James Queally

L.A. in a nutshell right now — people see white unmarked vehicles and men with rifles and camo and all stop and assume it’s ICE or Border Patrol (Twas neither, LASD executing a felony warrant at a NoHo flop motel, ended peacefully)

Playing Black Flag for your toddler between bouts of Miss Rachel is just a balanced musical diet … right?

There is 1000% a Javaris Crittenton reference in this story.

Feds arrest ex-NBA star Arenas for alleged 'high-stakes illegal poker' at Encino mansion Federal authorities in Los Angeles charged six people Wednesday, including three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas and an alleged 'Israeli crime figure,' with running an illegal gambling operation.

Not a fun one for this NBA junkie to write: Feds arrest ex-All-Star Gilbert Arenas - a.k.a. Agent Zero a.k.a. Hibachi -- for allegedly running 'high-stakes illegal poker' games at his Encino mansion.

Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Shot. Chaser.

"Protesting is not a crime. Defending my community is not a crime. I want to thank all the supporters across the country who mobilized to get the charges dropped. We won because we're on the right side of history and our cause is just." - statement from Alejandro Orellana

Feds move to drop charges in controversial cases as Trump re-ups L.A. prosecutor The U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles is seeking to dismiss charges against a sheriff's deputy who has already been sentenced for use of excessive force and a fast food executive whose case previo...

NEW: Just hours after the Trump administration moved to extend his term as L.A.'s top federal lawman, U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli moved to dismiss two controversial cases against a Trump donor and an L.A. County sheriff's deputy.

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Very odd especially considering -- as we reported last week -- the U.S. Attorney's office in L.A. has been struggling to get indictments in most of its 40 alleged protest violence/immigration raid interference cases. This was one of just 7 indictments they'd won. Story coming...

White House maneuvers to keep Essayli as L.A.’s top federal prosecutor The Trump administration has taken unusual steps to allow Bill Essayli to remain as U.S. attorney for the Central District of California without Senate confirmation or judicial appointment.

NEW: The White House made moves Tuesday to keep Bill Essayli as L.A.’s top federal prosecutor, the latest in a series of Trump Admin maneuvers sidestepping normal confirmation processes to keep their people in power. Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

I love this song but had avoided thinking about its personal relevance until now so ... Thanks Dave!

I tried to pick back up on an enterprise piece I've been neglecting on and off for a year this morning ... this clearly angered the News Gods.

Plea deal ends hate crime case from attack on pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA Malachi Marlan-Librett, who was accused of assault and a hate crime in 2024, will enter a diversionary program that will clear his criminal record if completed successfully. Despite hundreds of people...

The first criminal prosecution stemming from an attack on a pro-Palestine encampment at UCLA last year has come to a close. A man accused of a hate crime will see his case dismissed if he completes a diversion program. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Essayli upended U.S. attorney's office by pushing Trump agenda. Will he stay on top? Despite strong backing from top Trump officials, interim U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli's path to permanent appointment is unclear, as his critics ramp up their opposition.

But wait, there’s more: www.latimes.com/california/s...

The Trump Administration has used odd legal moves to keep its desired U.S. attorneys in place without following normal confirmation processes in N.Y. and N.J. Is L.A. next? We take a long look at @USAttyEssayli time in office so far.

The new Freddie Gibbs is so good I already almost got in a car accident listening to it.

Hulk Hogan’s final appearance on WWE programming saw him get booed out of an L.A. arena peddling shitty jingoistic beer, meaning he appropriately died a heel with go away heat.

That works for me, brother.

Trump's top federal prosecutor in L.A. struggles to secure indictments in protest cases U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli has aggressively pushed for indictments in the high-profile prosecutions of people arrested during demonstrations against federal immigration actions in Southern California, le...

NEW: Trump's pick as L.A.'s top federal prosecutor is struggling to win indictments against anti-ICE protesters, to the point where he yelled at subordinates to disregard the DOJ Manual in frustration. Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

A.G. Rob Bonta will move to take control of scandal-plagued L.A. County juvenile halls California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will ask a judge to place L.A. County's juvenile halls in "receivership," effectively wrestling away control of the youth halls from the L.A. County Probation Departmen...

BREAKING: California A.G. Rob Bonta will move to take control of scandal-plagued L.A. County juvenile halls www.latimes.com/california/s...

Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and communicates using sign language, was swept up in a federal immigration raid at his job in Temple City. He could not communicate in handcuffs. His attorney says U....

Powerful and devastating work from @brittnymejia.bsky.social

Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas www.latimes.com/california/s...

Driver in East Hollywood nightclub crash charged with 37 counts of attempted murder Fernando Ramirez, who allegedly slammed his car into a crowd outside Vermont Hollywood nightclub after he was kicked out early Saturday morning, now faces 37 counts of attempted murder.

The L.A. D.A.'s office has filed 37 counts of attempted murder against the driver who allegedly plowed into a crowd at an East Hollywood nightclub www.latimes.com/california/s...

LA Times reporter shoved by officer while covering immigration protest James Queally, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, said he was shoved by a police officer while covering an …

Reporter @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social said he was shoved by police officers while covering an immigration protest in LA on June 10.

At demonstrations earlier in the week, he also reported being hit with tear gas and shot at with pepper balls.

I'm inbetween publishers right now but there's always hand sales like I'm in a local band again!

You could also just resubscribe cause I'm like, really good at my job? And you like me?

L.A. Times owner intends to take newspaper public in coming year In an interview on 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong said the move would allow The Times 'to be democratized and allow the public to have ownership of this paper.'

Learn news about newspaper I work at from the newspaper itself. Challenge Level: Impossible.

Also Jonny Stew. I was a Jersey boy for a few years. Love ya. That was the SAWFTEST interview you've ever given anyone. Do better.

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3 U.S. Marine brothers faced toughest mission: Getting their dad freed from ICE custody Masked federal agents beat and arrested Narciso Barranco as he tended to a lawn in Santa Ana.

3 U.S. Marine brothers faced toughest mission: Getting their dad freed from ICE custody -- Good read from @tarantulaarms.bsky.social today www.latimes.com/california/s...

The people that played on the roof forever ago (Damnit, I've been here a long time) eventually ran a team in a DTLA league for several years.

A relic from when the L.A. Times had a basketball team and I was (unsurprisingly) its bruising 1990s-era power forward/center.

Sitting in front of my laptop in a journalism themed basketball jersey listening to ska and annoying the federal government … just like God intended.

5-year-old boy's beaten body was found in a dumpster. Mother's ex is charged with his death Brycson Gaddis was arrested Wednesday and, if convicted, faces a potential sentence of life in prison in the vicious beating death of Elyjiah Hearn.

L.A. prosecutors filed murder charges against a man accused of beating his ex's 5-year-old son to death, and leaving the boy's body in a Panorama City dumpster. www.latimes.com/california/s...

A young boy was found dead in a Panorama City dumpster. His mother's ex is accused of killing him Brycson Gaddis, 20, has been arrested on suspicion of murder in the killing of a 5-year-old boy whose body was found in a Panorama City dumpster on July 12.

When he allegedly killed his ex's son, Brycson Gaddis had:
- an active warrant for his arrest
- absconded from electronic monitoring
- dodged a carjacking charge b/c an L.A. D.A. wasn't ready for a hearing.
w/@summerrlin.bsky.social & @missdakotasmith.bsky.social
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