Started the year with an Agatha Christie classic, got a couple Jack Reachers in there and some other gems. #MyYearInBooks Any recommendations for 2020? goodreads.com/user/year_in_b…

Mark Twain once wrote for California’s oldest newspaper. Now it nears its final days latimes.com/california/sto…

Great read ... Column One: After two decades on the trail of the 9/11 mastermind, here’s what I’ve learned latimes.com/world-nation/s…

A Fun and Good thing to do to support a local business: Email orders.thelastbookstore.com and tell them the kind of books you like and the kind of money you want to spend. They’ll curate a surprise book package for you and send it your way. Look at this!

Very much looking forward to this. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Thanks KCRW and henryrollins for helping me through the quarantine so far. #SupportKCRW

Drove past Morongo Casino about 3:00 today and the line of cars waiting to get into the parking lot was at least a mile long. Apparently people really really missed gambling.

LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner gives weekly update 4.nbcla.com/0MKLwo1 pscp.tv/w/cbZ46Dg0MTI1…

Watch Live: LA County's latest updates on coronavirus. 4.nbcla.com/EDRimiW pscp.tv/w/cbZ5KDg0MTI1…

Happy birthday #FOIA! On July 4, 1966 Pres. Johnson reluctantly signed it into law, stating that “I signed this measure with a deep sense of pride that the United States is an open society in which the people's right to know is cherished and guarded.” buff.ly/3ixShXl

Some perspective

MUST READ: A Black high school sophomore is currently incarcerated in a Michigan juvenile detention center on the alleged probation violation of ... wait for it ... not completing all of her online schoolwork during #COVID19 pandemic propublica.org/article/a-teen…

You think the world is going to shit, then you find out other people are watching DARK and you say THANK YOU GOD, THERE’S HOPE!

We can’t let Raymond Chandler’s birthday pass without sharing this quote on dramatic construction: “When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.” #writing

I took a COVID-19 test 12 days ago in Los Angeles as part of our routine screening after travel/covering protests. STILL NO RESULTS

Lawsuit Alleges Teen Boy in LA County Juvenile Hall Was Given Female Hormones nbclosangeles.com/news/local/law…

“No contract, no peace!” Strike begins UCLA for graduate student researchers, postdoctoral scholars, TA’s, and others. Higher pay is one of their greatest demands.

Family of Lawyer Who Died in Fall From Resort Balcony Says Mexican Authorities Want to Cremate Body lawandcrime.com/crime/family-o…

Judge slaps Facebook parent Meta and its law firm with almost $1 million in sanctions over litigation misconduct lawandcrime.com/high-profile/j…