Doing web, social, comms, this, and that at @sfbart. Erstwhile LAT journalist. Oakland grown. Fiat Lux. Getting around by train, bike and bus! 🌲 🐻 ✨ 🚆🚲
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It took me nearly 10 years at the L.A. Times but I finally snuck in a train story latimes.com/travel/story/202… – at Truckee, CA
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SCOOP: Billions of dollars in federal grants to help states protect against terrorism and disasters are being held up.
The delay appears to be about President Trump's immigration agenda.
nytimes.com/2025/07/10/nyreg…
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Podcasts: the soundtrack of choice for @SFBART commuters for the last 2 decades. 🎧
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Every time I pass the C&H factory on Interstate 80 I think the same thing: "What's up with Crockett?"
I finally dropped in last week, and it exceeded expectations.
With an assist from @jpanzar and so many A++++ visuals from @CAGisMe
sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti…
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NEW: When It Comes to D.E.I. and ICE, Trump Is Using Federal Grants as Leverage. w/ @Haleaziz + @KannoYoungs. nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/po…
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NEW: @FEMA is cutting $325 million in grants that was to go to New York State, much of it destined for essential flood mitigation efforts in New York City. W/ @danarubinstein + @gr_ashford. nytimes.com/2025/04/07/nyreg…
Political travel woes in NY from @boreskes
“He described feeling a sense of embarrassment — the kind that only New Yorkers know — when his luggage slowed his passage through a subway turnstile and elicited frustrated stares from commuters.”
nytimes.com/2025/03/14/nyreg…
It’s here!!! SNEAKERS takes time
Thanks to the great @OneBlakeMinute for having me on a while back to gab about my favorite Bay Area movie.
Attn @peterhartlaub
In the seventh episode of @OHMPods TOO MANY MINUTES #podcast I discuss SNEAKERS' place in the Bay Area movie pantheon with @leezachariah and @jpanzar
oneheatminute.com/toomanymin…
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Breaking: Three college students killed in an East Bay Cybertruck crash had blood alcohol levels twice the legal limit and cocaine in their systems, toxicology reports show. — @skbaer sfstandard.com/2025/02/12/pi…
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At 4:49 p.m. a Shelter-in-place alert was declared for specific neighborhoods near Martinez Refining Company due to smoke from a fire at the facility. For more information, visit cwsalerts.com.
“We hit a drone this afternoon — first one,” said L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone. “Our Super Scooper hit a small drone.”
The incident occurred over the Palisades fire Thursday.
“It put a hole in the wing,” he said. “It’s grounded now.” latimes.com/california/story…
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Recent @ReadyLACounty alert to evacuate was sent in ERROR. Evacuation orders have not changed. See map for actual @LACity evacuation orders for some selected areas, ONLY! experience.arcgis.com/experi…
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IMMEDIATE EVACUATION ORDER in the RUNYON CANYON area. Fire blowing directly towards Hollywood Blvd
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MAJOR EMERGENCY: Hollywood Hills fire spreading RAPIDLY towards Hollywood Blvd
From the flats, the flames at higher elevations can seem far off and like “somebody else’s Los Angeles, where things burn down all the time,” Waldie said.
But that paradigm was upended Tuesday, as a wide swatch of lower elevation Santa Monica was put under an evacuation warning.
Worked on this narrative about the #PalisadesFire with an all-star team of @latimes reporters (@sherlyholmes, @laura_nelson, @jackdolanLAT, @Rjaellis, @nohaggerty and @LATvives). We fanned out across a region in ruins to bring you this report: latimes.com/california/story…
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Spent the last couple days biking from Northeast LA to San Diego. It was awesome! Recommend!
What a map
As the new year approaches, the already remarkable season-to-date "precipitation dipole" in California has further intensified. Much of SoCal has still not received meaningful rain this season, while NorCal continues to get soaked on a recurring basis. #CAwx #CAwater #CAfire
ALT Map from ClimateToolbox.org depicting season to date precipitation anomalies across California. Northern California has very large positive (wet) anomalies, and Southern California very large negative (dry) anomalies.
