Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕
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Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕
@lby3.bsky.social
· Dec 1
Why did the 2015 San Bernardino mass shooting happen?
Childhood abuse, terrorism, workplace conflict and semi-automatic weapons combined in the murders of 14 people.
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Why did the 2015 San Bernardino mass shooting happen?
My months-long investigation for the @sbsun.bsky.social, as part of our 10th anniversary coverage. Gift link. (Expires in 30 days)
Story includes more than 800 pages of embedded source documents at the end.
My months-long investigation for the @sbsun.bsky.social, as part of our 10th anniversary coverage. Gift link. (Expires in 30 days)
Story includes more than 800 pages of embedded source documents at the end.
As 2026 homeless count nears, here’s what the 2025 Inland Empire count found.
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As 2026 homeless count nears, here’s what the 2025 Inland Empire count found
This week, volunteers will fan out for the annual count that helps determine state and federal funding for programs meant to address homelessness.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:59 PM
As 2026 homeless count nears, here’s what the 2025 Inland Empire count found.
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"Is this time-effective? Of course not. We’re dispersing the labor previously done by one person across five paid employees and hundreds of parents and guardians. But is it cost-effective? Also, no."
Our School District Can Now Keep Track of Your Child with Just Three Terrible Apps
Other than lawsuits, losing track of a child is every school district’s worst nightmare. We haven’t lost anyone yet, but an EdTech company has pain...
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January 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"Is this time-effective? Of course not. We’re dispersing the labor previously done by one person across five paid employees and hundreds of parents and guardians. But is it cost-effective? Also, no."
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Meanwhile, every social platform dumps your post in the garbage if it includes any links anywhere else. So definitely a good spot for anyone actually making anything on the World Wide Web!
Google traffic to publishers dropped by ONE THIRD in 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
Global publisher Google traffic dropped by a third in 2025
Google search traffic was down globally by a third in the year to November, according to new Chartbeat data.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Meanwhile, every social platform dumps your post in the garbage if it includes any links anywhere else. So definitely a good spot for anyone actually making anything on the World Wide Web!
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A federal judge just issued a court order banning LAPD from using 40mm "kinetic impact projectiles" (rubber bullets) as a crowd control tool. Black Lives Matter LA and Cangress sought sanctions, saying LAPD violated an earlier injunction. The court order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
277. Order Re Plaintiffs Motion for Contempt
www.documentcloud.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM
A federal judge just issued a court order banning LAPD from using 40mm "kinetic impact projectiles" (rubber bullets) as a crowd control tool. Black Lives Matter LA and Cangress sought sanctions, saying LAPD violated an earlier injunction. The court order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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IRE strongly condemns the FBI raid of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home.
IRE stands with reporter Hannah Natanson and The Washington Post.
Read the rest of our statement: https://bit.ly/4qtP79U
IRE stands with reporter Hannah Natanson and The Washington Post.
Read the rest of our statement: https://bit.ly/4qtP79U
IRE statement on FBI raid of Hannah Natanson’s home
IRE strongly condemns the raid of a Washington Post reporter’s home by the FBI, purportedly in an effort to seize classified documents provided to the reporter as she investigates President Donald Tru...
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January 14, 2026 at 11:16 PM
IRE strongly condemns the FBI raid of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home.
IRE stands with reporter Hannah Natanson and The Washington Post.
Read the rest of our statement: https://bit.ly/4qtP79U
IRE stands with reporter Hannah Natanson and The Washington Post.
Read the rest of our statement: https://bit.ly/4qtP79U
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Bandcamp has emptied the trough and got rid of the slop
Bandcamp dumps the slop, bans AI music
Bandcamp dumps the slop, bans AI music
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January 14, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Bandcamp has emptied the trough and got rid of the slop
It’s still weird that CJR would rather interview actors than people working in local news, but Cusack is arguing for removing the paywalls from the need-to-know journalism, not stuff like entertainment or sports.
"Not only is removing paywalls for public-records-based reporting not financial suicide, it’s good business," @johncusack.bsky.social tells @columjournreview.bsky.social.
Read more about the importance of dropping paywalls:
Read more about the importance of dropping paywalls:
John Cusack wants to talk about paywalls.
The movie star says that by selling their public-records-based reporting, news outlets are compromising one of journalism’s essential civic roles.
www.cjr.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
It’s still weird that CJR would rather interview actors than people working in local news, but Cusack is arguing for removing the paywalls from the need-to-know journalism, not stuff like entertainment or sports.
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After Jan. 6, 2021, we sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.
Revisit our full archive, five years later:
Revisit our full archive, five years later:
What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol
ProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.
projects.propublica.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
After Jan. 6, 2021, we sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.
Revisit our full archive, five years later:
Revisit our full archive, five years later:
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One of our most-read stories of 2025: This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
(Published March 2025 with @texastribune.org)
(Published March 2025 with @texastribune.org)
This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the c...
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January 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
One of our most-read stories of 2025: This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
(Published March 2025 with @texastribune.org)
(Published March 2025 with @texastribune.org)
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Wildlife crossing, road widening planned with $107 million for Riverside County’s Mid County Parkway project.
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Wildlife crossing, road widening planned with $107 million for Riverside County’s Mid County Parkway project
The Riverside County Transportation Commission also recently approved $50 million for the 60 Freeway-Potrero Boulevard interchange.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Wildlife crossing, road widening planned with $107 million for Riverside County’s Mid County Parkway project.
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NEW: Our reporter visited a potential source’s home, where he introduced himself as a reporter and they had a pleasant conversation.
A few days later, VA Secretary Doug Collins sent out a tweet that accused our reporter of trying to “stalk” the employee.
A few days later, VA Secretary Doug Collins sent out a tweet that accused our reporter of trying to “stalk” the employee.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW: Our reporter visited a potential source’s home, where he introduced himself as a reporter and they had a pleasant conversation.
A few days later, VA Secretary Doug Collins sent out a tweet that accused our reporter of trying to “stalk” the employee.
A few days later, VA Secretary Doug Collins sent out a tweet that accused our reporter of trying to “stalk” the employee.
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Column: With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Monday, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University.
Column | Congress set records in 2025, some more dubious than others
Republican lawmakers reflect on a year without much productivity and greater ceding of powers to the White House.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Column: With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Monday, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University.
I was not expecting to learn this holiday season that not everyone can pick things up with their toes.
Siblings sometimes share quirky traits, like being able to throw a ball with their head or pick things up with their toes. Researchers wanted to know what's up with that.
Those weird quirks siblings have in common? Darwin had a theory
Siblings — especially twins — sometimes share the strangest traits, like throwing a ball with their head or picking up keys and crayons with their toes. Researchers want to know what's up with that.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I was not expecting to learn this holiday season that not everyone can pick things up with their toes.
New owner of San Bernardino homeless housing pauses rent increases.
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New owner of San Bernardino homeless housing pauses rent increases
Tenants at Step Up in San Bernardino had received notices claiming the state’s rent subsidies had ended.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
New owner of San Bernardino homeless housing pauses rent increases.
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If everyone in California has moved to Texas, what are all these cars with Texas plates doing in Southern California? Are you all moving back?
December 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If everyone in California has moved to Texas, what are all these cars with Texas plates doing in Southern California? Are you all moving back?
Please stop yelling at the social media managers at media outlets whose ownership you dislike.
It doesn't do anything other than make already overworked social media folks' lives worse.
Yelling directly at ownership won't work either, but at least there's no collateral damage.
It doesn't do anything other than make already overworked social media folks' lives worse.
Yelling directly at ownership won't work either, but at least there's no collateral damage.
December 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Please stop yelling at the social media managers at media outlets whose ownership you dislike.
It doesn't do anything other than make already overworked social media folks' lives worse.
Yelling directly at ownership won't work either, but at least there's no collateral damage.
It doesn't do anything other than make already overworked social media folks' lives worse.
Yelling directly at ownership won't work either, but at least there's no collateral damage.
New owner of San Bernardino homeless housing can’t increase rents, state says.
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New owner of San Bernardino homeless housing can’t increase rents, state says
The owner of the former All Star Lodge is reportedly telling residents to pay full market rent or leave by Jan. 1.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
New owner of San Bernardino homeless housing can’t increase rents, state says.
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Suicide barriers installed at 210 Freeway overpass in Rancho Cucamonga.
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Suicide barriers installed at 210 Freeway overpass in Rancho Cucamonga
The new barriers follow the September 2024 deaths of two Los Osos High School students.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Suicide barriers installed at 210 Freeway overpass in Rancho Cucamonga.
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I stumbled from my bedroom to discover that I shared this tiny, squalid apartment with a person named Thad who claimed to be a part-time barista and a full-time experimental sound artist. Thad offered me a sip from his can of Red Bull and played some of his latest sound art for me.
My Name Is Gregor Samsa, and This Time I Woke Up as a Grad Student at Cal State San Bernardino
You’ve probably heard about the first time this happened to me. You know: guy goes to sleep, wakes up as a giant bug, freaks out his family, worrie...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I stumbled from my bedroom to discover that I shared this tiny, squalid apartment with a person named Thad who claimed to be a part-time barista and a full-time experimental sound artist. Thad offered me a sip from his can of Red Bull and played some of his latest sound art for me.
Montclair residents tell council member to resign after sexual harassment case.
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Montclair residents tell council member to resign after sexual harassment case
A judge ordered Ben Lopez to pay more than $1.5 million in damages for sexually harassing two city employees.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Montclair residents tell council member to resign after sexual harassment case.
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Redlands police investigate shooting at ‘Hanukkah Town’ home as possible hate crime.
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Redlands police investigate shooting at ‘Hanukkah Town’ home as possible hate crime
Authorities say a Magnolia Avenue home was the target of racist epithets, apparent airsoft shots.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Redlands police investigate shooting at ‘Hanukkah Town’ home as possible hate crime.
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What is going on in the NYT newsroom?
December 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
What is going on in the NYT newsroom?
Judge orders Montclair councilmember to pay $176,000 more in sexual harassment case.
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Judge orders Montclair councilmember to pay $176,000 more in sexual harassment case
The sum is equivalent to the salary Councilmember Ben Lopez would receive over two terms in office and is in addition to the $1.35 million in compensatory damages he’s been ordered to pay.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Judge orders Montclair councilmember to pay $176,000 more in sexual harassment case.
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