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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h

One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”

(Published August)

Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals

Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...

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Fidel Martinez @fidel.bsky.social · 21h

In 2021, two of my la times colleagues and I launched the dia de muertos digital altar. The idea was to replicate the sense of community found across DDM events across SoCal, which had been shut down bc of the pandemic. This marks the fifth year we are doing this.

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Celebrate loved ones with our digital Día de Muertos altar

The holiday is an opportunity to spend time with the memories of those who came before us, and celebrate life.

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Elizabeth Chou @reporterliz.bsky.social · 2d

Gov. Newsom has signed AB 630, a bill sponsored by Mayor Karen Bass that's aimed at vanlords and makes it easier to destroy RVs. But advocates say it would actually hurt people living in RVs.

It was included in today's legislative update: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/13/g...

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 5d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

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Noelle Maxwell @noellem1.bsky.social · 5d

Just want to shout-out the @ire.org AccessFest Intro to Data Journalism session - I've always meant to pick up more data skills but it always seemed a bit daunting to me b/c I'm not a math/numbers person.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

The 24-year-old talks about the spray, the viral video and why he’s protesting.

‘I’ve definitely had spicier tamales,’ says Portland ICE protest frog that got pepper sprayed by federal agents

The 24-year-old talks about the spray, the viral video and why he’s protesting.

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Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕 @lby3.bsky.social · 6d

Audit finds Cal State San Bernardino student housing program deep in debt.

My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social:

Audit finds Cal State San Bernardino student housing program deep in debt

The university’s Department of Housing and Residential Education has an $8 million yearly debt payment.

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Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕 @lby3.bsky.social · 7d

Great run at the LAT (and the Desert Sun before that). I know you'll knock 'em dead, whatever's coming next.

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Sarah Fama @alreadyfamas.bsky.social · Feb 15

Just minding my own business reading Lucy Undying, and @kierstenwhite.bsky.social decides to personally attack me, personally, in a personal fashion

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Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕 @lby3.bsky.social · 7d

Newsom signs San Bernardino-area legislators’ suicide-prevention bills.

My story in the @dailybulletin.bsky.social:

Newsom signs San Bernardino-area legislators’ suicide-prevention bills

The bills require California to study the issue and include suicide-prevention guidelines when developing state bridges and overpasses.

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Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕 @lby3.bsky.social · 13d

a boy and a girl are sitting at a desk in a classroom looking at each other .

Alt: Classroom scene from Mean Girls. Lindsay Lohan's character tells her male crush that it's October 3rd.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 13d

The central Oregon store is the only remaining Blockbuster in the world.

Blockbuster turns 40 this month — and Bend is the only place you can celebrate

The central Oregon store is the only remaining Blockbuster in the world.

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Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕 @lby3.bsky.social · 15d

Lake Arrowhead homeowners get a once-in-a-century vote on local governance.

My story in the @sbsun.bsky.social:

Lake Arrowhead homeowners get a once-in-a-century vote on local governance

Arrowhead Woods community answers to an HOA-like architectural committee, under the terms of a century-old agreement.

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Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕 @lby3.bsky.social · 17d

If only it was so easy to understand.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 17d

"On Super Partial Laughable Early Dismissal Days, your child will be let out at either 10:17 or 10:28, according to the rubric we enclosed in one of our previous emails, titled, per usual, 'Optional Opportunity and/or Critical Information for your Child.'"

Reminder from Your Child’s School: Tomorrow Is a Super Partial Laughable Early Dismissal Day

Dear parents — This is just a reminder that tomorrow is another Super Partial Laughable Early Dismissal Day, which means your child will be let out...

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Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕 @lby3.bsky.social · 17d

Of course

Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕 @lby3.bsky.social · 17d

Hi, @rafil.bsky.social, can you email me at [email protected] so I can connect you to someone in the relevant SoCal News Group newsroom?

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Elizabeth Chou @reporterliz.bsky.social · 19d

Blink and you might have missed it.

Erroll Southers, a controversial appointment to the LAPD commission, was approved by the LA City Council today.

But it was done in an unusual way -- it was allowed to run out the clock by the council failing to do anything by today's deadline to act on.

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Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕 @lby3.bsky.social · 20d

How do we feel the couple from The Piña Colada Song are doing today? Those crazy kids are doing great, right?

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Jack Pitney @jpitney.bsky.social · 21d

For decades, we autism parents have dealt with needless guilt and false hopes of medical "cures." The Trump-RFK Jr. news conference made our lives worse. autismpolicyblog.com/2025/09/blas...

Blast Radius from the Trump News Conference

A number o f posts discussed Trump 's support for the discredited notion . T he Monday White House news conference was a firehose o...

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Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · 21d

Still working on the Treasure Overhaul. Here's a preview of the Sages chapter. Enhance your alchemists.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 24d

Great interactive voter guide from excellent @calmatters.org

It's on Prop 50, to re-district CA /gain Dem seats. Enter your address and see how district would change. Eg, w minor shift of lines, would change my home district from 37/33 GOP to 44/25 Dem. (cont.)

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Map of San Bernardino county, showing how current congressional district is 37/33 GOP. Change would make it 44/25 Dem.

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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 28d

New Ep alert 🚨 RFK Jr.’s big report on autism is scheduled to come out this month, and we’re hearing that it might point the finger at Tylenol as a possible cause. The science on this is full of plot twists and nerd fights - we dive in. open.spotify.com/episode/0afn...

Does Tylenol Cause Autism?

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Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕 @lby3.bsky.social · 23d

Fifteen years after the LA Times won a Pulitzer for showing the consequences of not having local news coverage in the city, it doesn't appear that a single reporter, from any outlet, is assigned to cover Bell on a regular basis.

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 26d

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.

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Beau Yarbrough ⌚🐕 @lby3.bsky.social · 27d

Court rules Chino Basin Project approval violates California environmental law.

My story in the @dailybulletin.bsky.social:

Court rules Chino Basin Project approval violates California environmental law

The Inland Empire Utilities Agency plans to recycle wastewater into drinking water.

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