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Joe Serna, LAT retweeted

🔥Brianna Bailey🔥@briOKCNov 9

How do you investigate drug treatment providers accused of exploiting vulnerable Okahomans who won't answer questions — and track down clients who have disappeared back onto the streets? @kayla_branch1 takes readers inside @readfrontier's investigation. readfrontier.org/stories/the…

They promised free rehab in California. We investigated what happened next.

They promised free rehab in California. We investigated what happened next.

The Frontier spent months tracking down patients, obtaining insurance records and seeking answers from treatment providers accused of exploiting people struggling with addiction. Here's how we...

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybransonNov 9

This @jflem94 story is bonkers even by the standards of California real estate stories: No one wanted this Long Beach home until waves crashed into its living room. Now red-tagged & unsafe for occupancy, it is now listed for $2.9 million and drawing offers latimes.com/california/story…

No one wanted this Long Beach home until waves crashed into its living room

No one wanted this Long Beach home until waves crashed into its living room

An oceanfront home on the Long Beach Peninsula couldn't find a buyer at $4.95 million. But after it was damaged by massive waves, its price dropped and it's getting plenty of interest.

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Los Angeles Times

California legalized cannabis with a promise of safer, cleaner weed. But Times testing found pesticides in a quarter of 49 products purchased at dispensaries. Why are potentially harmful chemicals still getting through? latimes.com/california/story…

California's losing quest for clean weed

California's losing quest for clean weed

The weed supply is policed by an under-resourced state agency that can do much better in enforcing laws and inspecting California's more than 2,500 licensed cultivators, according to local regulato...

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Ian James@ByIanJamesNov 7

A scientist skied into remote areas of the Sierra Nevada to take samples of freshly fallen snow. Everywhere she looked, she found microplastics. @susrust latimes.com/environment/stor…

A UC Riverside scientist skied deep into the Sierra to track microplastics in snow

A UC Riverside scientist skied deep into the Sierra to track microplastics in snow

Storm events spread microplastics across the environment, even to places that are nearly unreachable. A UC Riverside scientist skied into wilderness far off the beaten path, and found the polluting...

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James Queally@JamesQueallyLATNov 6

Two days after LAPD surprisingly arrested well-known L.A. gang interventionist Skipp Townsend, the D.A.'s office is declining to prosecute. But now his son faces a murder charge. Latest w/ @liborjany & @LAcrimes latimes.com/california/story…

D.A. won't charge L.A. anti-gang worker Skipp Townsend — but his son now faces a murder case

D.A. won't charge L.A. anti-gang worker Skipp Townsend — but his son now faces a murder case

On Friday, sources said, L.A. County prosecutors declined to file criminal charges against L.A. anti-gang worker Skipp Townsend, who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of murder conspiracy....

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Breaking: Prominent LA gang interventionist Skipp Townsend arrested alleged murder conspiracy latimes.com/california/story… w @liborjany @JamesQueallyLAT

Prominent L.A. gang interventionist Skipp Townsend arrested for alleged murder conspiracy

Prominent L.A. gang interventionist Skipp Townsend arrested for alleged murder conspiracy

The head of a South Los Angeles nonprofit gang intervention program has been arrested by LAPD homicide detectives for an alleged conspiracy to commit murder, along with four men accused in a killing.

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Lila Seidman@lila_seidmanNov 5

In huge non-election news, the first large mammal has been spotted on the giant wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway! latimes.com/environment/stor…

This iconic L.A. mammal is the first to venture onto the wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway

This iconic L.A. mammal is the first to venture onto the wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway

A coyote became the first large mammal documented exploring the massive Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway, which doesn't officially open until next month. Some see it as an...

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Ian James@ByIanJamesOct 27

For at least half a century, the plastics industry has been aware of and concerned about microplastics infiltrating the human body. Important reporting by @susrust, who obtained memos showing executives and scientists knew about the hazards decades ago latimes.com/environment/stor…

Industry executives knew for decades that microplastics were infiltrating the human body

Industry executives knew for decades that microplastics were infiltrating the human body

Decades before microplastics were found in human hearts and brains, industry executives privately knew about tiny plastic particles crossing the gut lining, documents from the 1970s and 1980s show.

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Joe Serna, LAT@JosephSernaAug 18

'That was fun.' As L.A. burned, online gamblers bet on how much the fires would destroy @Hannahnfry reports latimes.com/california/story…

'That was fun.' As L.A. burned, online gamblers bet on how much the fires would destroy

'That was fun.' As L.A. burned, online gamblers bet on how much the fires would destroy

While Southern California was burning in January 2025, people online were placing money on potential outcomes. Experts say the possibility of making money on disasters can create dangerous incentives.

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Joe Serna, LAT@JosephSernaAug 18

This clumsy green beetle is buzzing all over L.A. It might just crash into your face @lila_seidman reports latimes.com/environment/stor…

This clumsy green beetle is buzzing all over L.A. It might just crash into your face

This clumsy green beetle is buzzing all over L.A. It might just crash into your face

Big, green and notoriously bad at flying, figeater beetles are taking over Los Angeles this month. Here’s why the clumsy insects are thriving.

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Noah Goldberg@Noah__GoldbergAug 17

The California Post has edited its article that cited the Median Strategies poll and completely changed the article — while not issuing any correction. The article is now just about a bogus poll while it used to be an article citing the poll's numbers... nypost.com/2026/08/13/us-new…

Karen Bass team demands 'full force of law' over bogus poll

Karen Bass team demands 'full force of law' over bogus poll

A new poll shows a massive 85% of Spencer Pratt’s former voters now backing Bass.

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Noah Goldberg@Noah__GoldbergAug 17

NEW: I reached out repeatedly last week to Median Strategies, asking to speak with their head of polling. After reaching out repeatedly, they told me they were discontinuing their polling operation, then they admitted their poll was fake. latimes.com/california/story…

Poll showing Bass leading Raman by double digits was bogus, company says

Poll showing Bass leading Raman by double digits was bogus, company says

The bogus poll — which the company claimed was a social media experiment — also showed Bass picking up support from most voters who supported Spencer Pratt in the mayoral primary.

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Joe Serna, LAT@JosephSernaAug 17

Poll showing Bass leading Raman by double digits was bogus, company says latimes.com/california/story…

Poll showing Bass leading Raman by double digits was bogus, company says

Poll showing Bass leading Raman by double digits was bogus, company says

The bogus poll — which the company claimed was a social media experiment — also showed Bass picking up support from most voters who supported Spencer Pratt in the mayoral primary.

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Joe Serna, LAT@JosephSernaAug 10

Jackie, arguably the world's most famous bald eagle, dies after weeks of treatment, @lila_seidman reports latimes.com/environment/stor…

Jackie, arguably the world's most famous bald eagle, dies after mysterious illness

Jackie, arguably the world's most famous bald eagle, dies after mysterious illness

Jackie and her mate, Shadow, delighted millions of viewers as stars of a nonstop livestream of their nest, perched high in a Jeffrey pine overlooking Big Bear Lake.

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Tony Briscoe@_TonyBriscoeJul 14

Anger grows in Boyle Heights as warehouse fire leaves stench, flies and vermin in its wake latimes.com/environment/stor…

Anger grows in Boyle Heights as warehouse fire leaves stench, flies and vermin in its wake

Anger grows in Boyle Heights as warehouse fire leaves stench, flies and vermin in its wake

Boyle Heights activists are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to order a mandatory evacuation of the neighborhood, saying a recent warehouse fire has poisoned the air.

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Los Angeles Times

A year before the Boyle Heights warehouse fire, Lineage representatives asked City Hall about removing an emergency shutdown switch from the solar panels on the roof of the cold storage building. Now the solar panels have become a focus of the fire latimes.com/california/story…

Safety concerns over solar panels were raised a year before massive Boyle Heights fire

Safety concerns over solar panels were raised a year before massive Boyle Heights fire

The rooftop solar panels that a cold storage company says may be the cause of the Boyle Heights warehouse fire were the subject of a request for change at City Hall, records reviewed by The Times and...

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Los Angeles Times

Ventura teen who fled officers the wrong way on the freeway is charged with two felonies latimes.com/california/story…

Ventura teen who fled officers the wrong way on the freeway is charged with two felonies

Ventura teen who fled officers the wrong way on the freeway is charged with two felonies

A Ventura juvenile allegedly speeding 60 mph on an electric motorcycle on the wrong side of the highway has been charged with a pair of felonies, authorities announced Tuesday.

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Joe Serna, LAT@JosephSernaJul 7

Peacemaker slain in Fourth of July shooting: 'Bravery cost him his own life' reports @latvives latimes.com/california/story…

Peacemaker slain in Fourth of July shooting: 'Bravery cost him his own life'

Peacemaker slain in Fourth of July shooting: 'Bravery cost him his own life'

Three people were killed in separate shootings in Compton, including a former aide for a California lawmaker and a university student.

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Brittny Mejia@brittny_mejiaJun 26

We spoke with a juror outside of the courthouse following the verdict. She was voting "not guilty." When asked about the government’s plans to retry the case, she called it a “waste of our American dollars.”

F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli

@USAttyEssayliJun 26

The evidence is strong that Jonathan Rinderknecht is responsible for igniting the fire on January 1, 2025, which eventually became the Palisades fire. We fully intend to retry this case before a new jury and obtain guilty verdicts on all charged counts.

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Joe Serna, LAT@JosephSernaJun 26

Jury unconvinced Jonathan Rinderknecht is responsible for the Palisades fire. Feds claim he started a fire Jan. 1 which became the Palisades fire a week later. latimes.com/california/story…

Mistrial declared in Palisades fire arson case, a stunning blow to U.S. prosecutors

Mistrial declared in Palisades fire arson case, a stunning blow to U.S. prosecutors

The decision comes after the jury deadlocked, leaving unresolved questions about who is responsible for the fire that killed 12 people and caused billions of dollars in losses.

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