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MAJOR NEWS: The @latimes just announced its new executive editor: Kevin Merida who for the past five years has run ESPN's The Undefeated platform that plumbs the intersection of race, culture and sports. Merida starts in June. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Some personal news: Friday was my last day at the @latimes. After 45 years as a newspaper journalist, 34 of them at The Times, I am retiring. Writing about CA water, wildfire and public lands has been the most rewarding beat of my long career.
Poseidon wins key seawater desalination permit latimes.com/environment/stor…
Poseidon is fighting a permit condition that would link start-up of the Huntington Beach desalter to shovel-ready environmental mitigation projects. latimes.com/environment/stor…
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.@Gannett is underpaying women and journalists of color, according to a @newsguild pay equity study.
At @azcentral, women's median pay was $29,700 less than their male counterparts. Journalists of color earned $25,100 less than their White colleagues
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!!! The DDT dumpsite in the ocean turned out to be MUCH BIGGER than expected. After surveying a swath of seafloor larger than *all of San Francisco,* scientists told me they still could not find an end to the dumping ground. It just kept going... latimes.com/environment/stor…
How the Getty spent the pandemic: deep cleaning with squirrel-hair dusters and dental picks to battle moths that loved those dark, empty exhibit rooms. @debvankin latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Bettina Boxall retweeted
Nobody loves literature more than our columnists, so, in honor of our annual L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked @LATstevelopez @Jenn_Harris_ @AbcarianLAT @hiltzikm @GustavoArellano @cmonstah @Erika_D_Smith & @BillPlaschke what they're reading right now.
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LISTEN: Co-founder of @PunchbowlNews, @bresreports and @NBCNews Capitol Hill producer and reporter, @AlexNBCNews, talk police reform. Plus, @boxall, staff writer at @latimes covering water and the environment, talks about water security. #ChuckToddCast
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Newsom declares drought emergency in two Northern Calif. counties -- sticks to no statewide mandates. latimes.com/environment/stor…
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A rarity for Northern California in this drought year: Rain forecast for this weekend, would be first precipitation in a month
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Does the return of drought to Calif. mean the state is stuck in a long megadrought? Not really. @phila_lex does a nice job of exploring the complexities. latimes.com/california/story…
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday revoked Trump-era orders that promoted fossil fuel development on public lands and waters. She also moved to make climate change a priority in agency decisions. nyti.ms/3uTkPjy
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📈 📉 Over the year, Californians experienced a complex set of guidelines that frequently changed, varied from county to county and created a whipsaw effect where businesses were open one week and sometimes closed within days. 📉📈
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Will this bolster efforts to stop massive new developments in fire-prone wildlands? @LouisSahagun latimes.com/environment/stor…
Includes badly needed funds to retrofit older homes. @johnmyers latimes.com/california/story…
Pacific Gas & Electric faces criminal charges over 2019 Kincade wildfire, which burned more than 120 square miles and destroyed 374 buildings. latimes.com/world-nation/sto…
The battle for Tribune: Inside the campaign to find new owners for a legendary group of newspapers washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…
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