Martín Macías
@mxmnews.bsky.social
Reporter for Los Angeles Public Press
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The coalition of LA residents who oppose the Dodger Stadium gondola shut down the Metro board of directors meeting Thursday.
They forced the meeting into recess and demanded that officials at minimum allow public discussion on the project. This is a developing story.
They forced the meeting into recess and demanded that officials at minimum allow public discussion on the project. This is a developing story.
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The coalition of LA residents who oppose the Dodger Stadium gondola shut down the Metro board of directors meeting Thursday.
They forced the meeting into recess and demanded that officials at minimum allow public discussion on the project. This is a developing story.
They forced the meeting into recess and demanded that officials at minimum allow public discussion on the project. This is a developing story.
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During the past six months, virtually every civic organization in Southern California has put out a statement denouncing ICE activity. Yet LA28, the private nonprofit that serves as LA's Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, and aspires to be a civic organization, has said nothing
Why won't LA28 support LA's immigrants?
"An Olympics and Paralympics security plan that gives control to a federal administration that is already attacking immigrants in our city and across the nation puts our entire community at risk"
www.torched.la
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
During the past six months, virtually every civic organization in Southern California has put out a statement denouncing ICE activity. Yet LA28, the private nonprofit that serves as LA's Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, and aspires to be a civic organization, has said nothing
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Metro board approves Dodger stadium gondola despite heavy protests.
Protestors temporarily shut down the Thursday board meeting after the gondola vote was placed on the consent agenda, which would have prevented public discussion by agency directors.
lapublicpress.org/2025/12/metr...
Protestors temporarily shut down the Thursday board meeting after the gondola vote was placed on the consent agenda, which would have prevented public discussion by agency directors.
lapublicpress.org/2025/12/metr...
Metro board approves Dodger stadium gondola despite heavy protests
Protestors temporarily shut down the Thursday board meeting after the gondola vote was placed on the consent agenda, which would have prevented public discussion by agency directors.
lapublicpress.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Metro board approves Dodger stadium gondola despite heavy protests.
Protestors temporarily shut down the Thursday board meeting after the gondola vote was placed on the consent agenda, which would have prevented public discussion by agency directors.
lapublicpress.org/2025/12/metr...
Protestors temporarily shut down the Thursday board meeting after the gondola vote was placed on the consent agenda, which would have prevented public discussion by agency directors.
lapublicpress.org/2025/12/metr...
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Ilhan Omar: "He's always been a racist, bigot, xenophobic, & Islamophobic. We know that he called African nations 'shit holes' during his first administration ... most of us are citizens. We love that Minnesota has welcomed us ... we are going to be here regardless of what the president has to say."
December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Ilhan Omar: "He's always been a racist, bigot, xenophobic, & Islamophobic. We know that he called African nations 'shit holes' during his first administration ... most of us are citizens. We love that Minnesota has welcomed us ... we are going to be here regardless of what the president has to say."
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December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I’m proud of this recent story about neighbors practicing multiracial solidarity against ICE. I need your support to keep my work going!
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I’m proud of this recent story about neighbors practicing multiracial solidarity against ICE. I need your support to keep my work going!
LA Public Press needs to raise $300k to continue producing journalism for all of LA County: givebutter.com/journalism2025
Donations up to $1k will be doubled!
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Donations up to $1k will be doubled!
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Self-reflection, education, volunteering, collaboration, consistency.
Neighbors are doing what they can to unite Black + Brown communities in Chicago + LA, at a time when the need for such solidarity has rarely been more obvious.
w/ @lapublicpress.bsky.social: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/24/h...
Neighbors are doing what they can to unite Black + Brown communities in Chicago + LA, at a time when the need for such solidarity has rarely been more obvious.
w/ @lapublicpress.bsky.social: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/24/h...
How Residents In Chicago And LA Are Building Multiracial Solidarity Against ICE
Violent immigration crackdowns, looming safety-net cuts and arrests of street vendors are pushing Black and Latine residents in both cities to organize around their common ground.
blockclubchicago.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Self-reflection, education, volunteering, collaboration, consistency.
Neighbors are doing what they can to unite Black + Brown communities in Chicago + LA, at a time when the need for such solidarity has rarely been more obvious.
w/ @lapublicpress.bsky.social: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/24/h...
Neighbors are doing what they can to unite Black + Brown communities in Chicago + LA, at a time when the need for such solidarity has rarely been more obvious.
w/ @lapublicpress.bsky.social: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/24/h...
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I've been working for a while on this investigation into the deadly labor that built the US nuclear weapons/energy sector. The federal government built the uranium mining industry disproportionately on Navajo lands where men are 28.6X more likely to develop cancer.
They Worked Underground in the Uranium Mines. They've Been Surrounded by Death Ever Since.
The uranium industry left a trail of sickness and loss through Navajo territory, yet Trump is pushing for another mining boom.
inthesetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I've been working for a while on this investigation into the deadly labor that built the US nuclear weapons/energy sector. The federal government built the uranium mining industry disproportionately on Navajo lands where men are 28.6X more likely to develop cancer.
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Putrid odors in this nook of South Gate has one resident calling it the “armpit” of the city. Residents have filed over 100 odor complaints citing smells like rotten eggs and warm garbage to air quality regulators.
lapublicpress.org/2025/11/sout...
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Putrid odors in this nook of South Gate has one resident calling it the “armpit” of the city
Residents have filed over 100 odor complaints citing smells like rotten eggs and warm garbage to air quality regulators.
lapublicpress.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Putrid odors in this nook of South Gate has one resident calling it the “armpit” of the city. Residents have filed over 100 odor complaints citing smells like rotten eggs and warm garbage to air quality regulators.
lapublicpress.org/2025/11/sout...
lapublicpress.org/2025/11/sout...
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🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 12: LA's homeless services on the chopping block
This week, LA County short on Measure A $$ proposes gutting homeless services, LA panel tackling budget woes gets going, and a proposed measure would stick it to "overpaid" CEOs.
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This week, LA County short on Measure A $$ proposes gutting homeless services, LA panel tackling budget woes gets going, and a proposed measure would stick it to "overpaid" CEOs.
thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...
🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 12: LA's homeless services on the chopping block
News from an LA Reporter. This week, that includes LA County officials short on Measure A funds proposing to gut homeless services, a panel tackling LA city's budget woes gets going, and a proposed ba...
thelareporter.la
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 12: LA's homeless services on the chopping block
This week, LA County short on Measure A $$ proposes gutting homeless services, LA panel tackling budget woes gets going, and a proposed measure would stick it to "overpaid" CEOs.
thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...
This week, LA County short on Measure A $$ proposes gutting homeless services, LA panel tackling budget woes gets going, and a proposed measure would stick it to "overpaid" CEOs.
thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...
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LAPD wants $20 million to buy two replacement helicopters next fiscal year. They cost $48 million a year to fly and maintain, yet there’s little evidence they’re effective at reducing crime. They are effective at being a nuisance!
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
LAPD wants $20 million to buy two replacement helicopters next fiscal year. They cost $48 million a year to fly and maintain, yet there’s little evidence they’re effective at reducing crime. They are effective at being a nuisance!
My latest for LA Public Press is a collab with @blockclubchi.bsky.social that looks at how communities in Chicago and LA are building multiracial solidarity against ICE. Read it here: lapublicpress.org/2025/11/how-...
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My latest for LA Public Press is a collab with @blockclubchi.bsky.social that looks at how communities in Chicago and LA are building multiracial solidarity against ICE. Read it here: lapublicpress.org/2025/11/how-...
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How LA employers and labor groups are trying to shield workers from ICE.
Here are some tactics unions and employers at farms, factories, restaurants and other job sites are using to protect employees from immigration raids.
Here are some tactics unions and employers at farms, factories, restaurants and other job sites are using to protect employees from immigration raids.
How LA employers and labor groups are trying to shield workers from ICE
Here are some tactics unions and employers at farms, factories, restaurants and other job sites are using to protect employees from immigration raids.
lapublicpress.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
How LA employers and labor groups are trying to shield workers from ICE.
Here are some tactics unions and employers at farms, factories, restaurants and other job sites are using to protect employees from immigration raids.
Here are some tactics unions and employers at farms, factories, restaurants and other job sites are using to protect employees from immigration raids.
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The federal immigration raids are STILL happening in LA. National media might've moved on, but we're not.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The federal immigration raids are STILL happening in LA. National media might've moved on, but we're not.
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Heavily Hispanic areas that shifted the most to the left in 2025 were virtually a mirror image of the places that had swung to Trump in 2024. The two cities that shifted the most toward Democrats were those with the highest percentage of Hispanic voters in the state.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
Maps Show How Latinos Who Shifted Right in 2024 Snapped Back Left in 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Heavily Hispanic areas that shifted the most to the left in 2025 were virtually a mirror image of the places that had swung to Trump in 2024. The two cities that shifted the most toward Democrats were those with the highest percentage of Hispanic voters in the state.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
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These LA volunteers are fighting back by documenting what happens inside immigration courts.
With mass ICE arrests in LA, Court Watch volunteers are exposing judges who refuse observers, broken translation services, and due process violations at Adelanto detention center.
With mass ICE arrests in LA, Court Watch volunteers are exposing judges who refuse observers, broken translation services, and due process violations at Adelanto detention center.
These LA volunteers are fighting back by documenting what happens inside immigration courts
With mass ICE arrests in LA, Court Watch volunteers are exposing judges who refuse observers, broken translation services, and due process violations at Adelanto detention center.
lapublicpress.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
These LA volunteers are fighting back by documenting what happens inside immigration courts.
With mass ICE arrests in LA, Court Watch volunteers are exposing judges who refuse observers, broken translation services, and due process violations at Adelanto detention center.
With mass ICE arrests in LA, Court Watch volunteers are exposing judges who refuse observers, broken translation services, and due process violations at Adelanto detention center.
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For many disabled fire victims in Los Angeles, a continuing trauma.
“Inflammation from these exposures is not just about cancer or asthma,” says one advocate for disabled people. “It’s neurological, it’s everything.”
“Inflammation from these exposures is not just about cancer or asthma,” says one advocate for disabled people. “It’s neurological, it’s everything.”
For many disabled fire victims in Los Angeles, a continuing trauma
“Inflammation from these exposures is not just about cancer or asthma,” says one advocate for disabled people. “It’s neurological, it’s everything.”
lapublicpress.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
For many disabled fire victims in Los Angeles, a continuing trauma.
“Inflammation from these exposures is not just about cancer or asthma,” says one advocate for disabled people. “It’s neurological, it’s everything.”
“Inflammation from these exposures is not just about cancer or asthma,” says one advocate for disabled people. “It’s neurological, it’s everything.”
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When ICE comes to their neighborhoods, residents in Los Angeles and Chicago know it’s time to act.
“We’re talking about thousands of people that have been activated,” an organizer said.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/f...
with @lapublicpress.bsky.social
“We’re talking about thousands of people that have been activated,” an organizer said.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/f...
with @lapublicpress.bsky.social
From Chicago To LA, Neighborly Solidarity Fuels Resistance To ICE
Volunteer patrols, mutual aid efforts and immigrant defenders are driving the anti-fascist movement against ICE and countering the “crime-ridden” fear narratives about their cities.
blockclubchicago.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When ICE comes to their neighborhoods, residents in Los Angeles and Chicago know it’s time to act.
“We’re talking about thousands of people that have been activated,” an organizer said.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/f...
with @lapublicpress.bsky.social
“We’re talking about thousands of people that have been activated,” an organizer said.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/f...
with @lapublicpress.bsky.social
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From Chicago to LA, neighborly solidarity fuels resistance to ICE.
Volunteer patrols, mutual aid efforts and immigrant defenders are driving the anti-fascist movement against ICE and countering the “crime-ridden” fear narratives about their cities. blockclubchi.co/4hHcuJg
Volunteer patrols, mutual aid efforts and immigrant defenders are driving the anti-fascist movement against ICE and countering the “crime-ridden” fear narratives about their cities. blockclubchi.co/4hHcuJg
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From Chicago to LA, neighborly solidarity fuels resistance to ICE.
Volunteer patrols, mutual aid efforts and immigrant defenders are driving the anti-fascist movement against ICE and countering the “crime-ridden” fear narratives about their cities. blockclubchi.co/4hHcuJg
Volunteer patrols, mutual aid efforts and immigrant defenders are driving the anti-fascist movement against ICE and countering the “crime-ridden” fear narratives about their cities. blockclubchi.co/4hHcuJg
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"[O]nly the people can save themselves."
"I've seen communities organize here in ways that I haven't seen in all my years of organizing."
"It has to be an entire village to take [ICE] on, and LA is a massive village."
#California #Illinois #USA #Protest #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"I've seen communities organize here in ways that I haven't seen in all my years of organizing."
"It has to be an entire village to take [ICE] on, and LA is a massive village."
#California #Illinois #USA #Protest #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
From Chicago to LA, neighborly solidarity fuels resistance to ICE
Volunteer patrols, mutual aid efforts and immigrant defenders drive the anti-fascist movement against ICE and counter the "crime-ridden" fear narratives about their cities.
lapublicpress.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"[O]nly the people can save themselves."
"I've seen communities organize here in ways that I haven't seen in all my years of organizing."
"It has to be an entire village to take [ICE] on, and LA is a massive village."
#California #Illinois #USA #Protest #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"I've seen communities organize here in ways that I haven't seen in all my years of organizing."
"It has to be an entire village to take [ICE] on, and LA is a massive village."
#California #Illinois #USA #Protest #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
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Inside LAPD’s nearly $400M settlement crisis that’s bankrupting LA.
Taxpayers are covering civil rights violations and officer misconduct while basic city services face cuts—and a new audit could reveal whether LAPD is doing anything to stop the pattern.
Taxpayers are covering civil rights violations and officer misconduct while basic city services face cuts—and a new audit could reveal whether LAPD is doing anything to stop the pattern.
Inside LAPD's nearly $400M settlement crisis that's bankrupting LA
Taxpayers are covering civil rights violations and officer misconduct while basic city services face cuts—and a new audit could reveal whether LAPD is doing anything to stop the pattern.
lapublicpress.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Inside LAPD’s nearly $400M settlement crisis that’s bankrupting LA.
Taxpayers are covering civil rights violations and officer misconduct while basic city services face cuts—and a new audit could reveal whether LAPD is doing anything to stop the pattern.
Taxpayers are covering civil rights violations and officer misconduct while basic city services face cuts—and a new audit could reveal whether LAPD is doing anything to stop the pattern.
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🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 9: LA residents brace for federal shutdown 'hammer'
This week, what LA residents should know about food aid, the controller's critique of LAPD's mental health response, and The LA Reporter comes to the Really Really Free Market
thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...
This week, what LA residents should know about food aid, the controller's critique of LAPD's mental health response, and The LA Reporter comes to the Really Really Free Market
thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...
🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 9: LA residents brace for federal shutdown 'hammer'
News from an LA Reporter. This week, that includes some things LA County residents should know about the pause on CalFresh food aid, LA City Controller Mejia dropping a scathing critique of LAPD's arm...
thelareporter.la
November 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 9: LA residents brace for federal shutdown 'hammer'
This week, what LA residents should know about food aid, the controller's critique of LAPD's mental health response, and The LA Reporter comes to the Really Really Free Market
thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...
This week, what LA residents should know about food aid, the controller's critique of LAPD's mental health response, and The LA Reporter comes to the Really Really Free Market
thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...
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NEW — The TRiiBE obtained audio of a 911 call made by a Border Patrol agent to report a crash injuring a 49-year-old Black woman in Chicago.
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
Listen to a Border Patrol agent’s flustered 911 call following a West Side car crash • The TRiiBE
Dispatch asked the race of the victim; the agent responded, “Uh, she’s, uh, African.”
thetriibe.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
NEW — The TRiiBE obtained audio of a 911 call made by a Border Patrol agent to report a crash injuring a 49-year-old Black woman in Chicago.
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
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Video from this morning on Lawrence near Kedzie @blockclubchi.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Video from this morning on Lawrence near Kedzie @blockclubchi.bsky.social