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A week before Renee Good was killed, an off-duty ICE agent fatally shot Keith Porter in L.A.

DHS called Porter an "active shooter," yet no one else was hurt. Porter's family says he was no threat.

What really happened? Latest w/ @liborjany & @cbuch03

www.latimes.com/california/s...
'Active shooter' or ICE agent's victim? What happened in L.A. New Year's Eve killing
Federal officials say an off-duty ICE agent was responding to an "active shooter" at his apartment complex when he gunned down Keith "Pooter" Porter in Northridge. Friends and advocates contend Porter...
www.latimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Very excited for you all to read my short story “Dos Caras” in this one and always happy to be in a collection with folks like @nkolakowski.bsky.social & @bamawriter.bsky.social
OUR COVER! Dark Waters Vol 3🖤 Details coming, available this month 📚 Also on Spotify

Nick Kolakowski
Bobby Mathews
Julianna Suderman
Meagan Lucas
Nils Gilbertson
Autumn Bettinger
James Queally
Zary Fekete
Colleen Quinn
Madeleine Schneider
Charis Negley
Mike Zimmerman
Ash Egan
Jamie Anderson
December 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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It's official: The Trump EPA no longer says climate change is caused by fossil fuels. Only natural causes now. (That is false, for the record.) www.latimes.com/world-nation...
EPA eliminates mention of fossil fuels in website on warming's causes. Scientists call it completely wrong.
Sometime in the past few days or weeks, EPA altered some but not all of its climate change webpages, de-emphasizing and even deleting references to the burning of coal, oil and natural gas, which scie...
www.latimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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SCOOP: An L.A. grand jury is now hearing evidence in the case of a teen girl found stuffed in trunk of Dv4d's Tesla, sources tell me & @lacrimes.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A. grand jury now probing mystery of dead teen stuffed in trunk of Dv4d's Tesla, sources say
Although the LAPD has publicly declined to call the death a homicide, a recent court filing calls the matter "an investigation into murder."
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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BREAKING: L.A. D.A. Nathan Hochman is moving to drop charges against Torrance officers in the 2018 fatal shooting of Christopher Deandre Mitchell, undoing a signature case filed by ex-D.A. George Gascon www.latimes.com/california/s...
D.A. moves to drop charges against Torrance officers in fatal shooting of Black man
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman moved to dismiss a manslaughter indictment against two Torrance police officers who shot and killed Christopher Deandre Mitchell in 2018. Mitchell, a car ...
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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A Hollywood piano teacher who fled country last month before he was convicted of abusing a student has been arrested in Australia. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Hollywood piano teacher who fled country before sex abuse verdict arrested in Australia
John Kaleel was arrested by Australian Federal Police on Oct. 31, a few weeks after he fled the U.S. as a Los Angeles jury decided his fate in a child sex abuse case.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.

I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Great investigation from Alene Tchekmedyian.

Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site www.latimes.com/california/s...
Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site
Texts between three firefighters and a third party reveal previously undisclosed details about the Los Angeles Fire Department's handling of a Pacific Palisades burn site.
www.latimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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NEW: Rampage Jackson's son, Raja, to face charges in wrestling beating, L.A. prosecutors say. Latest w/ @SalHernandez www.latimes.com/california/s...
Rampage Jackson's son Raja to face charges in wrestling beating, L.A. prosecutors say
Authorities said Raja Jackson, the 25-year-old son of UFC legend Rampage Jackson, will face felony assault charges in connection with his actions at an August professional wrestling event in Los Angel...
www.latimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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It's the biggest sex abuse settlement in U.S. history.

Seven people told The Times they were paid to sue.

Some of them say they were told to fabricate the claims, which are now part of LA County's $4 billion settlement.

www.latimes.com/california/s...
In the biggest sex abuse settlement in U.S. history, some claim they were paid to sue
Seven people told The Times they were paid to sue L.A. County over sex abuse, raising questions about whether some claims that led to a record $4-billion settlement may have been colored by the promis...
www.latimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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NEW: The Border Patrol Chief leading President Trump’s immigration raids in L.A. testified in the first trial stemming from summer protests, where he was questioned about calling undocumented immigrants “scum, filth and trash.” Latest w/ @brittny_mejia www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump’s chief CBP agent testifies in case of L.A. protester on trial for assault
A misdemeanor assault case against Brayan Ramos-Brito is the first to go to trial after dozens of people were accused of impeding or attacking federal agents during recent protests against immigration...
www.latimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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New episode of Once Upon A Con today ... a tale of an N.Y. grifter who moved to L.A. deluding people with fake projections of wealth and weaponizing their greed. Sound relevant today? (I'm partial to this ep since it has a lot of me.) open.spotify.com/episode/0KEj...
Episode 9 - This Guy Has Eras
Once Upon A Con · Episode
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April 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Years before convicting him of murder and sexual assault, L.A. prosecutors knew of allegations that David Pearce had a pattern of drugging and raping women.

They never charged him.

My latest: How a Ron Jeremy obsessed rapist operated freely for 14 years
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Ron Jeremy superfan raped, killed L.A. women. Did prosecutors miss chances to stop him?
David Pearce was convicted last month of murdering two women in Los Angeles County and raping seven others over a 14-year span. Documents released in response to a public records request show prosecut...
www.latimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Congratulations to @rosannaxia.bsky.social! The west coast premiere of her directorial debut at Santa Barbara Int’l Fim Fest was sold out and amazing. Learn more about her feature doc here: www.outofplainsight.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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4. PHI’s Dr. Barbara Cohn and DDT Research Featured in ‘Out of Plain Sight’ Documentary: www.phi.org/press/phis-d...

More critical research from Dr. Cohn & our Child Health & Development Studies program: www.phi.org/press/ddt-ex...
PHI's Dr. Cohn Featured in ‘Out of Plain Sight’ Documentary on DDT and Health - Public Health Institute
Dr. Barbara Cohn, Director and Senior Research Scientist at PHI's Child Health and Development Studies is featured in Out of Plain Sight, a new documentary…
www.phi.org
January 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM