ICYMI Last week the county approved paying a $25m to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed deaf man w/autism shot and permanently paralyzed by LASD in 2021.

One of the deputies involved might sound familiar from another case...

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From the Semafor media newsletter: Internal projections showed The Intercept could run out of cash by later this year. The bleak outlook prompted Ryan Grim and jeremy scahill to propose an ownership change that would give them control of the Intercept semafor.com/article/04/14/…

Should strawberry growers be spraying toxic pesticides near mostly Latino schools? In Monterey County, local and state officials are facing a lawsuit from a teachers union and environmental groups: latimes.com/california/sto… via Hailey Branson-Potts

English time! In news articles/ headlines writers must stop saying “anti-camping enforcement” or “homeless enforcement.” Enforcement of what? Say what it is. A city is removing people’s camps, enforcing a policy meant to do that. Spell it out. Being vague is not being unbiased.

When I was a kid, my dad gave me the talk: and by that I mean, he sat me down and told me the story of Prop 187. It’s hard to overstate how profoundly that law changed Latino life in California. Is the same about to happen in Texas?

For The Atlantic:

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Just a reminder that confronting and exposing misogyny is not hating men because hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women is not a requirement for being a man.

BREAKING: After San José Spotlight first reported on child sex abuse allegations against a prominent former Silicon Valley youth pastor, Brett Bymaster has been arrested and charged with six felony counts of child sex abuse.
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feeling burnt out? simply be privileged enough to take a year off from working without having to worry about money 😌

A little research reveals that humans slaughter and eat about 1.5 million cows per year in Colorado.

Why when wolves slaughter and eat two does it make news?

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Conservatives spend one day not whining about shit that doesn't affect them challenge: impossible

Hundreds of thousands of court hearings in California are being held without any precise record of what occurred - undercutting litigants' legal rights in high-stakes cases including domestic violence restraining orders and child custody disputes.

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Oooo First Fridays in Oakland is back!!

Why is it OK for rich guys to steal my work? Just re-upping this piece on the California Journalism Preservation Act as Google throws a temper tantrum today. latimes.com/california/sto…

Live along or otherwise use San Pablo Avenue to get around Oakland, Emeryville, or Berkeley?

You might want to check this out—oaklandside.org/2024/04/12/now…

Code Switch has an excellent essay on the opinion piece about NPR making the rounds, noting it acts as if the existence of systemic racism is an open question, though NPR has reported on the extensive evidence which proves it absolutely exists. READ: loom.ly/SdKRJGc

In four states, you can’t get divorced if you’re pregnant, and they have now also banned abortion. 19thnews.org/2024/04/states…

Are you having trouble Googling California news?

The search giant is blocking some California journalism today as it escalates fight v ⁦Buffy Wicks⁩ bill charging tech platforms that feature stories — a favored tactic for Google politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

It’s so frustrating when you feel like if you bring up masking as a courtesy at all, you’re the problem. We have so much access to understanding the virus’s impact on marginalized communities & yet most news teams now go to events unmasked. We need to be talking about this.

Phoebe Petrovic :( the fact that more journalists — especially those whose reporting is in service to/forged through collaboration with marginalized communities more vulnerable to the virus — aren't masking up at interviews/in general is so deeply demoralizing