I’m writing a book about the devastating 2025 L.A. fires, which I covered in real time as I watched my childhood neighborhood burn to the ground. Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster will be released January 6, 2026.

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I’m on @nprfreshair today with the great Tonya Mosley talking about the Trump administration’s immigration blitz in Los Angeles and the terror it is inflicting upon members of the community here.

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every day Angelenos are mobilizing daily to push back against the Trump administration’s month-long immigration blitz in Los Angeles. we joined some of them early this morning ahead of the latest raids.

I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.

Hector Mata, 22, an American citizen, has been avoiding taking the bus, worried that immigration agents may target public transportation in Los Angeles. “I’m brown,” Mr. Mata said of federal agents, “and that’s all they need.”

RT @jazmineulloa: Some immigrants have gone a week without showers. Others sleep on bare floors. Meds have gone unprovided. As detentions h….

RT @L_Toczylowski: Team @immdef has spent all morning desperately searching for Juli, a mom of 3 US citizens who has lived in LA for 21 yea….

RT @brittny_mejia: As immigration agents ran toward Andrea Velez, her lawyer says she raised her bag to protect herself. Authorities say sh….

Seth: Do you think that there’s a chance these protests will be effective?. Me: No doubt about it.

1618 people have been taken by federal agents from the streets of L.A. over the last three weeks.

thank you @sethmeyers for such a lovely conversation about the city and people I love so much, Los Angeles and Angelenos.

RT @LateNightSeth: .@jacobsoboroff’s new book on the devastating California wildfires is his own love letter to LA

RT @LateNightSeth: TONIGHT!.@sethmeyers sits down with the legendary Mariska Hargitay, @MSNBC’s @jacobsoboroff, and comedian @MikeDrucker.….

tonight! lots of L.A. talk on @latenightseth. 📷: Lloyd Bishop / NBC

"It doesn't make me love my country less. It makes me love it more because I see all these people standing up for people like my dad. And it's just what this country is all about, you know, coming together as a community, loving each other, and just helping each other."

House Oversight Ranking Member @RepRobertGarcia calls detention of landscaper Narciso Barranco, father of three Marines, "disgraceful.". "You can rest assured that the Oversight Committee is going to ensure that we hold these folks accountable."

RT @brittny_mejia: Most nabbed in L.A. raids were men with no criminal conviction, picked up off the street @rachel….