Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
@acatwithnews.bsky.social
Writer, Videographer, Photographer.
I run The Ten Four: https://latenfour.com/
Based once again in Los Angeles, CA.
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I run The Ten Four: https://latenfour.com/
Based once again in Los Angeles, CA.
Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ACatWithNews
Email tips, licensing inquiries, etc.: SeanCarmitchel@protonmail.com
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Los Angeles Riders Gear Up For A Wheelie Good Time
Throughout Southern California, one particularly loud scene has erupted with increasing regularity: minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz…
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Throughout Southern California, minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz with power from engines originally designed to operate pressure washers.
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Throughout Southern California, minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz with power from engines originally designed to operate pressure washers.
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Downtown Los Angeles skyline today
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Downtown Los Angeles skyline today
Reposted by Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
LAPD’s Office of the Inspector General just released a report on an audit of access and sharing confidential information in sexual assault investigations. Among their findings, the department “lacks clear guidance and standardized procedures on when and how to restrict access…” to case info.
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
LAPD’s Office of the Inspector General just released a report on an audit of access and sharing confidential information in sexual assault investigations. Among their findings, the department “lacks clear guidance and standardized procedures on when and how to restrict access…” to case info.
LAPD’s Office of the Inspector General just released a report on an audit of access and sharing confidential information in sexual assault investigations. Among their findings, the department “lacks clear guidance and standardized procedures on when and how to restrict access…” to case info.
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
LAPD’s Office of the Inspector General just released a report on an audit of access and sharing confidential information in sexual assault investigations. Among their findings, the department “lacks clear guidance and standardized procedures on when and how to restrict access…” to case info.
Reposted by Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
New for the Ten Four:
Throughout Southern California, minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz with power from engines originally designed to operate pressure washers.
latenfour.com/2025/11/17/l...
Throughout Southern California, minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz with power from engines originally designed to operate pressure washers.
latenfour.com/2025/11/17/l...
Los Angeles Riders Gear Up For A Wheelie Good Time
Throughout Southern California, one particularly loud scene has erupted with increasing regularity: minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz…
latenfour.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New for the Ten Four:
Throughout Southern California, minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz with power from engines originally designed to operate pressure washers.
latenfour.com/2025/11/17/l...
Throughout Southern California, minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz with power from engines originally designed to operate pressure washers.
latenfour.com/2025/11/17/l...
Reposted by Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
NEW, for The Handbasket:
I spoke with concerned community members and local/state electeds about what's been going on re: detainments on the parkways in the DC area. Commuters use these fed hwys to get to and from work--and now families of detained drivers are on the hook for hundreds in tow fees.
I spoke with concerned community members and local/state electeds about what's been going on re: detainments on the parkways in the DC area. Commuters use these fed hwys to get to and from work--and now families of detained drivers are on the hook for hundreds in tow fees.
NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
Families of DC-area immigrant drivers snatched by feds stuck with tow bill
Elected officials and activists note work vehicles removed lightning fast, resulting in hundreds in fees.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
NEW, for The Handbasket:
I spoke with concerned community members and local/state electeds about what's been going on re: detainments on the parkways in the DC area. Commuters use these fed hwys to get to and from work--and now families of detained drivers are on the hook for hundreds in tow fees.
I spoke with concerned community members and local/state electeds about what's been going on re: detainments on the parkways in the DC area. Commuters use these fed hwys to get to and from work--and now families of detained drivers are on the hook for hundreds in tow fees.
New for the Ten Four:
Throughout Southern California, minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz with power from engines originally designed to operate pressure washers.
latenfour.com/2025/11/17/l...
Throughout Southern California, minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz with power from engines originally designed to operate pressure washers.
latenfour.com/2025/11/17/l...
Los Angeles Riders Gear Up For A Wheelie Good Time
Throughout Southern California, one particularly loud scene has erupted with increasing regularity: minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz…
latenfour.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New for the Ten Four:
Throughout Southern California, minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz with power from engines originally designed to operate pressure washers.
latenfour.com/2025/11/17/l...
Throughout Southern California, minibike riders drive through city streets. Steel and chrome minibikes of nearly every color buzz with power from engines originally designed to operate pressure washers.
latenfour.com/2025/11/17/l...
Greetings! I’m here at the official campaign launch for Rev. Rae Huang, who is running for LA Mayor. Likely the he most progressive candidate in the current field, she Deputy Director at Housing NOW! California and is running on a platform of housing, free transit, and “An Economy for the People.”
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Greetings! I’m here at the official campaign launch for Rev. Rae Huang, who is running for LA Mayor. Likely the he most progressive candidate in the current field, she Deputy Director at Housing NOW! California and is running on a platform of housing, free transit, and “An Economy for the People.”
NYT running “I had melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.” Alongside a Philip Morris International ad is…
Regardless, incredible piece from friend Samuel Braslow: his struggle to stay alive, and a new treatment for melanoma being denied by the FDA.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Regardless, incredible piece from friend Samuel Braslow: his struggle to stay alive, and a new treatment for melanoma being denied by the FDA.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
NYT running “I had melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.” Alongside a Philip Morris International ad is…
Regardless, incredible piece from friend Samuel Braslow: his struggle to stay alive, and a new treatment for melanoma being denied by the FDA.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Regardless, incredible piece from friend Samuel Braslow: his struggle to stay alive, and a new treatment for melanoma being denied by the FDA.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Trying a new experiment to supplement journalism, if you’re on Hollywood Boulevard come say hello!
November 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Trying a new experiment to supplement journalism, if you’re on Hollywood Boulevard come say hello!
Reposted by Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
Absolutely heart wrenching account from inside the Adelanto Detention center. A few excerpts:
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Absolutely heart wrenching account from inside the Adelanto Detention center. A few excerpts:
NEW for the Ten Four:
The Adelanto ICE Processing Center and its conditions inside are the subject of dozens of concerning stories, but rarely is there an opportunity to actually talk to those inside the facility. I was able to get inside (kind of).
latenfour.com/2025/11/06/i...
The Adelanto ICE Processing Center and its conditions inside are the subject of dozens of concerning stories, but rarely is there an opportunity to actually talk to those inside the facility. I was able to get inside (kind of).
latenfour.com/2025/11/06/i...
Inside Adelanto: A Visit To Adelanto ICE Processing Facility
ADELANTO — Visitors pass through layers of security and silence to see those inside. Many haven’t seen their loved ones since they were detained by immigration authorities in Southern Califor…
latenfour.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
NEW for the Ten Four:
The Adelanto ICE Processing Center and its conditions inside are the subject of dozens of concerning stories, but rarely is there an opportunity to actually talk to those inside the facility. I was able to get inside (kind of).
latenfour.com/2025/11/06/i...
The Adelanto ICE Processing Center and its conditions inside are the subject of dozens of concerning stories, but rarely is there an opportunity to actually talk to those inside the facility. I was able to get inside (kind of).
latenfour.com/2025/11/06/i...
We’ve officially reached the “even the small to medium outlets ask to license footage and photographs for free and say they will credit me,” stage in journalism.
Wow, I got shot in the face with a tear gas canister and got like a dozen kinetic projectiles but PLEASE yeah here you are!
Wow, I got shot in the face with a tear gas canister and got like a dozen kinetic projectiles but PLEASE yeah here you are!
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We’ve officially reached the “even the small to medium outlets ask to license footage and photographs for free and say they will credit me,” stage in journalism.
Wow, I got shot in the face with a tear gas canister and got like a dozen kinetic projectiles but PLEASE yeah here you are!
Wow, I got shot in the face with a tear gas canister and got like a dozen kinetic projectiles but PLEASE yeah here you are!
Big piece drops tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Big piece drops tomorrow.
Ok just got home and started re-listening to Marvin Gaye’s What’s Goin On and…
“There'll come a time, when the world won't be singin'
Flowers won't grow, bells won't be ringin'
Who really cares?
Who's willing to try to save a world
That's destined to die”
Shit.
“There'll come a time, when the world won't be singin'
Flowers won't grow, bells won't be ringin'
Who really cares?
Who's willing to try to save a world
That's destined to die”
Shit.
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ok just got home and started re-listening to Marvin Gaye’s What’s Goin On and…
“There'll come a time, when the world won't be singin'
Flowers won't grow, bells won't be ringin'
Who really cares?
Who's willing to try to save a world
That's destined to die”
Shit.
“There'll come a time, when the world won't be singin'
Flowers won't grow, bells won't be ringin'
Who really cares?
Who's willing to try to save a world
That's destined to die”
Shit.
IM SORRY BUT WHY DID NONE OF YOU TELL ME THERES A LINDA RONDSTADT VERSION OF MONSTER MASH
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
IM SORRY BUT WHY DID NONE OF YOU TELL ME THERES A LINDA RONDSTADT VERSION OF MONSTER MASH
Los Angeles, CA -
As hundreds of Dodgers fans watch the game in Echo Park, a vehicle containing LAPD horses drives by to raucous boos from the fans.
As hundreds of Dodgers fans watch the game in Echo Park, a vehicle containing LAPD horses drives by to raucous boos from the fans.
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Los Angeles, CA -
As hundreds of Dodgers fans watch the game in Echo Park, a vehicle containing LAPD horses drives by to raucous boos from the fans.
As hundreds of Dodgers fans watch the game in Echo Park, a vehicle containing LAPD horses drives by to raucous boos from the fans.
In case you’re wondering why I love LA I just got the hookup on sugar skull face, went to the goth CVS in east Los and got called the devil for said sugar skull face, and am on my way to Plaza Olvera to watch a bicycle takeover for game 7. I’m nursing a hangover from a Blade themed Blood Rave.
November 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
In case you’re wondering why I love LA I just got the hookup on sugar skull face, went to the goth CVS in east Los and got called the devil for said sugar skull face, and am on my way to Plaza Olvera to watch a bicycle takeover for game 7. I’m nursing a hangover from a Blade themed Blood Rave.
Several delays on the rail system, as police officers hold the door open to check TAP cards. This particular delay is as for more than a minute. They aren’t checking the cards themselves, just that people have cards.
November 1, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Several delays on the rail system, as police officers hold the door open to check TAP cards. This particular delay is as for more than a minute. They aren’t checking the cards themselves, just that people have cards.
New for The Ten Four:
Los Angeles City Controller Mejia recently released the results of their assessment of the LAPD’s Mental Evaluation Unit (MEU). The assessment claims LAPD does not give their units necessary tools, and receives minimal mental health training.
latenfour.com/2025/10/30/l...
Los Angeles City Controller Mejia recently released the results of their assessment of the LAPD’s Mental Evaluation Unit (MEU). The assessment claims LAPD does not give their units necessary tools, and receives minimal mental health training.
latenfour.com/2025/10/30/l...
LA’s City Controller Audits LAPD’s Mental Health Units
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Controller Mejia recently released the results of their assessment of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)’s Mental Evaluation Unit (MEU), the unit designed to re…
latenfour.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New for The Ten Four:
Los Angeles City Controller Mejia recently released the results of their assessment of the LAPD’s Mental Evaluation Unit (MEU). The assessment claims LAPD does not give their units necessary tools, and receives minimal mental health training.
latenfour.com/2025/10/30/l...
Los Angeles City Controller Mejia recently released the results of their assessment of the LAPD’s Mental Evaluation Unit (MEU). The assessment claims LAPD does not give their units necessary tools, and receives minimal mental health training.
latenfour.com/2025/10/30/l...
Fantastic “spooky scary” article by Boyle Heights Beat here: uses ghost stories within one of LA’s oldest neighborhoods to tell stories of a place that for nearly its entire existence has been the first stop on a journey in the US.
Photos are gorgeous too.
boyleheightsbeat.com/5-haunted-sp...
Photos are gorgeous too.
boyleheightsbeat.com/5-haunted-sp...
5 haunted spots in Boyle Heights to get into the spooky season
From eerie hospitals to ghostly parks, these historic Boyle Heights landmarks are said to echo with the stories — and spirits — of Los Angeles’ past.
boyleheightsbeat.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Fantastic “spooky scary” article by Boyle Heights Beat here: uses ghost stories within one of LA’s oldest neighborhoods to tell stories of a place that for nearly its entire existence has been the first stop on a journey in the US.
Photos are gorgeous too.
boyleheightsbeat.com/5-haunted-sp...
Photos are gorgeous too.
boyleheightsbeat.com/5-haunted-sp...
NEW for The Ten Four:
A space in the Laguna Hills Community Center has been booked at least twice by neo-Nazi and white nationalist activists for a rally. Participants include local Groypers and neo-Nazis. Another is booked for tonight.
latenfour.com/2025/10/29/n...
A space in the Laguna Hills Community Center has been booked at least twice by neo-Nazi and white nationalist activists for a rally. Participants include local Groypers and neo-Nazis. Another is booked for tonight.
latenfour.com/2025/10/29/n...
Neo-Nazis Are Hosting Rallies At A Laguna Hills City Classroom
Laguna Hills, Calif. — A space in the Laguna Hills Community Center has been booked at least twice by neo-Nazi and white nationalist activists for a rally designed for “nationalism, activism & …
latenfour.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
NEW for The Ten Four:
A space in the Laguna Hills Community Center has been booked at least twice by neo-Nazi and white nationalist activists for a rally. Participants include local Groypers and neo-Nazis. Another is booked for tonight.
latenfour.com/2025/10/29/n...
A space in the Laguna Hills Community Center has been booked at least twice by neo-Nazi and white nationalist activists for a rally. Participants include local Groypers and neo-Nazis. Another is booked for tonight.
latenfour.com/2025/10/29/n...
Los Angeles, CA -
Not my usual thing to cover at all, but Garfield High School has beat Roosevelt in the 90th Annual East Los Classic. A matchup between schools in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles, it brought thousands and DJ Mustard played a set during halftime.
Not my usual thing to cover at all, but Garfield High School has beat Roosevelt in the 90th Annual East Los Classic. A matchup between schools in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles, it brought thousands and DJ Mustard played a set during halftime.
October 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Los Angeles, CA -
Not my usual thing to cover at all, but Garfield High School has beat Roosevelt in the 90th Annual East Los Classic. A matchup between schools in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles, it brought thousands and DJ Mustard played a set during halftime.
Not my usual thing to cover at all, but Garfield High School has beat Roosevelt in the 90th Annual East Los Classic. A matchup between schools in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles, it brought thousands and DJ Mustard played a set during halftime.
Los Angeles, CA -
A group of at least two dozen students at Santee Education Complex discussing a walkout. Though lunch period has ended for some, they are sitting near the gate and discussing. Two days ago less than a block away, there was a detainment by federal authorities; the suspect was shot.
A group of at least two dozen students at Santee Education Complex discussing a walkout. Though lunch period has ended for some, they are sitting near the gate and discussing. Two days ago less than a block away, there was a detainment by federal authorities; the suspect was shot.
October 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Los Angeles, CA -
A group of at least two dozen students at Santee Education Complex discussing a walkout. Though lunch period has ended for some, they are sitting near the gate and discussing. Two days ago less than a block away, there was a detainment by federal authorities; the suspect was shot.
A group of at least two dozen students at Santee Education Complex discussing a walkout. Though lunch period has ended for some, they are sitting near the gate and discussing. Two days ago less than a block away, there was a detainment by federal authorities; the suspect was shot.
While it’s unsurprising given how many links have been found between members of the armed forces and Neo-Nazi groups over the years, I think that the fact that Marines went out drinking, got Totenkopf tattoos and passed mandatory physical checks is also concerning.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Platner says he’ll remove tattoo that resembles Nazi symbol
His former political director said he "knows damn well" what the tattoo signifies.
www.politico.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
While it’s unsurprising given how many links have been found between members of the armed forces and Neo-Nazi groups over the years, I think that the fact that Marines went out drinking, got Totenkopf tattoos and passed mandatory physical checks is also concerning.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
“"Every department now is worried about their job. It could trickle down to the landscaping, paint department, or the craft services," Peterson said.”
Great reporting from @melbuer.bsky.social
Great reporting from @melbuer.bsky.social
I spoke with union nurses at the Disney Studio lot in Burbank, who are on the verge of losing their jobs to subcontractors. The decision is considered to be straight up union busting by the union.
"This is my livelihood," union nurse Kelly Peterson said. "I have kids that are under my insurance."
"This is my livelihood," union nurse Kelly Peterson said. "I have kids that are under my insurance."
Disney Studios seeks to fire union lot nurses in favor of subcontractors, shredding an 85-year tradition
Disney Studio lot nurses, represented by IATSE Local 80, expressed shock and concern at the news; the union plans a response.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
October 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
“"Every department now is worried about their job. It could trickle down to the landscaping, paint department, or the craft services," Peterson said.”
Great reporting from @melbuer.bsky.social
Great reporting from @melbuer.bsky.social