Rebecca Ellis
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RT @leloveluck: In the @washingtonpost today, we have published every one of the 18,500 known names of children killed by Israel’s military….
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RT @sherlyholmes: “Doctors are famished to the point that they have dizzy spells as they make their rounds, medics say, and the journalists….
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Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.
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RT @MrOlmos: “A Times investigation: As west Altadena burned, L.A. County fire trucks stayed elsewhere. …only one L.A. County fire truck w….
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Vehicle locator data obtained by The Times show that most L.A. County fire trucks didn’t shift into west Altadena until long after fire ravaged the area. How much of the town could have been saved,...
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RT @grace_2e: We knew it took way too long for west Altadena to be evacuated during the Eaton fire, but this review of 911 call logs shows,….
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Long before the evacuation order came, law enforcement officers knew the Eaton fire was spreading in west Altadena, dozens of 911 call logs reveal.
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NEW: Los Angeles County plans to pay $4 billion to settle nearly 7,000 claims of childhood sexual abuse, dwarfing the largest sex abuse settlements in U.S. history.
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The $4 billion, if approved, would appear to dwarf the largest sex abuse settlements in U.S. history.
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RT @LATvives: “There’s a meal on his head,” an officer would tell him. “It’s basically a bounty,” recounted the teenager, now 18, who asked….
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If the teen dished out a beating to a misbehaving kid — someone who cursed at officers or defied their orders — he would be rewarded with In-N-Out, Jack in the Box, McDonald's or Chick-fil-A.
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RT @TerryCastleman: Scoop: western Altadena, site of all 17 Eaton fire deaths, received evacuation orders nearly 8 hours after eastern Alta….
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As the Eaton fire spread, many areas were notified of evacuation warnings and orders well in advance. In the heart of Altadena, where all 17 reported deaths occurred, evacuation orders came hours...
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RT @RaineyTime: They live in L.A. County’s riskiest areas. Should they rebuild on their burned out lots? Excellent take from @Rjaellis h….
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As thousands of reeling homeowners weigh rebuilding, residents of the tight-knit street on a fire-prone foothill are forced to confront an even more fraught question — not just should they rebuild,...
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RT @latimes: As the LAFD faced extraordinary warnings of life-threatening winds, top commanders decided not to assign for emergency deploym….
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Fire officials made the critical decision to forgo calling in scores of extra firefighters and equipment in the hours before the fire, according to internal documents reviewed by The Times.
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RT @brittny_mejia: I interviewed Carol Mayorga who has been working as a housekeeper in Pacific Palisades for 20 years. When the fire swept….
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Housekeepers, gardeners, pool cleaners and other workers have been left grappling with a loss of income and grief for longtime employers they considered family.
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RT @_hamilton_matt: Thousands of homes burned in L.A. wildfires. Untold number of nannies, gardeners, housekeepers, plumbers, pool cleaner….
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Housekeepers, gardeners, pool cleaners and other workers have been left grappling with a loss of income and grief for longtime employers they considered family.
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RT @StevePadilla2: The writing in this powerful Column One essay by my @latimes colleague @RaineyTime is, quite simply, beautiful. One read….
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Times reporter James Rainey ventured back to see if his childhood home in Malibu was still standing, while he reflected on 'Old World Malibu.'
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Arthur Simoneau, a pioneering hang-glider of four decades, headed towards the fires Tuesday determined to save his Topanga home. His friends never heard from him again.
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Arthur Simoneau was found near the doorway of his Topanga home, apparently trying to defend it from the Palisades fire.
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RT @DanielNMiller: I’m just in awe of the @LATimes photographers who have been putting themselves in harm’s way all week to capture this ha….
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RT @DanielNMiller: Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the @latimes. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: https://t.….
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RT @sherlyholmes: If you lost your home or business in the wildfires, here’s what to do next: Important service jo….
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For those who lost their homes to the wildfires around Los Angeles, filing for an insurance claim is one of many tasks to take care of in the aftermath.
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RT @DanielNMiller: Worked on this narrative about the #PalisadesFire with an all-star team of @latimes reporters (@sherlyholmes, @laura_nel….
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In the catastrophic Palisades fire, one of the city’s iconic thoroughfares was severely damaged and large swaths of homes were reduced to smoldering rubble.
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RT @shelbygrad: Reporting on your own institution is always difficult — but at this moment its essential. Huge thanks to @RaineyTime for ta….
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Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong on his plans to shake up the newspaper and build for the future.
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