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[Jared Servantez @jservantez]

The LA Times laid us off in an HR zoom webinar with chat disabled, no q&a, no chance to ask questions. As a colleague described it, “that was like a drive-by.”

[James Queally @JamesQueallyLAT]

Friends, I am trying to help collect journalism/comms/research job postings for colleagues impacted by the L.A. Times layoffs today. Some of you have sent some my way, but please send more!

[Ben Brazil @_benbrazil]

@JeongPark52 @LATlands I’m so sorry!

[Ben Brazil @_benbrazil]

@sarahparvini @latimes @latguild I’m so sorry

[Steve Padilla @StevePadilla2]

I work with words but I have none to capture what this day is like. I will miss so many fine journalists, so many fine people. A heartbreaking day.
https://t.co/D9mmNBkCia

[Christian orozco @ctorozco]

I was informed that I will be laid off from the L.A. Times. Today had marked 7 years with the Times for me.

[Jie Jenny Zou @jiejennyzou]

just fyi that @latimes mgmt has so far chosen to:

- dock pay for those of us participating in today's walkout
-block our access to Slack
-keep secret how many layoffs in total are planned

[James Queally @JamesQueallyLAT]

I moved here 10 years ago because I believed in the L.A. Times.

I still do. I started a family here. I love this paper more than its healthy to.

I'm walking out today to fight FOR this paper. If you want a strong LAT, let our managers know they need to come back to the table.

[Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸 @mattdpearce]

As L.A. Times journalists go on strike today as massive layoffs loom, I stand in total solidarity with my colleagues at @si_union facing similar dark news. Same struggle, same fight.

[Bill Plaschke @BillPlaschke]

I’m walking out today with my @latguild colleagues in the first work stoppage in the 143-year history of the L.A. Times. We’re trying to save our city’s most valuable public trust. This is for a community that has been relying on us for generations. This is for all of L.A.

[Thuc Nhi Nguyen @thucnhi21]

For one day, please don't read the LA Times. But come back tomorrow for a subscription. We've still got you.

[Sean Greene @seangreene89]

I've worked too long and hard for my hometown newspaper and dream job to watch it fall apart from within.

Today I'm walking out to say "enough is enough." I'm asking my managers to please work together with the @latguild to save jobs, money and the @latimes.

[Brittny Mejia @brittny_mejia]

In September, I’ll have been at the LA Times for 10 years. I love this place with all my heart. But I can’t envision a future with the paper’s staff decimated.

[Robert J. Lopez @LAJourno]

Massive budget cuts do not equal journalistic excellence.

[Azmat Khan @AzmatZahra]

Today, two major journalistic institutions issued statements about the threat to a free press in the Israel-Hamas war:

The New York Times:
https://t.co/pQYF6fO58e

Columbia Journalism School:
https://t.co/3juwsI7ocA @columbiajourn

[Javier Panzar @jpanzar]

Remember folks, access to shade is going to matter a lot as the world gets hotter.

One study by the UCLA Luskin Center found that shade can reduce heat stress in the human body from 25% to 30% throughout the day.

A good one from @DoranyPineda90
https://t.co/oqZwDRBXrJ

[Sammy Roth @Sammy_Roth]

First time in decades — if not more than a century — that a beaver colony has taken up residence in the Palo Alto area. Could help the region stay safe during fires, droughts and storms: https://t.co/siLj5zshKw via @grace_2e

[Voice of OC @VoiceofOC]

An ACLU victory in court means Orange County residents could soon find out which demographics prosecutors charge the most. https://t.co/rW4V57JArs

[Sammy Roth @Sammy_Roth]

Not great!

Story by ⁦@DoranyPineda90⁩: https://t.co/Y7NEYGzfSb

[Margaret Sullivan @Sulliview]

This outrage should absolutely be a national story and a cause for journalistic solidarity. Shame these people … Police stage 'chilling' raid on Kansas newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones https://t.co/nhrye1dJi2