A tabloid bonanza, the trial of O.J. Simpson was also a core sample of Los Angeles at the dawn of the 21st century. nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/…

“A highway repair crew was on the structure, working the night shift, filling potholes. At least eight members of the construction crew plunged into the 50-foot-deep Patapsco River below.” via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/…

Despite a low-turnout electorate that was older, whiter and more conservative than California, Prop. 1 passes. The $6.38 billion bond measure for treatment and housing was a top priority for California Governor Gavin Newsom to reduce homelessness in the state. nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/…

“This is the biggest change in decades in how California tackles homelessness, and a victory for doing things radically different,” Mr. Newsom said. nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/…

Some days, he teaches five back-to-back classes. His only qualm, he said, was that his blood pressure has risen from all the oil and salt in the rich Afghan food that he receives. The great ⁦Miriam Jordan⁩ via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/03/16/us/…

Low turnout. Confusing language. And some say a strategy in race to succeed Senator Dianne Feinstein. nytimes.com/2024/03/10/us/…

Oh, how I love ⁦Billy Witz⁩ and the stories he chooses. Like this one. Which is about bravery. Via ⁦The New York Times⁩ nytimes.com/2024/03/08/us/…

This was not C.T.E., the report said. It was a characteristic pattern of damage that has been found before in military veterans who were repeatedly exposed to weapons blasts during their service.

Extraordinary reporting by David Philipps via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/03/06/us/…

“You scared them, Katie!” someone in the audience shouted.

“We scared them,” Ms. Porter responded. ⁦

Jill Cowan⁩ reports from Katie Porter’s Senate campaign on election night. nytimes.com/2024/03/06/us/…

'As an undergraduate, Mr. Schiff lived upstairs from a group of stoners and sometimes tormented them by waiting until they were high, then attaching a pizza slice to a fishing line and dangling it just out of their reach,' Shawn Hubler writes. nytimes.com/2024/03/04/us/…

Come for the politics, stay for the dangling pizza. A quick primer on the front runner in the race to succeed Senator Dianne Feinstein via ⁦The New York Times⁩ nytimes.com/2024/03/04/us/…

Attorney General Ken Paxton is out for revenge. Gov. Greg Abbott wants private school vouchers. Even hard right incumbents are being targeted. Eye-opening piece by ⁦J. David Goodman⁩ on the high stakes GOP feud on the Texas ballot this year. nytimes.com/2024/03/03/us/…

Prescient piece today by Heather Knight on the rising political force of the recovery movement in San Francisco, which one supervisor calls a “a sleeping giant” nationally. nytimes.com/2024/03/02/us/…

Today's jam-packed CalMatters newsletter by Lynn La
-- Yue Stella Yu on Adam Schiff Katie Porter Barbara Lee no corporate PAC $$ pledge
-- Alexei Koseff on how to get your #Elections2024 ballot counted fast
-- Jeremia Kimelman on biggest spenders on lobbying
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The Angeleno’s lament 🤣

Another insightful piece by Shawn Hubler
Riding His Baseball Fame, Steve Garvey Disrupts the California Senate Race nytimes.com/2024/02/20/us/…

It’s tough running for office. “Mr. Garvey’s communications adviser, Matt Shupe, declined to make him available for comment, saying The Times had “crossed a line” by having an impromptu conversation at Mr. Garvey’s mailbox.” Thanks ⁦Shawn Hubler⁩ nytimes.com/2024/02/20/us/…

Checking his mail outside “Casa de Garvey,” where a huge red, white and blue “Steve Garvey for U.S. Senate” banner fluttered from the wrought-iron front gate, he observed that he was “in arguably the most difficult race in America” but it was “great!”
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