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Phoenix, AZ
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America’s Desert Metropolis Is on the Short List to Lose Water “Under the most severe outcome, the system would be cut off entirely during the driest years, setting off a social and economic meltdown Arizonans shudder to even imagine.” nytimes.com/2026/08/23/us/ar… via @NYTimes by @ReisThebault
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Must read story of one homeless student’s resilience and the school that found a way to help him. Brilliant writing by @ReisThebault. washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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1/ This story by @ReisThebault @n_kirkpatrick @melinamara and @byaliceli on what happened to 3 Altadena families on the same block after the LA fires ravaged their homes, is so heartbreaking and beautiful that you need to do 2 things to fully take it in. washingtonpost.com/nation/in…
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A touching, heartbreaking coda to the firestorms of January, by a @washingtonpost team embedded in Altadena: @ReisThebault @melinamara @byaliceli @n_kirkpatrick. I was lucky enough to witness their deep compassion for those who lost so much: washingtonpost.com/nation/in…
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When dams are taken down, rivers run free. Check out this joyful, immersive piece from three incredible @washingtonpost journalists, who capture the West Coast in all of its glory @ReisThebault @byaliceli and @melinamara washingtonpost.com/nation/in…
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Sharing a gift link on this gloriously gorgeous story about Indigenous youth kayaking the length of the Klamath River now reclaimed by the tribes after the removal of dams. ✍️📸 @ReisThebault @melinamara @byaliceli
“It felt like the river was breathing,” wapo.st/4m81PJf
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Must read/watch of the day: Washington Post journalists @ReisThebault @byaliceli @melinamara: made repeated trips to the remote Klamath River basin, checking in with the students at key moments, including the first days of the descent & the finish line. washingtonpost.com/nation/in…
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The cell doors are so rusted they can’t close. Century-old lead paint is peeling off the walls. Concrete is crumbling. This is no longer a fearsome prison. But it’s one Trump wants, to the astonishment of Californians and tourists. @ReisThebault @lisabonos washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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Los Angeles brims with wildlife. But fires make it harder to survive.
@washingtonpost @ReisThebault
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The January firestorms across Southern California tore through entire neighborhoods and displaced tens of thousands. It also torched through the natural world, threatening already endangered species. @reisthebault washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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In this age of instability, its plucky presence reminds of a time when technology was unabashedly built to last, an example of survival even in the most turbulent of times. Behold the Centennial Bulb, still glowing after 124 years. @reisthebault washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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If you’re not already, read everything @ReisThebault on the LA fires >
John and Gail spend their nights wandering down hallways that no longer exist. Gone are the “#1 Dad” pillow, the poem John wrote to Gail in high school, Gail’s childhood dolls. All “72 years of life stuff.” Without it, will memories fade? @reisthebault washingtonpost.com/weather/2…
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John and Gail spend their nights wandering down hallways that no longer exist. Gone are the “#1 Dad” pillow, the poem John wrote to Gail in high school, Gail’s childhood dolls. All “72 years of life stuff.” Without it, will memories fade? @reisthebault washingtonpost.com/weather/2…
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WAPO AT ITS FINEST "Soon, they wouldn’t be painters, welders or builders. They would be firefighters...surrounded by one of the most destructive blazes in American history" @reisthebault @MrErinO @juliawall_ @tuckabelle
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A gallant crew of untrained Californians seemed no match for the awesome power of nature, and yet: What it looks and feels like to fight for the Palisades, via a Washington Post team including @reisthebault @MrErinO @juliawall_ @tuckabelle and more
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How one man and his crew saved Pacific Palisades homes from the L.A. fires. Remarkable story from a remarkable Washington Post team @ReisThebault washingtonpost.com/nation/in…
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Beautifully written dispatch via @ReisThebault Disaster is in the air. It clouds the skies, it sears the eyes, it lodges in the lungs. It weighs on the heart. Even for those who are miles away, the fires are still inescapable, an ever-present ache. washingtonpost.com/weather/2… – at Los Angeles, CA
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Heartbreakingly beautiful dispatch from LA: ‘There was nothing you could do’: The two days when fire swallowed Los Angeles
For at least 48 hours, it seemed like Angelenos saw flames nearly everywhere they looked.
Via @ReisThebault & @partlowj
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If you read one story today on what it was like for #lafires to engulf an entire metropolis, make it this @ReisThebault & @partlowj story, edited by @paulina_milla and @cathleendecker (And read to the end if you want to know what happens to the kitty.) washingtonpost.com/weather/2…
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California will lead a Trump resistance again. Round 2 will be harder. — via @ReisThebault washingtonpost.com/politics/…
