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'The Muppet Show' special brings back the magic of the original — and a couple of Muppets Director Alex Timbers spoke about helming the Muppet special that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the show and the return of Rizzo and Bean Bunny.

Wonderful behind-the-scenes story on muppet-making: www.latimes.com/entertainmen... via @carlosfilm.bsky.social

New “Muppet Show” is so good. Please make more Josh D’Amaro.

OPINION by John L. Smith: Walker Lake is stunning — and it’s slowly shrinking to death. Exploited and depleted, the lake faces a bleak fate that’s not just a Mineral County problem. It’s a Nevada problem.

Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...

Yesterland: Happy 25th to Disney California Adventure! Strolling through DCA in February 2001

Hppy 25th birthday, Disney California Adventure. Time flies! www.yesterland.com/dca20.html

We’re damned if we do, and we’re damned if we don’t. As the opening ceremonies are underway in Milan, be sure to read this report about the extreme financial risks LA faces in hosting the next Olympic and Paralympic Games

This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social

Meet Jacquie Pierri, your Winter Olympics climate hero She grew up in New Jersey, built a career in clean energy and is playing hockey this month for the Italian women's team in Milan Cortina.

"If you play a sport outdoors, this is dramatically impacting the future of your sport. Hockey we play indoors, but most hockey players fall in love with this sport playing outdoors as a kid."

Meet the Winter Olympian ringing alarm bells about climate: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/jacquie-pi...

RIP Terrance Gore.

NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday

Everything is censored here and it’s bonkers!!

Meet Jacquie Pierri, your Winter Olympics climate hero She grew up in New Jersey, built a career in clean energy and is playing hockey this month for the Italian women's team in Milan Cortina.

"If you play a sport outdoors, this is dramatically impacting the future of your sport. Hockey we play indoors, but most hockey players fall in love with this sport playing outdoors as a kid."

Meet the Winter Olympian ringing alarm bells about climate: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/jacquie-pi...

Commentary: Petty Trump spikes football over nearly 200-year-old Mexican-American War It was a war fueled by colonialism, launched with the intent of humiliating a weaker country, fought in the name of revenge and waged by a racist president.

MY LATEST @latimes.com ‬⁩ COLUMNA: Petty Trump spikes football over nearly 200-year-old Mexican-American War. Share, porfas!

Where Do the Journalists Go Now? As media titans self-combust, what does that mean for reporters, their sources and the news we desperately need?

This week's Post layoffs hit a chord for me, so I wrote something personal, timed with the anniversary of my own layoff a year ago.

"What is it that they say, again? Journalism is the thing you love that doesn’t love you back."

mirandacgreen.substack.com/p/where-do-t...

Wow. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Disneyland's Haunted Mansion can be rented for weddings, but there is a scary price Disneyland announced its famed Haunted Mansion will be available for weddings beginning in July, with the price ranging from $25,000 to $40,000 for use of the mansion’s courtyard.

Disneyland's Haunted Mansion can be rented for weddings, but there is a scary price

Appreciation: Catherine O'Hara was an onscreen benediction From "SCTV" to "Best in Show" to "Schitt's Creek," the actor left a mark on her roles that made the projects she starred in an immediate recommendation.

I wrote about Catherine O’Hara. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I appreciate the sentiment and agree with it very much! I think it also raises the obvious question of what constitutes basic decency.

How many objective journalists thought the lies about Obama’s birth certificate constituted decency? What about calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists?

For Disney's board, a meticulous CEO handoff — not 'a rigged game' — was the imperative Disney Chairman James Gorman led the succession process, which began with a list of more than 100 candidates and ended with the selection of parks chief Josh D'Amaro, who will replace Bob Iger as CEO.

For Disney's board, a meticulous CEO handoff — not 'a rigged game' — was the imperative

California wanted to buy e-bikes for residents. Glitches, funding short-circuited the effort About 2,300 Californians secured state-funded vouchers covering up to $2,000 of the purchase price for an e-bike. The goal was to make the electric-powered two-wheelers more accessible for lower-incom...

California wanted to buy e-bikes for residents. Glitches, funding short-circuited the effort www.latimes.com/california/s... via @karenmg.bsky.social

Southern California is getting hotter. LA County now has a heat action plan Board of Supervisors approves an “all-of-government” approach to protecting public health amid rising temperatures.

Southern California is getting hotter. LA County now has a heat action plan: laist.com/news/climate...

Chart: Surprise — batteries got cheaper again last year The steady downward march of lithium-ion battery prices is one of the key stories of the energy transition. The trend continued last year.

Lithium-ion batteries once again got cheaper in 2025. It's crazy how they keep doing that! www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat... via @danmccarthy.bsky.social

Congress fears the loss of jobs in Hollywood amid Warner Bros. acquisition While Netflix and Paramount fight for Warner Bros. Discovery, California lawmakers are concerned about where the acquisition will leave Hollywood's workforce.

Congress fears the loss of jobs in Hollywood amid Warner Bros. acquisition

Inside the polarizing plan to stash carbon in a California wetland A proposal to store carbon dioxide deep below a restored Bay Area wetland is testing how — and where — California pursues climate solutions.

A startup wants to store huge amounts of carbon beneath a wetland in the San Francisco Bay Area. The proposal is generating controversy in a low-income, working class county: grist.org/solutions/in...

In Palisades visit, Trump officials vow to speed up permits for fire rebuilding EPA chief Lee Zeldin visited Los Angeles with the head of the Small Business Administration to address what they called unacceptable delays in granting building permits after last year's devastating f...

The Trump administration says it's going to take over and speed up the post-fire rebuilding process in L.A. County. Local officials say it would be more helpful for the federal government to release funding: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @hayleysmith.bsky.social

'We are still here:' Death Valley is the latest battleground in fight over national park signs and exhibits The Trump administration is reviewing at least one exhibit at Death Valley National Park that recognizes the Timbisha Shoshone's connection to the land.

Death Valley National Park is the latest battleground in the Trump administration's campaign to cover up history and science on America's public lands: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @alex-wigglesworth.bsky.social

Dodgers pledged $100 million to Newsom's wildfire relief fund. So far, they've given $7.8 million LA Rises has struggled to distinguish itself amid a panoply of wildfire relief efforts, delivering $20 million to date, including $7.8 million from Mark Walter’s family foundation.

Dodgers owner Mark Walter promised that the team's charity and his own family foundation would give contribute up to $100 million to L.A. wildfire relief. One year later, they've given just $7.8 million: www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

Is the Dodgers' vaunted farm system a mirage? The Dodgers have had some big disappointments, and some success, among their top 10 position player prospects the last few seasons.

Is the Dodgers’ vaunted farm system a mirage? www.latimes.com/sports/dodge... via @houstonmitchell.bsky.social

Commentary: Just say no! Dodgers players should decline White House visit Bill Plaschke says players must stand up for fans and turn down a White House visit the Dodgers' owners promised to make after winning the World Series.

"Sending a title team to the White House is baseball tradition. Sending a message about equality and fairness and freedom is a Dodgers tradition. Somebody in a Dodgers uniform needs to stand up for that tradition." Bravo, Bill Plaschke: www.latimes.com/sports/dodge... via @latimes.com

Amazon outbids WA utility for one of nation’s largest solar projects Tech companies like Amazon are racing to build datacenters that power AI. That requires a lot of electricity.

Most direct example I've seen of the AI data center boom complicating the energy transition. Amazon just outbid a Washington state electric utility for one of the nation's largest solar projects: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

How climate change is threatening the future of the Winter Olympics Warming temperatures are threatening the future of all outdoor snow-based sports in the Olympic Games. Is it only a matter of time before certain Olympic events disappear?

Love to see @latimes.com covering climate change and sports. Important story by @kbaxter11.bsky.social on the scary future awaiting the Winter Olympics: www.latimes.com/sports/olymp...

Thanks much to @elizabarclay.bsky.social for the opportunity.