Tragically, this evening, a post office along the North Coast of California was struck by lightning and burned down. It's been an absurd day of weather in California today.

On Oct 8. 2020, prosecutors revealed a terrifying plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. But the true story behind the FBI investigation has never been heard — until now. Binge all 7 episodes of "The Michigan Plot" for free today! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cha…

Today we launch the result of a three-year investigation into the police use of "less lethal force." The project was done in partnership with FRONTLINE and The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, Howard Center for Investigative Journalism ASU. The story: bit.ly/3PF5Nup and the interactive bit.ly/4ac8BHS

Wow. What an honor for our podcast 'If All Else Fails' to be mentioned in the The New Yorker in a piece by Sarah Larson. Great investigative reporters like jon ronson, Ken Bensinger, jessica garrison, and Zach Hirsch all doing important journalism on #militias. newyorker.com/culture/podcas…

Disecting an excellent investigative reporting podcast — a lot of insight here from ⁦Ken Bensinger⁩ ⁦jessica garrison⁩ newyorker.com/culture/podcas…

Snowing at the top of Mt. Tam!!??!!! In April!

NEW: the 6th Circuit has issued a letter in the Whitmer kidnap appeal strongly suggesting it's open to arguments that out-of-court statements excluded by the district judge as hearsay should have been admitted. This could lead to a possible retrial for Barry Croft and Adam Fox.

Excited to moderate the panel “Reporting on coordinated rightwing extremism” at Investigative Reporters & Editors With speakers A.C. Thompson jessica garrison Emily Russell @armiak.bsky.social schedules.ire.org/ire-2024/index…

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Another fatal farmworker transportation accident back on May 18 killed 6 farmworkers and injured 9 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Seven are still hospitalized. The Mexican workers were here on temporary H-2A visas

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It was a rare gift to walk into court yesterday and watch a judge formally clear this woman's name. Anita Chabria and I worked hard to try to do her story justice.

This series left me slack-jawed at several turns, both because of the shocking details that reveal police malfeasance and taxpayer abuse and because of the deceptively simple, downright brilliant elegance of the reporting it took to get them.

If VP Kamala Harris becomes the nation’s first female president in November, it will be the latest — and greatest — in a long line of female firsts and powerful female leaders from the City by the Bay. w/ jessica garrison latimes.com/california/sto…

Thank heavens

Cal Fire has arrested 109 people so far this year on suspicion of arson, stemming from brutal fires that have raged across the state from summer into fall. jessica garrison reports latimes.com/california/sto…

Need a break from all the political sludge? Enjoy a very jessica garrison dispatch from a world-record corn maze up in Dixon. latimes.com/california/sto…

“I am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not okay with us being silent. In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I’m standing up.” --Mariel Garza cjr.org/business_of_ne…

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

.Robert Greene won a Pulitzer Prize for his wise, informed, invaluable writing about how government at every level works, and doesn't. This is a serious blow to the paper, a serious loss for readers, and for me, a gut-punch loss of a great colleague and friend.