge and stories with me.
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Column: Bruce Willis' family opened up about his health. Their heroic act will help others -- wrote this last year, a reminder how important it is to have the hard converstations.
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