Mark Nieto

[Mark Nieto @COMBATmusic]

In 1980, an explosion erupted a few feet away from my grandparent's home in West Long Beach. Two people were injured and the resulting fire burned my family’s home to the ground. A few years ago I began working on a story about the incident and that story is now live.

[Mark Nieto @COMBATmusic]

Not really feeling this decade :(

[KQED Forum @KQEDForum]

🕯️This Friday Oct. 31 at 10AM PST, we want to create an audio altar of voices in celebration of Día de los Muertos. That means we want to hear from YOU!

Who would you like to honor this year? It can be a family member, a friend or just someone who means a lot to you.

[Mark Nieto @COMBATmusic]

@KQED

[Mark Nieto @COMBATmusic]

My longer audio piece for The California Report Magazine about Hebah Hefzy's finish at this year's #WesternStatesEnduranceRun is out!

https://t.co/0X0l46rSyB

[Mark Nieto @COMBATmusic]

Thanks to @KQED for supporting this story and to Hebah, her crew, and all the people who spoke with me for the piece.

[California Report @CalReportTweets]

Composer Finds Inspiration in the Cosmos; First Hijabi Runner Completes Western States Race https://t.co/VQZ7NgNqjw

[Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins @daniel_dsj2110]

"Werner Herzog on the differences between LA and NYC: "Wherever you look i[n LA there's] an immense depth, a tumult that resonates with me. New York is more concerned with finance than anything else. It doesn't create culture, only consumes it; most of what you find in New York comes from elsewhere. Things actually get done in Los Angeles. Look beyond the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and a wild excitement of intense dreams opens up; it has more horizons than any other place. There is a great deal of industry in the city and a real working class; I also appreciate the vibrant presence of the Mexicans."

[KQED @KQED]

On Sunday, Hebah Hefzy, a neurologist and mother of three, became the first hijab-wearing athlete to complete the Western States Endurance Run.
https://t.co/vmqaDnrr1O

[Mark Nieto @COMBATmusic]

My first article for KQED is out today.

It tells the story of Hebah Hefzy, the first hijabi runner to finish the Western States Endurance Run, the oldest 100-mile ultramarathon in the world.

https://t.co/LKcxvYR31s

[Imogen Piper @imogen_piper]

Agriculture accounted for nearly half of Gaza’s total land area before the war, according to UNOSAT.

45% of that agricultural land has now been damaged.

[Imogen Piper @imogen_piper]

Ashraf Omar Alakhras had a family farm in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza near the border with Israel.
“We grew oranges, lemons, potatoes, eggplant, tomatoes and cucumbers.”

In late January, he said, Israeli bulldozers plowed it under to clear space for a militarized buffer zone.

[Imogen Piper @imogen_piper]

Olive groves razed, strawberry fields bulldozed and greenhouses torn to shreds.

Israel's invasion of Gaza has decimated Gaza's food infrastructure. We spoke with Palestinian farmers & analysed satellite imagery to show the war's long term impact on food. https://t.co/Di7eTGQywx

[Keith @keithdunn]

Jasmin Paris @JasminKParis finished loop five of the #BM100 in 59:58:21.

[Rosanna Xia @RosannaXia]

On the front page today: radioactive waste and our sobering history of treating the ocean as a toxic dump https://t.co/RC8sRd5TSn

[g a b y @gabydvj]

for @thebafflermag, I wrote about the nonsensical claims that “Palestinian refugees” and Hamas militants will show up at the US-Mexico border and the Israeli technology—advertised as “battle-tested” on Palestinians—used to surveil the borderlands
https://t.co/wV9qORIE6f

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

An investor on CNBC celebrates that defense spending could soar over $1 trillion now that the House has elected a speaker amid major geopolitical conflicts.

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Photography was put to immediate use: for science, for documentation, for portraits, for journalism, and so on.

This image from the French Revolution of 1848 was the first ever photograph used to illustrate a news story.

The beginning of modern news?

[Mark Nieto @COMBATmusic]

@ssbeltran I also consider Bob Dylan one of my worst concert experiences. If I remember correctly, he sat at an organ the whole time.