Gabriel Kahn
@gabekahn.bsky.social
journalism prof. @USCAnnenberg, founder Crosstown: data-driven local news (xtownmedia.com), ex-@WSJ. Lacking sense of humor.
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Today the Department of the Interior announced they will hold the six offshore lease sales across off of California. I wrote about Reagan’s Interior Secretary James Watt opening up 80 million acres of offshore waters to oil and gas about a year ago. The last offshore lease in California was 1984.
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Today the Department of the Interior announced they will hold the six offshore lease sales across off of California. I wrote about Reagan’s Interior Secretary James Watt opening up 80 million acres of offshore waters to oil and gas about a year ago. The last offshore lease in California was 1984.
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ChatGPT, what's a good name for an AI startup that hasn't been used already? Preferably something grandiose but that doesn't invoke the end of humanity?
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
ChatGPT, what's a good name for an AI startup that hasn't been used already? Preferably something grandiose but that doesn't invoke the end of humanity?
Sometimes the news business just needs a headline like this.
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Sometimes the news business just needs a headline like this.
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O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
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Will Smith has a reading foundation and visits public schools. Just so you know the guy who hit that game winning homer has done good things for the LAUSD
Daughter comes out of school with a brand new Dodgers hat and I ask her where she got it.
"Oh this guy Will Smith from the Dodgers read us a story at school today"
"Oh this guy Will Smith from the Dodgers read us a story at school today"
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Will Smith has a reading foundation and visits public schools. Just so you know the guy who hit that game winning homer has done good things for the LAUSD
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I think 🤔 I see the problem.
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I think 🤔 I see the problem.
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
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factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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We made a list of the most dangerous intersections in Los Angeles.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We made a list of the most dangerous intersections in Los Angeles.
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Why is traffic in Los Angeles getting more lethal? These intersections tell part of the tale.
Why is traffic in Los Angeles getting more lethal? These intersections tell part of the tale.
The most dangerous intersections in Los Angeles
Over the past decade, the city’s streets have become significantly more lethal…
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October 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Why is traffic in Los Angeles getting more lethal? These intersections tell part of the tale.
Why is traffic in Los Angeles getting more lethal? These intersections tell part of the tale.
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We ranked the 20 most dangerous intersections in Los Angeles.
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The most dangerous intersections in Los Angeles
Over the past decade, the city’s streets have become significantly more lethal…
xtown.la
October 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We ranked the 20 most dangerous intersections in Los Angeles.
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Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?
This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?
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October 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Austin Beutner, former Los Angeles schools chief, deputy mayor and finance bigwig, is running for mayor. He also ran 14 years ago, then backed out. I spoke to him then. lamag.com/news/the-lon...
The Long Run - LAmag
Last month, Austin Beutner quit his job as first deputy mayor to embark on what some regard as a quixotic bid for city hall. Though the election is two years away, the former Wall Street executive has...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Austin Beutner, former Los Angeles schools chief, deputy mayor and finance bigwig, is running for mayor. He also ran 14 years ago, then backed out. I spoke to him then. lamag.com/news/the-lon...
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The Los Angeles Police Department has failed to publish its crime reports for the past 19 months. So we are trying to piece together the the crime picture as best we can.
First chart: homicides. There have been 7 fewer homicides so far this year than during the same period last year.
First chart: homicides. There have been 7 fewer homicides so far this year than during the same period last year.
October 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Los Angeles Police Department has failed to publish its crime reports for the past 19 months. So we are trying to piece together the the crime picture as best we can.
First chart: homicides. There have been 7 fewer homicides so far this year than during the same period last year.
First chart: homicides. There have been 7 fewer homicides so far this year than during the same period last year.
Constitutional crisis here we cone!
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Federal judge bars Trump administration from sending any National Guard troops to Portland • Oregon Capital Chronicle
After Judge Karin Immergut's Saturday order the federal government sought to deploy first California and then Texas troops.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Constitutional crisis here we cone!
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Building is returning to the Palisades. Is it happening fast enough?
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Building is coming back in the Palisades
Nine months after the fire, more permits are issued. Is the pace fast enough?
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September 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Building is returning to the Palisades. Is it happening fast enough?
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@karaswisher.bsky.social Instead of trying to buy the Washington Post, why not make a bid for the LA Times? It’s basically up for sale, still the biggest newsroom on the West Coast and urgently needs improvement.
September 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
@karaswisher.bsky.social Instead of trying to buy the Washington Post, why not make a bid for the LA Times? It’s basically up for sale, still the biggest newsroom on the West Coast and urgently needs improvement.
If one of the few joys you have in your daily routine is doing Wordle, Connections, etc., and you need more distractions, I recommend Octordle.
www.britannica.com/games/octord...
www.britannica.com/games/octord...
Octordle
Put your skills to the test and solve eight word games at once! You have 13 guesses to solve all eight words. A new Octordle available each day to solve.
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September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If one of the few joys you have in your daily routine is doing Wordle, Connections, etc., and you need more distractions, I recommend Octordle.
www.britannica.com/games/octord...
www.britannica.com/games/octord...
Make no mistake: Turning the H1-B system into a tax is an attempt to further cripple American universities. Most graduate programs in engineering, science and other fields are filled with international students who hope to score an H-1B upon graduation. No more. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...
Trump’s $100,000 Visa Fee Spurs Confusion and Chaos
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September 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Make no mistake: Turning the H1-B system into a tax is an attempt to further cripple American universities. Most graduate programs in engineering, science and other fields are filled with international students who hope to score an H-1B upon graduation. No more. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...
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The WGA’s statement on ABC’s decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
September 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The WGA’s statement on ABC’s decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
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Let's reminder that Disney arguably started this wave of media capitulation by settling Trump's lawsuit against ABC last December. And now here we are...
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Let's reminder that Disney arguably started this wave of media capitulation by settling Trump's lawsuit against ABC last December. And now here we are...
At this rate, I will be surprised if MSNBC makes it to 2026.
September 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
At this rate, I will be surprised if MSNBC makes it to 2026.
Oh my God, NYTimes. Also, the sky is blue.
September 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Oh my God, NYTimes. Also, the sky is blue.