Hailey Branson-Potts

California reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Rural Oklahoman. Mildly amusing.

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

My latest for @latimes is about the 1936 Bum Blockade. The LAPD sent officers to California border counties to keep poor Americans — including Dust Bowl refugees — from crossing state lines. https://t.co/dnx03iUaOR

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

My latest for @latimes Essential CA newsletter: A torchbearer in the election denialism movement is behind in key race for Shasta County registrar. While leading the elections office, he threatened to “throat-punch” employees, an investigation found https://t.co/O42uceNhhG

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

Measure to require voter ID and eliminate most mail voting leads in Shasta County https://t.co/cSzwnNGB1i by me for @latimes

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

New from me for @latimes Essential California newsletter: She’s 98 and lost her home in the Palisafes fire. They’re teens and lost their school. Here’s what they said to each other https://t.co/mIqoiNaD6P

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

This is a must-read by Steven Zeitchik about YouTube, the movie business, and "a teetering, if not the first hints of a collapse, of a legacy-driven studio system" https://t.co/zZsHjjirmy

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

.@latimes guide to the L.A. County assessor race: Incumbent Jeff Prang faces four challengers. He oversees an office that valued $2 trillion in L.A. County property last year, generating more than $20 billion in annual tax revenue. https://t.co/ro75kcjDEc by @jflem94

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

O.C. Chemical Crisis: She has lived in Stanton, 3.5 miles from GKN Aerospace facility, for 3 decades. She didn’t know what was in the tanks. It’s a common story. Industrial sites are embedded in communities across SoCal. By me @latimes https://t.co/IbAtmVRuGW

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

O.C. Chemical Crisis: She has lived in Stanton, 3.5 miles from GKN Aerospace facility, for 3 decades. She didn’t know what was in the tanks. It’s a common story. Industrial sites are embedded in communities across SoCal. By me @latimes https://t.co/IbAtmVRuGW

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

“Sometimes my friends ask, ‘Do you even sleep?’ And I tell them, ‘Of course — I’m well-rested,’ but I’m always moving.” SoCal teen is graduating from high school. And college. And another college. https://t.co/cg135ngpSQ by @campadrenews

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

Shasta County voters to consider an election reform measure. But is it illegal? https://t.co/SC5uxhGOjQ by me for @latimes

[Willie Gillespie @wgillespietv]

Thrilled to share I'm working with the @latimes this summer as an intern on the video desk.

As vertical video continues to reshape how audiences consume news, I'm excited to work with the team while deepening my skills. Tips, story ideas? My DMs are open!

https://t.co/qEgUROaBjz

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

A Shasta County citizens initiative on the ballot Tuesday would require a hand count of election results, eliminate most mail-in voting, and condense Election Day to one day. Opponents AND supporters expect the county to be sued if it passes https://t.co/SC5uxhGOjQ by me @latimes

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

As ‘Twister’ turns 30, Hollywood pines for its big box office glory days. By me for @latimes Essential California newsletter, with a quote from my childhood diary. https://t.co/lUSAY7jLi2

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

Chemical tank implosion at Washington state pulp and paper mill leaves unknown number dead https://t.co/VABexFq8t9

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

The replies 🥺

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

Drones turn Sudan’s ‘forgotten’ war into a relentless civilian killing field https://t.co/89v0vM18gm by @nabihbulos in Obeid, Sudan

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

Threat of massive O.C. explosion 'eliminated' but evacuations remain, officials say https://t.co/11GIiR5VNY

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

The next few hours will be critical in battle to prevent O.C. chemical explosion. By me, @ronlin, @DeborahNetburn and @SummerrLin https://t.co/YM4cNH1KeD

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

Authorities to conduct 'all-night mission' to confirm threat of explosion has been eliminated. By me for @latimes https://t.co/YDYnsGpkXg

[Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson]

"All-night mission" at Garden Grove chemical tank that's been at risk of exploding.

[OCFA @OCFireAuthority]

***INCIDENT UPDATE***

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