Grace Toohey

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[Grace Toohey @grace_2e]

Happy primaries @ California! Don't forget to vote TODAY if you haven't alread, and here's the @latimes handy voter guide:
https://t.co/aPJ4fxuGhC

[Shelby Grad @shelbygrad]

Where Californians get their election information? https://t.co/MRYlQydqZH

[Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak]

When will California races be called? And why does it take so long? A guide

@grace_2e

https://t.co/9CMPzeFzwT

[Noah Goldberg @Noah__Goldberg]

This is a fake, made up poll. I checked with Emerson and they said they are not doing another mayoral poll before the primary.

[Laura J. Nelson @laura_nelson]

New @latimes/@BerkeleyIGS poll shows that “Karen Bass, Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt are locked in a tight battle for Los Angeles mayor” and Bass “holding what pollsters called a statistically insignificant lead” ahead of Tuesday, @Noah__Goldberg reports: https://t.co/6b7gkZvGX2

[ProPublica @propublica]

1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix.

Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection.

They knew how to treat her. There was one issue…🧵

[Grace Toohey @grace_2e]

I haven't been able to talk to the report's authors, but @LACOFD said this was the only fix + "findings remain the same."

Let me remind you of a finding: "By 6 a.m., the community conflagration was well underway."

And a major section of Altadena wasn't evacuated until 5:42am...

[Grace Toohey @grace_2e]

Back on the report that found NO @LACOFD failures in Altadena evacs (tho we've reported extensively about issues)

Of particular concern: it incorrectly said all west Altadena zones were evacuated at 3:25 am. But 2 zones weren't until 5:42.

After I inquried, it was updated YET

[Grace Toohey @grace_2e]

ICYMI: @LACOFD ordered another review of its evacuation decision-making the night of the Eaton fire, when evac alerts came hours after flames began to threaten W Altadena.

The findings? No failure.

Residents, experts had... things to say.
W/ @JennyJarvie
https://t.co/CO1xrvB4XJ

[Grace Toohey @grace_2e]

ICYMI: @LACOFD ordered another review of its evacuation decision-making the night of the Eaton fire, when evac alerts came hours after flames began to threaten W Altadena.

The findings? No failure.

Residents, experts had... things to say.
W/ @JennyJarvie
https://t.co/CO1xrvB4XJ

[James Queally @JamesQueallyLAT]

Among other problems with this AI slop approach —- that is the New York City subway.

Specifically, that’s a map of Staten Island in the background of an underground line (underground lines don’t exist on Staten Island.)

[Lila Seidman @lila_seidman]

This is devastating: Largest fire ever recorded on Santa Rosa Island endangers ‘gem of California coast’, via @phila_lex. https://t.co/bHO438D6jX

[Ian James @ByIanJames]

"It’s a huge, huge win for a grassroots movement." Three months after residents began waging a campaign on Instagram saying herbicides are poisoning creeks, officials announced they are halting spraying, for now, in waterways throughout Orange County. https://t.co/b4pPYzliIz

[Grace Toohey @grace_2e]

LA County & many Altadenans agree: now's the time to build sewer lines for the town's ~660 homes without the service.

But it costs $70M, which LA county says it can't afford.

The issue has brought new $$ worries + rebuilding delays for fire survivors. https://t.co/LjatuvND0v

[Shelby Grad @shelbygrad]

LA Condo sales in Los Angeles have plummeted to a 20-year low, with fewer than 2,000 units sold in January and February — the worst start to the year since 2005. https://t.co/7qH9dkShOr

[Grace Toohey @grace_2e]

Last year, Altadena's Little League almost folded. Field destroyed, kids' gear burned, families displaced.

But the community pulled together. And one team ended up having of the season of a lifetime.

A new film chronicles this post-fire story. My latest:
https://t.co/MqpZs95QpM

[Shelby Grad @shelbygrad]

Before NIMBYs and slow-growthers, @latimes celebrated a city that would never stop growing (and would die if it did!) This from a 1945 Times ad making that case

[Suzy Exposito @HexPositive]

Thank you Gaga for modeling civic engagement

[Grace Toohey @grace_2e]

Regulators may seek to suspend State Farm's license, citing widespread mishandling of L.A. wildfire claims.

Probe found State Farm "delayed, underpaid, and buried policyholders in red tape at the worst moment of their lives."

per @ldarmiento https://t.co/T1HH3tC8IO

[Shelby Grad @shelbygrad]

SO much amazing California journalism honored including @sfchronicle @GustavoArellano @latimes photo staff, @ladailynews, @TheAthletic, Ivan Elhers https://t.co/8roJT01mL6 Gustavo back-to-back finalist

[Seung Min Kim @seungminkim]

Please read our incredible media writer @dbauder's final piece in his illustrious career at the @AP:

A photographer has captured some 50 newsrooms to document places and lives endangered by the industry’s collapse https://t.co/m3BMELtZl9