David Wharton

Pets for profit: An in-depth investigation A deep look into exploitation within the nation's multibillion-dollar pet industry, from the unregulated pipeline of puppies and other animals imported to California, to lax oversight that enables abu...

@latimes.com "Pets for Profit," a look at the big-money pet industry, has earned 1st-place at National Press Club awards. Congrats to colleagues @melodygutierrez.bsky.social & Alene Tchekmedyian -- we put much work & passion into this. @pressclubdc.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Pets for profit: An in-depth investigation A deep look into exploitation within the nation's multibillion-dollar pet industry, from the unregulated pipeline of puppies and other animals imported to California, to lax oversight that enables abu...

Honored that our "Pets for Profit" series in the @latimes.com was a finalist for the @ire.org FOI Award. Congrats to my colleagues and to @jacl.bsky.social, who launched and oversaw much of the work. See the stories here: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Seeing more and more social media posts (on various platforms) about bringing the Canadian boycott south of the border, ie: Americans buying only Canadian whiskey and shifting their vacation plans northward.

#Tesla owner driving past #TeslaTakedown protest at Westfield Topanga in Woodland Hills CA pulled over, opened his hatch & handed out these posters. Very cool.

Old F-18 fighter pilot here with 80+ combat missions - launch times on a strike mission ARE ABSOLUTELY CLASSIFIED.

How archeologists find cremated remains in burn areas "LA Times Today" investigates

VIDEO They are literally searching for a clump of ashes — a favorite aunt’s burned-up urn — in a sea of ashes. My final appearance on “LA Times Today” reveals how archeologists find cremated remains in wildfire burn areas spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...

‘L.A. trees are kicking ass.' Urban plants capture more CO2 than expected, study finds A researcher tracking CO2 emissions across a swath of the city says trees are ‘uncanny’ air cleaners.

Los Angeles trees are absorbing more carbon dioxide than researchers expected, per a new study out of USC: www.latimes.com/california/n... via @ryan-fonseca.bsky.social

“Anything to feel weightless again.” Great Handsome Family show.

Waiting on the Handsome Family at Barnsdahl Gallery Theater

LA fires: “If we don’t do something different, we’re going to re-create what just happened,” @ucanr.bsky.social wildfire specialist Max Moritz tells @dwharton.bsky.social. “Homes may still have to be greater than some minimum distance apart. It could be 10 feet or 15 feet. No one knows.”

That’s a very good point. People I interviewed mentioned that but we weren’t able to fit everything into the story.

Can fire-gutted suburbs rebuild safer? Here's what the experts say Though no community can be made fireproof, discarding past urban design practices could make areas abutting wilderness safer from the kind of wildfire that hit Altadena and Pacific Palisades.

Fire-ravaged neighborhoods in Altadena & Pacific Palisades are basically rebuilding from scratch. It's an awful situation but fire science experts say they have a chance to come back safer & stronger. Check out this graphic explanation. @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...

It was 1982 when I first walked into the @latimes.com, never imagining this job would take me around the world to write about a cemetery in Russia & boxers in Lesotho, murder in Tahiti & war in Iraq, plus 20 years of Olympics. Goodbye & thanks to all who made this place feel like home.

YouTube video by Los Angeles Times Finding the cremated remains of loved ones in homes destroyed by wildfire

VIDEO: Like searching for a needle in a haystack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA_D...

Lost in a sea of ash: When wildfire destroys a home — and a loved one's urn — the search begins A husband-wife archeology firm in Santa Rosa has developed a process to find cremains, the kind kept in an urn, among ashes of burned houses.

VIDEO: Can you really find a clump of ash in a sea of ashes? After wildfire destroys Aunt Cecilia's urn in an Altadena home, these archaeologists -- and their talented dog -- launch an amazing search. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Is this great or what? Who needs an all-star game? Gimme 4Nations

Think you’re a good driver? Take this test Some traffic laws are obvious. Others can be tricky.

VIDEO CHALLENGE: Everyone thinks they're good drivers, but are they? Here are 5 traffic laws that people might not know. www.latimes.com/00000194-423...

Damn. Sorry about that

Think you’re a good driver? Take this test Some traffic laws are obvious. Others can be tricky.

VIDEO: Think you're a good driver? Let's see if you know these 5 traffic laws. www.latimes.com/00000194-423...

Cowboy night at LAKings and Nick Nickson says he’s more of a swing guy. Asleep at the Wheel, he says. Ok, I see you.

What we lost in the fires Times' readers share what they lost in the Eaton and Palisades fires

The people of #LosAngeles are telling us about what they lost in the #wildfires -- a favorite quilt, a family piano, their local library -- and what those things meant to them. Add your story to the chorus ... www.latimes.com/california/s...

Column: Forget Trump's wrecking ball. Here's how to treat America's public lands Chuckwalla National Monument is a great example of how to balance renewable energy and conservation.

President Trump seems determined to trash conservation and clean energy on public lands. But I wanted an example of how they can work together in harmony. So I hiked at Chuckwalla National Monument, designated last month by President Biden.

My @latimes.com column: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Finally getting off 101 after an hour trapped behind crowds who streamed onto the freeway to protest Trump immigration policies.

Inside a new documentary's provocative allegations about a famed Vietnam War photo The Times spoke to team behind "The Stringer" and an attorney for former AP photographer Nick Ut about the film's claims that Ut did not take the photo known as "Napalm Girl."

The Times spoke to team behind "The Stringer" and an attorney for former AP photographer Nick Ut about the film's claims that Ut did not take the photo known as "Napalm Girl" during the Vietnam War.

Column: The rise of Silicon Valley, from indifference to lords of the political universe The assembly of billionaires at Trump's inauguration was a display of wealth and power unlike any before. The display was all the more remarkable given how recently many in tech were politically naive...

NEW: In a generation, Silicon Valley has gone from a collection of indifferent, politically naive entrepreneurs to king-making lords of the political universe.

It would be inspiring -- if their outsized influence and blatant pandering weren't so dingy and gross.

www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

His town burned in California's most destructive fire. This is his advice for rebuilding in L.A. The former mayor of the town at the center of California's deadliest wildfire encouraged L.A. to get its churches, schools and community spaces open as soon as possible — and not shy away from difficu...

Former mayor of Paradise, CA, on difficult fire safety upgrades that need to happen as L.A. rebuilds post-fires: “This has to happen. If this doesn’t happen, we’re not coming back.” www.latimes.com/environment/... via @nohaggerty.bsky.social

Ashes to ashes: What L.A. can learn from San Francisco's 1906 disaster Los Angeles took over as California's top city after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fires. What lessons can L.A. learn from this latest disaster?

The 1906 San Francisco quake and fire changed the future and fortunes of all of California. Could the same happen with Los Angeles' catastrophic fires? My column: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Trump and Biden add to long, strange history of presidential pardons Trump's clemency for Jan. 6 rioters and Biden's reprieve for family represent merely the latest chapters in an odd history of the presidential pardon.

Presidential pardons? Trump and Biden merely added to a long -- sometimes odd -- American political tradition. www.latimes.com/world-nation...

L.A. wildfires shine spotlight on obscure firefighting charity With wildfires burning across Southern California, the little-known Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation has raised about $20 million in a matter of days.

The wildfires have shined a spotlight on a little-known firefighting charity. And with winds picking up again, the LAFD Foundation is scrambling to get firefighters more equipment. www.latimes.com/california/s...