Shawn Hubler

The California Governor’s Race Was in Limbo. Now It’s Wide Open.

The California governor’s race was in limbo. Now it’s wide open. “I got, like, eight texts in the last two minutes,” said one candidate. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

Marines Will Begin Withdrawing From Los Angeles

BREAKING: Marines Will Begin Withdrawing From Los Angeles www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...

Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.

“The moral injuries of this operation, I think, will be enduring,” one of the Guard officials said. “This is not what the military of our country was designed to do, at all.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...

How Do You Self-Identify? For Many Americans, Checking a Box Won’t Do.

“When the time comes for me to check a box,” she said, “I still ask: ‘What am I? What am I today?’” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...

Trump Pulls Back 150 Guard Troops From Federal Duties in California

The small but significant pullback involved about 150 specialized troops who would ordinarily be fighting wildfires. Still deployed are 385 medical workers, 355 law enforcement officials, 158 civil servants, 158 teachers, and thousands more. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

‘A Time of Bitter Celebrations’: Joy and Fear as L.A. Students Graduate Amid ICE Raids

As class president of her high school in Los Angeles, Daniella Martinez Cerezo opened her graduation speech by thanking all the immigrant parents in the audience. Then, switching from English to Spanish, she addressed two parents who weren’t there. Her own.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

Bass Lifts Curfew in Downtown L.A.

BREAKING: Bass Lifts Curfew in Downtown L.A. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

How L.A. Raids Ignited a New Fight Over Immigration

From her black S.U.V., Mayor Bass gazed out the window, waiting to hear the whole story. But at some level, she already understood what was happening — had been expecting it, in fact, since Mr. Trump won the election.“My reaction was: ‘OK. Here we go.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...

How L.A. Raids Ignited a New Fight Over Immigration

From her black S.U.V., Mayor Bass gazed out the window, waiting to hear the whole story. But she already understood what was happening—had been expecting it, in fact, since Mr. Trump won the election.“My reaction was: ‘OK. Here we go.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u... www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...

Calif. Senator Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed After Interrupting Noem

Mr. Padilla said that he had demanded to know why he had been detained and where he was being escorted “when of all people, Corey Lewandowski comes running down the hall and he starts yelling, ‘Let him go! Let him go!’” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/u...

A San Francisco Plaza Was Down and Out. Then Skaters Moved In.

“A high concrete ledge with a chunky grind will never not be sick to skate,” he said. Conor Dougherty’s take always makes me smile. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...

Chinese Students Rattled by Trump Plan to ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas

“People are worried about liking the wrong thing on social media or even getting a speeding ticket because it might mean the end of all their hard work and time in America. ... Six students had their visas revoked at my university. Who’s to say I’m not next?” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...

Suspect in Palm Springs Bombing Died in Blast, Officials Say

“He wasn’t dumb,” Mr. Bartkus said. “But he wasn’t a leader. He was a follower.” He added, “If somebody came along and said this was a good idea, he’d probably go along with it.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...

Suspect Identified in Palm Springs Bombing and Is Said to Have Died in Blast

In an interview Guy Edward Bartkus’s father said his son was "a follower," not a leader, but that he was skilled in ballistics. “Nothing major, nothing like a ‘bomb’ bomb, but he’d build rockets, shoot them in the air."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...

Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

⁦‪BREAKING: ⁦‪@CAgovernor‬⁩ ⁦‪@GavinNewsom‬⁩ plans to escalate California’s push to eradicate homeless encampments on Monday, calling on hundreds of municipalities to ban tent camps on sidewalks, parklands and other public property.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

Newsom Asks Trump to Work With Him on $7.5 Billion Tax Credit for Hollywood The proposal for a federal program came after the president called for tariffs on movies filmed overseas, causing confusion and concern across the industry.

BREAKING: Newsom Asks Trump to Work With Him on $7.5 Billion Tax Credit for Hollywood www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/m...

Harris Returns to Political Life, Warning of a Constitutional Crisis Kamala Harris has rarely spoken out after leaving Washington in January. In her first major address since then, she acknowledged Democratic fears and praised leaders who were speaking out.

Harris Returns to Political Life, Warning of a Constitutional Crisis, my colleague Laurel Rosenhall of the @nytimes.com writes. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

On California’s State Bar Exam, More Questions Than Answers The State Bar of California’s new exam has been rife with problems, an A.I. controversy and now the likelihood of delayed results.

“All the issues I spotted make so much sense with A.I. being involved. We just didn’t want to believe it.” My colleague Orlando Mayorquin with the latest on California’s state bar exam — and its latest delays. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...

Canadian Snowbirds Bought Into the American Dream in Palm Springs. Was It a Mirage? Each year, hundreds of thousands of Canadians visit the desert city. But tariffs and other attacks on their country by the Trump administration are driving them away.

Last month, Mayor deHarte posted a video to social media addressed to Canadians. “Please know you are welcome and appreciated here,” he says, “despite what the government does.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

In Marin County, There’s Trouble in Teslaville Tesla’s sleek electric vehicles used to be a status symbol in liberal Mill Valley, Calif. Now, they are despised by many — including those who drive them.

For all you #Tesla owners who hate the artist but love the art, a great weekend feature from my colleague Heather Knight in Mill Valley. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

As L.A. Emerges From Wildfires, Can Its Mayor Recover, Too? Los Angeles is rebuilding, but new crises are mounting and Mayor Karen Bass has been haunted by her absence when the fires started. It’s unclear whether she can reset.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

California Is Preparing to Sue Trump to Stop His Tariffs State officials argue in a lawsuit that the U.S. Constitution expressly gives the authority to impose tariffs to Congress.

BREAKING: California will sue to stop the Trump tariffs. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u... via @NYTimes

The Impact of the L.A. Fires Was Felt Far From the Burn Zone, Poll Shows The new U.C.L.A. survey found that many adults in Los Angeles County had lost jobs or incomes to the fires, or knew someone who had been personally affected by the disaster.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

L.A. County Expects $2 Billion in Fire Costs, Adding to Budget Woes County leaders said that layoffs of public workers were so far unlikely, but that the region’s financial challenges multiplied after the wildfires in January.

L.A. County Expects $2 Billion in Fire Costs, Adding to Budget Woes www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

“Everyone is buzzing about it,” Erin Nickerman, 46, said as she sat down with her son for a scoop of Bing cherry at Gunther’s Ice Cream, a beloved local parlor, on a warm afternoon. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...

Trump Takes Aim at California Six Times in 24 Hours The Trump administration seemed to hold back immediately after the January wildfires. But its multipronged assault on California has now begun in earnest.

Trump Takes Aim at California Six Times in 24 Hours www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...

Two Families and One Moment in Time, Long Before Flames Hit L.A. As fires spread in Los Angeles, a reporter found a surprising, decades-old link between his father and a couple he would come to write about.

Like Los Angeles itself, the stories from the fires have been outsized . But you need to read this small one, by the great Billy Witz. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/r...

The Latest Trend Among the L.A. Elite: Launching Your Own Rebuilding Initiative Power brokers in Los Angeles believe that side efforts are necessary to rebuild after the wildfires. They just can’t settle on which one.

The Latest Trend Among the L.A. Elite: Launching Your Own Rebuilding Initiative www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...

The Terrifying Ride of Copter 17 A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night-flying firefighters like never before.

“He flies helicopters like Jimi Hendrix plays the guitar,” said Ed Walker, a firefighter-paramedic in the department who has sat next to Mr. Sagely on countless calls. “It’s like the copter is a part of him. It’s an extension of his being.”
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‘It Was Biblical’: Ash and Flame Upend Life in Southern California Wind-whipped wildfire blew through communities of every socioeconomic status and stripe, merging, psychically if not physically, into a kind of mega-catastrophe.

It wasn’t just that the place was in flames. It was that it seemed to be in flames everywhere at once. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...