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Biggest Loser? Trump's L.A. legal team keeps getting beat Your morning catch-up: Trump's team is losing...to the L.A. Public Defender, Trump rejects science and more big stories

Prosecutors repping President Trump's Justice Department keep losing immigration protest cases. Here's a look at why. www.latimes.com/california/n...

She tells the state's water story, from sinking land to fallow fields Your morning catch up: A (water) truth teller in the state's heartland, 2026 Oscar nominations and more big stories.

"Lois is absolutely fierce. She’ll stand up and say what’s really going on."

Great Q&A with Lois Henry about @sjvwater.bsky.social's must-read coverage, by @raineytime.bsky.social:
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A California newspaper, back from the dead Your morning catch up: New news from old Santa Barbara, Warner Bros. rejects Paramount’s hostile bid and more big stories.

A 150+-year-old California newspaper, back from the dead. www.latimes.com/california/n...

Racism reparations haven't disappeared, they've gone local Your morning catch up: Santa Monica is the latest city to pay reparations, Santa Ana winds to hit SoCal and more big stories.

Reparations for past racism and slavery became a bad word in many places after Donald Trump took office. But @santamonicacity.bsky.social and other California cities have kept the restorative justice push going. www.latimes.com/california/n...

'Am I Next?' to be hit by immigration raids, a towering art installation asks Your morning catch-up: Artists combat ICE raids, delays coming to airports and more big stories

New to the battleground against President Trump's immigration raids: Artists and nonprofits in Los Angeles. Their "Am I Next?" photo essay lights up the sides of buildings in Southern California. www.latimes.com/california/n...

Immigration beatdown? Not with Dodgers epitomizing baseball's international flair Your morning catch up: The Dodgers' United Nations path to World Series title, thousands find food banks as SNAP benefits lapse and more big stories.

He looks like a Hobbit. And hammers the ball like a God of Aztlan. The @torontobluejays.bsky.social Alejandro Kirk just 1 of extraordinary immigrants, including at least 8 @losangelesdodgers.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/n...

A 'reignition' led to the Palisades fire, a finding sure to enrage thousands of victims Your morning catch-up: An arsonist allegedly started the Palisades fire, Disneyland raises ticket prices (again) and more big stories.

The focus is on the alleged arsonist. But in a way in the biggest news about the Palisades Fire is that it is a reignition of an earlier fire. Here's our story: www.latimes.com/california/n...

California says goodbye to coal and hello to cleaner electricity Your morning catch-up: California says goodbye to coal, trash fees will surge for L.A. residents and more big stories.

The Man in the White House would like to bring back COAL. But California is going in another direction. The story, as originally told by the smart, fiercely tenacious @sammyroth.bsky.social. Learn about the central Utah coal plant that's going away. www.latimes.com/california/n...

They’re now the toast of Oakland. The @oaklandballers.bsky.social Pro baseball in place of the A’s, Raiders, Warriors. www.latimes.com/california/n...

Malibu businesses struggling in the aftermath of fire and PCH restrictions Two months after the Palisades fire, customers of Malibu businesses have been displaced or blocked by restrictions on Pacific Coast Highway. Restaurants and shops tell the world they're open for busin...

Buy a sandwich, save Malibu? www.latimes.com/california/s...

Quote saying: I get tired of "under 40" lists. Show me someone who got their PhD at 60 after losing everything. Give me the 70-year-old debut novelist who writes from a lifetime of love and grief. Give me calloused hands and tender hearts.

AGEISM

They voted for Trump, but now they're losing their U.S. government jobs They voted for Donald Trump for president, but now they're losing government jobs. They wonder why Trump and Elon Musk aren't focusing on real waste and inflation.

They are federal workers who voted for Donald Trump. Now they've lost their jobs. And they have questions. One wondered what's become of the president's push to beat inflation. Etc. The White House says the cuts are needed to rein in the federal deficit. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Malibu movie theater owner, with a 'servant's heart,' died in the Palisades fire Betty O'Meara helped make the Malibu Cinema a gem for Hollywood stars and regular folks. When the Palisades fire came, she refused to evacuate, dying in the home where she had lived for more than 50 y...

Malibu had one movie theater. Now is has ZERO. An ode to the woman who helped make the magic at the Malibu Cinema. Betty O'Meara, who died when she refused to evacuate in the #PalisadesFire www.latimes.com/california/s...

Malibu movie theater owner, with a 'servant's heart,' died in the Palisades fire Betty O'Meara helped make the Malibu Cinema a gem for Hollywood stars and regular folks. When the Palisades fire came, she refused to evacuate, dying in the home where she had lived for more than 50 y...

An obituary for the beloved Malibu Cinema, the town's only movie theater, and for Betty O'Meara, the woman who helped run it. She refused to leave her home and died in the Palisades Fire. www.latimes.com/california/s...

In the ruins of Palisades fire, confronting my elusive Malibu life Times reporter James Rainey ventured back to see if his childhood home in Malibu was still standing, while he reflected on 'Old World Malibu.'

Memories, nostalgia and regret mix on a trek to find the old family home in Malibu. What really matters? What endures? "It turns out we are all just renters here." - By @raineytime.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Thanks Mr. Z. So good to hear from old friends, albeit at a sad moment. I hope you are well!

Samaritan scofflaws: they broke the law to stay inside the fire zone, but saved houses and helped neighbors Steve and Colton Foster may have saved 10 homes by ignoring fire evacuation orders in Pacific Palisades. Now they're nurturing fire refugees and residents who stayed in the neighborhood near the Getty...

Lawbreaker? Hero? Or a little of both? He stayed inside the #PalisadesFire perimeter. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Patrick Soon-Shiong's controversial shakeup at the L.A. Times: 'Bias meter,' opinion upheaval and a call for growth Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong on his plans to shake up the newspaper and build for the future.

It’s not easy to report on your own news outlet. But @raineytime.bsky.social does it here with clear and direct writing - a true service to the second largest city in America which deserves a robust media. 👏

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Patrick Soon-Shiong's controversial shakeup at the L.A. Times: 'Bias meter,' opinion upheaval and a call for growth Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong on his plans to shake up the newspaper and build for the future.

I talked to the owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. He's put $1 billion into the @latimes.com. Now his "Bias Meter," critique of the staff, praise of @robertkennedy.bsky.social ave caused an uproar. Even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has spoken. @kaj33.bsky.social My story: www.latimes.com/california/s...

What would 'government efficiency' look like if Elon Musk gets his way? Trump has given two entrepreneurs a mission to make the government more efficient. It's unclear how Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would accomplish that.

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