Stuart Leavenworth
@sleavenworth.bsky.social
State Editor, Los Angeles Times | Ex WaPo, McClatchy, SacBee, N&O | Repatriated Californian | Banana Slug | Community Volunteer | Cyclist | Liverpool fan | No, I don’t care how many followers you have.
This is another bad-ass podcast by @latimes Christopher Goffard —a damning indictment of a sheriff so pumped up with his power he tried to intimidate a young female FBI agent. He failed in spectacular fashion.
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is another bad-ass podcast by @latimes Christopher Goffard —a damning indictment of a sheriff so pumped up with his power he tried to intimidate a young female FBI agent. He failed in spectacular fashion.
Trump is upset because our museums depict how bad slavery was.
Time for MAGA to fix that!
Time for MAGA to fix that!
August 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Trump is upset because our museums depict how bad slavery was.
Time for MAGA to fix that!
Time for MAGA to fix that!
@latimes.com & the Irvine Foundation will be hosting a virtual panel Aug. 21 on immigration raids and their impact on CA agriculture. @jessicagarrison.bsky.social will moderate. More info at link.latimes.com/view/6532a51...
August 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
@latimes.com & the Irvine Foundation will be hosting a virtual panel Aug. 21 on immigration raids and their impact on CA agriculture. @jessicagarrison.bsky.social will moderate. More info at link.latimes.com/view/6532a51...
Bring on the Martians…
July 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Bring on the Martians…
Propaganda from the Social Security Administration.
July 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Propaganda from the Social Security Administration.
The first and only time I witnessed a military parade was in Beijing, China -- September, 2015. I never imagined our nation's capital would see something similar.
June 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The first and only time I witnessed a military parade was in Beijing, China -- September, 2015. I never imagined our nation's capital would see something similar.
Gavin is bringing it.
June 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Gavin is bringing it.
Meet Bill Essayli, staunch Trump ally who was appointed in April as US Attorney in CA. His office quickly worked to drop a felony charge against a cop convicted of assaulting and pepper-spraying a woman.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
June 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Meet Bill Essayli, staunch Trump ally who was appointed in April as US Attorney in CA. His office quickly worked to drop a felony charge against a cop convicted of assaulting and pepper-spraying a woman.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Maybe now we can stop hearing the blather about Arsenal having a better season than Liverpool, right @iloveliverpool.bsky.social ?
May 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Maybe now we can stop hearing the blather about Arsenal having a better season than Liverpool, right @iloveliverpool.bsky.social ?
So glad to see "James" win the Pulitzer for fiction this year. Such a powerful novel.
www.pulitzer.org/winners/22691
www.pulitzer.org/winners/22691
May 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So glad to see "James" win the Pulitzer for fiction this year. Such a powerful novel.
www.pulitzer.org/winners/22691
www.pulitzer.org/winners/22691
Happy Earth Day, from the headwaters of Putah Creek, CA.
April 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happy Earth Day, from the headwaters of Putah Creek, CA.
Looks like Fox News wants to get sued again.
April 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Looks like Fox News wants to get sued again.
And now, your moment of zen.
The lupine are in bloom along the American River, upstream of Sacramento.
The lupine are in bloom along the American River, upstream of Sacramento.
April 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And now, your moment of zen.
The lupine are in bloom along the American River, upstream of Sacramento.
The lupine are in bloom along the American River, upstream of Sacramento.
Dogs against DOGE.
April 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Dogs against DOGE.
I have my sign made for tomorrow. A variation on what I posted earlier.
Even the penguins are tariff-ied and terrified — by the stupidity of everything, not just tariffs.
Even the penguins are tariff-ied and terrified — by the stupidity of everything, not just tariffs.
April 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I have my sign made for tomorrow. A variation on what I posted earlier.
Even the penguins are tariff-ied and terrified — by the stupidity of everything, not just tariffs.
Even the penguins are tariff-ied and terrified — by the stupidity of everything, not just tariffs.
Penguins are smarter than many people think.
April 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Penguins are smarter than many people think.
Just wrote a letter to Dr. Katrina Armstrong, interim president of Columbia University, urging her to speak out forcefully against the unlawful detention of Mahmoud Khalil. Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia, is spot on:
March 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just wrote a letter to Dr. Katrina Armstrong, interim president of Columbia University, urging her to speak out forcefully against the unlawful detention of Mahmoud Khalil. Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia, is spot on:
These oak trees have survived floods, droughts, fires, loggers, suburban sprawl and other pests. If they can get through this moment, so can we.
March 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
These oak trees have survived floods, droughts, fires, loggers, suburban sprawl and other pests. If they can get through this moment, so can we.
“Trump has effectively surrendered to Putin on Ukraine.”
February 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“Trump has effectively surrendered to Putin on Ukraine.”
Trump is lying again - surprise - this time about the amount of US AID money going to US media he doesn't like. According to Politico, the agency had subscriptions mounting to $44,000 with Politico during the 2023 and 2024 fiscal years, nothing close to the $8 million Trump is claiming.
February 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Trump is lying again - surprise - this time about the amount of US AID money going to US media he doesn't like. According to Politico, the agency had subscriptions mounting to $44,000 with Politico during the 2023 and 2024 fiscal years, nothing close to the $8 million Trump is claiming.
Some scenes from the Eastern Sierra.
February 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Some scenes from the Eastern Sierra.
The road trip has taken us back to California. First stop: Death Valley!
January 31, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The road trip has taken us back to California. First stop: Death Valley!