Laura J. Nelson
@laurajnelson.bsky.social
Reporter at the Wall Street Journal in Los Angeles. Former @latimes.com reporter, native Kansan and green thumb. 🌱 Tips and ideas: laura.nelson@wsj.com, or on Signal (ljn.89).
Midtown Sacramento
September 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Midtown Sacramento
Midtown Sacramento
September 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Midtown Sacramento
So hard to choose a favorite from this wonderful @NewYorker feature of New Yorkers in their living rooms, but it might be this shot of Colson Whitehead on a couch that is at least 12 feet long (but could actually be much longer!). www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
September 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So hard to choose a favorite from this wonderful @NewYorker feature of New Yorkers in their living rooms, but it might be this shot of Colson Whitehead on a couch that is at least 12 feet long (but could actually be much longer!). www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
East Sacramento
August 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
East Sacramento
Tomato season intensifies
August 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Tomato season intensifies
Happy tomato season to all who celebrate 🍅
August 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Happy tomato season to all who celebrate 🍅
I have used my free will on my first Saturday in Sacramento to try a Korean corn dog that is half mozzarella stick and also coated in hot Cheeto dust
August 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I have used my free will on my first Saturday in Sacramento to try a Korean corn dog that is half mozzarella stick and also coated in hot Cheeto dust
Wow, I think this is a first for me -- two above-the-fold bylines on the front page of today's @latimes.com.
August 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Wow, I think this is a first for me -- two above-the-fold bylines on the front page of today's @latimes.com.
Everyone watching California politics says in unison:
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August 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Everyone watching California politics says in unison:
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Thank you, @salhernandez.bsky.social, for giving me something else to worry about: some of California's wild pigs now have “neon blue, blueberry blue” tissue. www.latimes.com/california/s...
August 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Thank you, @salhernandez.bsky.social, for giving me something else to worry about: some of California's wild pigs now have “neon blue, blueberry blue” tissue. www.latimes.com/california/s...
And a very happy fruit crisp season to all who observe (foolproof recipe: danpelosi.com/recipe/any-f...)
July 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
And a very happy fruit crisp season to all who observe (foolproof recipe: danpelosi.com/recipe/any-f...)
Here’s my new addition to my un-air conditioned apartment: solar shades! I know they won’t do much during a heatwave but so far, they’re keeping the place several degrees cooler on run-of-the-mill summer days. It does, in fact, help to stop the sun before it hits the windows.
July 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Here’s my new addition to my un-air conditioned apartment: solar shades! I know they won’t do much during a heatwave but so far, they’re keeping the place several degrees cooler on run-of-the-mill summer days. It does, in fact, help to stop the sun before it hits the windows.
Stephen Miller, who grew up in Santa Monica, is finally getting his revenge on L.A., writes @sherlyholmes.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/california/s...
July 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Stephen Miller, who grew up in Santa Monica, is finally getting his revenge on L.A., writes @sherlyholmes.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Los Angeles is on pace this year to see its lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years: www.latimes.com/california/s... @liborjany.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Los Angeles is on pace this year to see its lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years: www.latimes.com/california/s... @liborjany.bsky.social
When I worked downtown, I went to Grand Central Market all the time, and it was truly wild to see how quickly it changed. That was a decade ago, though, so lots of people probably just don't know!
June 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When I worked downtown, I went to Grand Central Market all the time, and it was truly wild to see how quickly it changed. That was a decade ago, though, so lots of people probably just don't know!
I learned today that the finches nesting on my deck have produced a baby finch. He looks like a little old man with fluffy eyebrows. I love him.
June 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I learned today that the finches nesting on my deck have produced a baby finch. He looks like a little old man with fluffy eyebrows. I love him.
This carrot cake is so easy and is so good. I’ve made it twice in the last month. (This one isn’t winning any beauty contests but it’s not the recipe developer’s fault that I got impatient and frosted it before it was cool.) www.latimes.com/recipe/ultim...
June 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This carrot cake is so easy and is so good. I’ve made it twice in the last month. (This one isn’t winning any beauty contests but it’s not the recipe developer’s fault that I got impatient and frosted it before it was cool.) www.latimes.com/recipe/ultim...
A three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit, including two judges appointed by Trump and one by President Biden, scheduled a Tuesday hearing in the case, meaning the National Guard in Los Angeles will remain federalized through the weekend.
June 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
A three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit, including two judges appointed by Trump and one by President Biden, scheduled a Tuesday hearing in the case, meaning the National Guard in Los Angeles will remain federalized through the weekend.
Update: The 9th Circuit has granted a stay of the order in the National Guard case, meaning the ruling won’t take effect tomorrow at noon, nor will Newsom immediately regain authority over the California National Guard
June 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Update: The 9th Circuit has granted a stay of the order in the National Guard case, meaning the ruling won’t take effect tomorrow at noon, nor will Newsom immediately regain authority over the California National Guard
Two baby hummingbirds! They’re pooping everywhere and I love them.
June 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Two baby hummingbirds! They’re pooping everywhere and I love them.
Two baby hummingbirds! They’re pooping everywhere and I love them.
June 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Two baby hummingbirds! They’re pooping everywhere and I love them.
I made the world’s most basic zippered pouch in sewing class tonight and feel like I could run through a brick wall
June 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I made the world’s most basic zippered pouch in sewing class tonight and feel like I could run through a brick wall
The traffic on the 5 Freeway ft. a great-horned owl
May 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The traffic on the 5 Freeway ft. a great-horned owl
I am trying to give her some space, but when she left to get something to eat, I took a peek inside — two little eggs! 🙂↔️
May 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I am trying to give her some space, but when she left to get something to eat, I took a peek inside — two little eggs! 🙂↔️