Alissa Walker

I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Co-host @theLApod. LAUSD mom. Not really here. @awalkerinLA everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at 🔥

[Alissa Walker @awalkerinLA]

For some of us the Olympics are JUST BEGINNING and I started a newsletter to track LA's games-related decisions for 2028 and beyond — you can sign up at https://t.co/A1VVKSg9gv🔥

Here are some of the stories I've reported so far and what I'll be watching for the next four years

[Alissa Walker @awalkerinLA]

@dwallacewells Thank you! But I hope you meant to link to my story lol

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

“Unfathomable, unreasonable, unstoppable, and, yet, inevitable,” as ⁦@awalkerinLA⁩ wrote. https://t.co/IzmeEmPH1D

[Tom Philpott @tomphilpott]

This @awalkerinLA piece by sharp contrast is fantastic. https://t.co/wmUJfvXhiP

[kevin wu 🌈 @wukemon]

“Once again this is a story about cooperation. It's about actually locking arms. It's the same story I write over and over about how the lack of regional goals is hampering LA's ability to get it together for its megaevent era.”

— @awalkerinLA

https://t.co/p4QUnl59Cu

[David Stein @DavidpStein]

.@awalkerinLA, on the fires. https://t.co/ewWFs6VxmY

[2547 🇬🇱 @erik_griswold]

More of the regional communication incompetence highlighted in @awalkerinLA ‘s brilliantly written article for Torched:

https://t.co/yph4UD5FOO

[2547 🇬🇱 @erik_griswold]

I would suggest everyone read the @awalkerinLA Torched (cue Alanis Morissette)
piece just posted to get a great summary of what just happened in Los Angeles County.

https://t.co/yph4UD57Zg

[Eat the World Los Angeles 🌍🌎🌏🍉 @EattheWorldLA]

Subscribe to Torched if you don't already. @awalkerinLA
https://t.co/Fh9xvqfJzx

[Lex Roman @lexromanwashere]

Alissa Walker whose newsletter is aptly called "Torched" reporting from LA https://t.co/LrSuGjlbqk @awalkerinLA

[Diana Budds @DianaBudds]

lots of people on here are talking about mike davis's (excellent) 1998 essay on malibu's fires. today's installment in @awalkerinLA's (also excellent) newsletter is a worthwhile companion read: https://t.co/ORLyvHPTYF

[Christophe LaBelle (he/him) @LaBelleChrstphe]

First panel on the 2028 Olympics & Paralympics. Questions around the goals of LA28 for the City of LA and as a region, security vs. sustainability priorities, and other issues.

[Mike Bonin @mikebonin]

Trying to make sense of last week’s election results? Check out the latest episode of @thelapod with @awalkerinLA Rachel Reyes @levitusing @hayesdavenport and me. Brought to you by @LosAngelesFwd - wherever you listen to podcasts.

[Strategic Actions for a Just Economy @SAJE_ShiftPower]

And so we continue our fight for a more just Los Angeles that guarantees a collective right to the city for all Angelenos!

For a full recap of Thursday’s conversation, check out @awalkerinla’s latest article for Torched: https://t.co/GkEYjW6Ekw

[Alissa Walker @awalkerinLA]

@joeyneverjoe Thank you!

[Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe]

@awalkerinLA wrote a really great piece about the Dodgers' celebrations and what could be possible if the city allowed more open, accessible public spaces.
https://t.co/OIH9O9mgES

[Marcela Guerrero Casas @GuerreraCasas]

Thanks to everyone who has sent their video. You can still send yours 😉 #openstreets #ciclovia50@CicLAvia @OpenStreetsTO @OpenStreetsMPLS @CriticalMassNbi @MorfasChrisN @JSadikKhan @copenhenken @ForoMundialBici @BYCS_org @TUMInitiative @giztransport @awalkerinLA

[LANCSA @LA_NCSA]

Join @LA28 and us Sunday, November 17 to talk Olympics and #sustainability. Bring your thoughts and questions for a conversation. https://t.co/92ZqYbZyFE #NextUpLA28 #LA28 #SustainableOlympics

[Mike Bonin @mikebonin]

Were you a listener to @thelapod? Have you been missing the analysis of local news and politics? Well, good news! LA Podcast is back, part of the family of @LosAngelesFwd programs. Listen to a special pre-election episode with @awalkerinLA @Rachel_Reyes @levitusing @GodfreyPlata and me.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.