It’s an outrage that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department would criminally investigate me as a reporter for doing my job. It’s the kind of action that’s aimed at intimidating journalists from digging into government agencies. (1/2) latimes.com/california/sto…

Outrageous. She was secretly investigated for three years! Times reporter was leaked list of problem deputies. The Sheriff's Department investigated her .latimes.com/california/sto… reporting by Keri Blakinger Alene Tchekmedyian . Support this kind of journalism. Subscribe!

When the San Francisco Chronicle endorsed Kamala Harris for SF district attorney on Dec. 7, 2003, the headline was: "Harris, for Law and Order." -- "Kamala's Way," Page 53. Yes, she ran to the right of the incumbent on crime. That might be significant in 21 years later.

Former Mayor Willie Brown mobbed by media in SF this morning seeking his take on the bombshell Biden/Harris news. Press guru Lee Houskeeper captured the wild scene.

Good details from Eli Stokols 👇🏼

I'm ready Daniel Hernandez ✍🏽🌞 . you got samples? 🌮🌮🌮

Who else in LA is hearing the Hard Summer techno event at Hollywood Park/ SoFi? Residents from Manhattan beach to Marina del Rey to Ladera have been hearing it for ten hours. I like techno music, but this is nuts. I can’t imagine what people on Inglewood are dealing with.

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Huge. Google is officially a monopoly.

Kind of amazing in 2024 that the most-watched programs on *all* of TV every week are the nightly newscasts on ABC, CBS and ABC.

What happened to Victor the bear? Victor stole food and visitors’ hearts for years in Mammoth Lakes campgrounds and along lake shores. But when he was caught on camera swiping a camper’s leg, he became the center of an investigation. Full video here: youtu.be/_aEk5aOAjXE?si…

Watch Alene Tchekmedyian explain how she and Melody Gutierrez exposed the California puppy mill pipeline. Investigative reporting matters! Los Angeles Times

To date this is the only thing LAT has published about the non-endorsement in the presidential race latimes.com/opinion/letter…

The departures of Mariel Garza, Robert Greene and Karin Klein are a serious loss—for Los Angeles Times but most of all for Southern California, which they’ve covered for decades. The ed board is now down to 3 writers. I’m heartbroken for my former team.

SCOOP: WaPo editorials page editor David Shipley OK'ed endorsement of Harris — one week before publisher Will Lewis killed it. From Columbia Journalism Review: cjr.org/political_pres…

Thank you Paul Thornton for sharing this very personal family story. It is a reminder of the last century’s darkest chapter – and a cautionary tale. A must read.

Wow. Jaw-droping numbers here. At the Washington Post, more than 200,000 subscriptions were canceled by midday Monday, about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of 2.5 million subscribers, including print. npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-…

Cue the fireworks! #DodgersWin #losangeles

One of my favorite works by Quincy Jones is the soundtrack to the Pawnbroker. Take a listen and raise a glass to an American original and legend. #quincyjones youtu.be/WOkDpa61k54?fe… via YouTube

It is #ElectionDay in the U.S. On this day in 1872, Susan B. Anthony broke the law and voted for the first time. Doing so was illegal because women were not allowed to vote. She was arrested, charged with voting unlawfully, and fined $100 (which she never paid). Let’s