Among the firefighters battling the Los Angeles blazes: 783 prisoners.
Unlike some other prison jobs, they must volunteer — and can't be forced — to do this work. They are paid far below minimum wage: a max of $10.24 per day, plus $1/hr in emergencies. https://t.co/BQ32Wsa8pu
It's hard to find words for how incredible Pat Furgurson was to work with and how loved and missed he is. If you can, please help support his wife and son so we can give Pat the sendoff he deserves. https://t.co/8VpMH2rvTN
Hi all. My friend and former Capital Gazette colleague Pat Furgurson has been in the hospital for some time now, and his prognosis has worsened in the last few days. If you don't know Pat, he's a white-haired, wise-cracking newspaperman with a soft spot for helping young journos.
Baltimore needs to establish a Mayor’s Office of Professional Saging (MOPS) and their first order of business must be to cleanse the bad juju out of Artscape.