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Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.

Breaking news: The FBI executed a search warrant Wednesday morning at a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.

California bills would tackle wildfire underinsurance and underpayment in wake of Chronicle investigation A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, California lawmakers unveiled three bills informed by the Chronicle’s reporting aimed at shoring up insurance payouts for wildfire victims.

A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, California lawmakers unveiled three bills informed by the Chronicle’s reporting aimed at shoring up insurance payouts for wildfire victims.

Opinion | ‘Things happen’ Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.

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What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...

Amazing research by @natlash.bsky.social on how the wind helped spread the bird flu virus around Ohio and beyond. Scary — and terrifically nerdy www.propublica.org/article/bird...

How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...

NEW: Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.

Here’s how we did.

By @natlash.bsky.social

What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...

After bird flu exploded and drove up egg prices, USDA refused to investigate if it was airborne, despite the urging of industry leaders.

So @natlash.bsky.social investigated. He analyzed the virus’s genetics, and what he found is urgent — yes, bird flu is back www.propublica.org/article/bird...

What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.

NEW: We traced out a devastating outbreak of bird flu to its source: an egg farm in Ohio. Where the wind blew, the virus followed.

Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.

Families of Camp Mystic flood victims sue owners, claiming negligence The lawsuit alleges the camp and its owners deliberately chose not to make evacuation plans despite the facility’s location in an area known to flood.

The families of five girls and two counselors killed in the floods at Camp Mystic are suing the Texas camp and its managers, alleging they wasted time as the storm approached and dangerously directed campers to remain in cabins as floodwaters came in.

The policy says reporters cannot obtain or solicit any information the Defense Department does not explicitly authorize.

Media members that don't sign the policy by its deadline have 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out of Pentagon facilities.
https://wapo.st/3KOrokC

Rebecca Woolington Named Deputy Editor of the Long-term Investigations Team

Beyond thrilled to share that @rwoolington.bsky.social is joining The Washington Post's investigations team www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/08/1...

We took our lunch outside today to demand:

✅ Just Cause that covers everyone
✅ A fair, transparent discipline process
✅ No loopholes for @propublica.org management

We’re united for a contract that protects us all.

Camp Mystic’s leader got a ‘life threatening’ flood alert. They evacuated an hour later. More than an hour passed between Camp Mystic receiving a severe flood warning and a decision to evacuate young campers asleep in cabins by the Guadalupe River.

Our I-team partnered with several desks across the @washingtonpost.com newsroom to tell this important story www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

Even in Idaho, there is quite a turnout for the No Kings protests. Here is a pic via the Idaho Statesman.

www.idahostatesman.com/news/politic...

The epic breakup of Trump and Musk’s White House bromance The Trump-Musk alliance collapses into mutual threats and recriminations.

My former @washingtonpost.com colleagues are 🔥🔥🔥. Their coverage of the Trump administration continues to be essential reading. In awe of their hustle every damn day.

Here’s how Trump + Musk’s billionaire bromance spectacularly imploded and collapsed into mutual public trolling.

This is what happened when Thomas Keller asked me to leave the French Laundry Thomas Keller is a legendary chef. Chronicle critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan hadn’t met him, until she went to the French Laundry and he asked her to leave.

www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

They stormed the Capitol. Now they’re selling merch. Jan. 6 rioters seek to build platforms after receiving pardons from President Donald Trump.

New: They stormed the Capitol. Now they’re selling merch.

Pardoned by President Trump, many Jan. 6 rioters are now working to capitalize on the attention through podcasts, speaking tours and new lives as online influencers

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... @byelliesilverman.bsky.social

The value of local journalism: Last year, a plan was afoot to build golf courses and pickleball courts in state parks. Florida residents loudly objected -- as they had a decade ago when a similar proposal was rejected. It was reporting from the @tampabaytimes.bsky.social that exposed the plan. (1/2)

As good a time as any to remind folks that the wonderful @newsobserver.com team is hiring an investigative reporter. Come work with us!

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The Washington Post wins two Pulitzer Prizes. The honors are for breaking news reporting and illustrated reporting and commentary.

The Washington Post wins two Pulitzer Prizes in breaking news reporting and illustrated reporting and commentary.

Post reporters were also finalists in three categories, including national and international reporting as well as commentary. wapo.st/4mkkGkT

Two reporters hug after learning they are finalists for the Pulitzer

The finalists for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting

Deeply grateful for the recognition from the @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social for @jennifergollan.bsky.social's and my investigation into deadly, reckless police pursuits. And especially grateful to the families who shared their stories w/ us.

Just the San Francisco Chronicle casually being a finalist for the NATIONAL REPORTING PULITZER (so proud of @jennifergollan.bsky.social and @susien.bsky.social! Thank you @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social!) pulitzer.org/finalists/22...

Newsom moves to set emergency staffing rules in psychiatric hospitals following Chronicle investigation If enacted, the regulations would create minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in the locked facilities that treat patients in emotional crisis.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to impose minimum staffing requirements in California’s psychiatric hospitals in response to a @sfchronicle.com investigation that spotlighted rampant abuse and neglect in for-profit facilities #localmatters
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Fast and Fatal In the movies, a police car careens through crowded city streets and mangled vehicles pile up, but the collateral damage is almost never mentioned. In real life, those chases have fatal consequences. ...

Incredible recognition for terrific people ( @susien.bsky.social! @jennifergollan.bsky.social!) who worked their asses off to reveal how police pursuits across the country are deadly and unregulated. Thank you @sidneyhillman.bsky.social! www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-priz...

2024 IRE Award winners & finalists Awards will be presented at the 2025 IRE Conference.

Congrats to all the winners of the IRE Awards, especially my old crew at @sfchronicle.com — four wins in three years — absolutely bonkers! www.ire.org/announcing-t...

This is the secret system that covers up police misconduct — and ensures problem officers can get hired again Behind locked drawers, in police departments all over California, sit documents no one is supposed to see. Known as clean-record agreements, they conceal officers' misconduct, helping them land new jo...

Congratulations to Katey Rusch and Casey Smith for winning the 2025 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for "Right to Remain Secret" @sfchronicle.com @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Investigative Reporting Program - www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

This Bay Area psychiatric hospital is plagued by Violence and neglect. California has chosen not to interfere Violence and neglect plague the Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital. The California Department of Public Health has chosen not to meaningfully intervene.

As Joaquin Palomino and Cynthis Dizikes dug into horrors at for-profit psych hospitals, Santa Rosa Behavioral stood out for its willful refusal to fix failures - and California health regulators' refusal to intervene. (Gift link)
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

A middle school teacher in Idaho has been ordered to remove this "EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE" poster from their classroom.

www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...

This Bay Area psychiatric hospital is plagued by Violence and neglect. California has chosen not to interfere Violence and neglect plague the Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital. The California Department of Public Health has chosen not to meaningfully intervene.

Don't miss the latest from @sfchronicle.com on California's for-profit psychiatric hospitals. Where Gov. Newsom has promised a national model for mental health, patients at Santa Rosa Behavioral Health are finding violence, abuse and other dangers. 🎁 link: www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

Chronicle Investigation Tracks Abuses, Understaffing at CA For-Profit Psychiatric Hospitals | KQED We’ll learn more from the reporters behind the investigative series “Failed to Death.”

Excited to listen to Cythia Dizikes and Joaquin Palomino of @sfchronicle.com discuss their investigation into for-profit hospitals on KQED's Forum this morning. A vital series and going to be a very interesting discussion.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...