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Excited to see our Los Angeles Times team won a Webby Award for the video series Colorado River in Crisis. Congratulations to Albert Lee and the colleagues who made important contributions, including Maggie Beidelman Erik H-W Robert Meeks Molly Hennessy-Fiske & others latimes.com/about/pressrel…

The L.A. Times has won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism and placed as a finalist for breaking news reporting. This marks our 52nd Pulitzer Prize win and our sixth consecutive year receiving this prestigious award. #Pulitzer latimes.com/entertainment-…

Proud to be part of this exciting new partnership with CalMatters and PBS SoCal (KOCE)!

Watch: More than 1 million drivers, delivery workers and more in CA could stay independent contractors if the state supreme court upholds Prop 22. Here's how the decision could transform CA's gig economy: cal.news/3wUebAn #socalmatters 📹 Robert Meeks & Levi Sumagaysay

Watch: Hospitality Training Academy in Los Angeles provides free job training for workers to become line cooks, prep cooks, baristas, bartenders and other positions in the service industry. cal.news/4e5oUIJ 📹 Robert Meeks & Levi Sumagaysay

📺 Watch: Widespread cutbacks to maternity care in California have made it difficult for maternity wards to stay open — like the one at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital (Pt. 2) youtube.com/watch?v=CplO6Q… 📹 Robert Meeks, @ab_ibarra2, Kristen Hwang, Erica Yee

📺 Watch: AI is finding a place in California's educational system, with school districts signing contracts for AI tools like chatbots and automated grading. Teachers are also using the tech in classrooms youtube.com/watch?v=AJWhBb… #socalmatters 📹 @robertmeeksRT & Khari Johnson

📺 Watch: Firefighters with PTSD are struggling to find medical help, facing a complex workers compensation system that often denies PTSD-related claims more than twice as often as other work-related claims. cal.news/4cUVmMw #socalmatters 📹 Robert Meeks & julie cart

📺 Watch: Many schoolyards in LA resemble parking lots due to lack of shade. Advocates like TreePeople are pushing for more funding to create greener, more shaded environments to protect students from extreme heat. cal.news/4cZ6V5h 📹 Robert Meeks & Alejandra Reyes-Velarde

📺 Watch: A US Supreme Court decision has overturned legal protections for unhoused Californians, instead granting cities more power to arrest and fine people sleeping in public places. cal.news/4fbDQpq #socalmatters 📹 Robert Meeks & Marisa Kendall

📺 Watch: Coachella Valley residents breathe some of the worst air in the nation, with PM10 levels often exceeding safe limits, especially on windy days. cal.news/3YWHUEe #SoCalMatters 📹 Robert Meeks & Alejandra Reyes-Velarde

📺 Watch: With 41 million Gen Z eligible voters, including 8 million new voters since 2022, the 2024 election could see unprecedented youth participation. cal.news/4dxDJ6e #SoCalMatters 📹 Robert Meeks & Jenna Peterson

San Diego Migrant Encampment Shutdown | SoCal Matters | PBS SoCal youtu.be/vtgfL82kuos?si… via YouTube

Hey, I’m officially on the team! Happy to share that I’ve joined CalMatters as the Director of Video Strategy. I started working with this great team earlier this year to launch SoCal Matters on PBS SoCal (KOCE). Thanks to Kristen Go, Neil Chase and the CalMatters crew. Let’s go!

“I’m not going to be a martyr for $19.60 an hour.” Says Johnson, who quit the Shasta county election office on Wednesday. 10 of 21 Election workers have left as self-appointed observers roam office. 📷 Miguel Gutierrez Jr. Robert Meeks calmatters.org/politics/2024/…

Today’s CalMatters newsletter by Lynn La — Jerry Brown holds forth at Public Policy Institute of California — Alexei Koseff on CityofBeverlyHills vs DuPont Clinic — @AdamEchelman on disaster relief jobs — Levi Sumagaysay + Robert Meeks on Trump tariffs PBS SoCal (KOCE) calmatters.org/newsletter/jer…

📺 Watch: California’s new Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been stalled because it lacks ”clarity.” The new standard, which offers incentives for cleaner fuels, is highly controversial because it would raise gas prices. #socalmatters

📺 Watch: Should condo owners be allowed to convert their garages into apartments, or is the HOA allowed to ban these builds? At the center of the debate is among the most divisive questions in CA politics: Who has the final say about what gets built where? #SoCalMatters

A U.S. border patrol unit traveled 300 miles to carry out sweeping arrests in Bakersfield, California. Officials claim it was a “targeted” operation, but evidence gathered shows otherwise. Watch this documentary investigation from Evident, CalMatters and Bellingcat WendyFry

Los Angeles Immigration Protest thread 🧵