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writer, journalist. former: @latimes @socalnewsgroup @abc7 // 🇵🇭filipinx american // he/him // ie born ➡️ sd raised ➡️ la living

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@jonahmv
jonah valdez
5 months
today, i lost my dream job. i’ll eventually start dreaming of other things, but for now, i’ll be grieving with everyone else @latimes @latguild
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1 year
today at the library, i shamefully returned a book that was >> 3 months overdue, expecting a huge fine, only to find out they dont do late fees anymore!! then when i got home, i flipped on ig and learned the library checks out hiking backpacks?!?? stay winning @LAPublicLibrary
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jonah valdez
5 years
BREAKING: Lori Loughlin was released on $1 million bond. Judge permitted her to travel to British Columbia, where she has filiming projects in Vancouver. Loughlin is on contract to film projects until November. She must surrender her U.S. passport in December.
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1 year
Happening now: I’m in front of Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank where dozens of TV and film writers are picketing, joining thousands of Writer’s Guild members across the nation who are on strike after talks for a new contract failed. @latimes @latimesent
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jonah valdez
2 years
NEW from me: today i launched into a new chapter of my career :) i'm now an @latimes staff reporter covering entertainment and arts🎬for the fast break desk!! so so excited to be a part of an amazing team led by @jreedwrites . please send me your tips and story ideas. DMs are open
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jonah valdez
1 year
BREAKING: The jury has found Tory Lanez (Daystar Peterson) GUILTY on all three counts in the 2020 Hollywood Hills shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. The jury also found all three sentencing enhancements to be true.
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jonah valdez
1 year
UPDATE: Jurors have notified the court they have reached a verdict in the case against Tory Lanez. We'll hear it read in a few minutes. Stand by for updates.
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jonah valdez
2 years
On my way home, I saw two security guards chase a man holding a 6 pack of beers out of the @RalphsGrocery on Western in Ktown, off of the property, across the street and into an alley where they cornered him and pepper sprayed him until they yanked the beer out of his hands.
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jonah valdez
5 months
UPDATE: LA Times management just locked us out of Slack, where we’ve been voicing our support for each other and our strike since early this morning. What a disappointing response from them — shutting us out instead of engaging with our dissent. @latguild
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Kiera Feldman
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Annnnnnd management is now locking us out of Slack One by one @latguild members were making heartfelt Slack posts about saving the newsroom, calling for LAT management to negotiate in good faith, honor the contract and offer buyouts so that layoffs would be as humane as possible
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jonah valdez
3 years
Good morning! Today is my first day on the @latimes #BreakingNews desk. You may see me running around LA, chasing fires and cops. But I’ll also be writing stories that slow things down a bit/zoom in closer, on the city, its neighborhoods and people. Pls send tips & stay tuned✌🏽
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jonah valdez
2 years
People spill into the street to watch a stealth plane fly low over the #RoseParade route—a mere sliver of black steel sliding across the sky in silence,then when overhead,roaring—a marker of the parade’s start “It’s the most amazing thing”said Bobby Ross, born&raised in Pasadena
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jonah valdez
2 years
my latest: a deep dive into the goose that interrupted the @Padres v @Dodgers playoff game last night. 🦢experts identified it as a greater white-fronted goose, which breeds in alaska and flies to mexico in the fall. here's why it was at dodger stadium:
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FOX Sports: MLB
2 years
what the duck 📺: FS1 and the FOX Sports App
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jonah valdez
11 months
the team is made up of the diaspora, mostly filipino americans (many of whom are from socal and norcal), canadians, norwegians, and from the philippines. would love to read a profile on each. this win is worldwide 🌏
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FOX Soccer
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LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS 🥹 THE PHILIPPINES MAKES HISTORY AND WINS ITS FIRST-EVER FIFA WORLD CUP GAME! 🇵🇭
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2 years
i got to write today’s @latimes essential california newsletter, and so of course i had to write about filipino food!! 🍗🍚🥚i visted a favorite, dollar hits in historic filipinotown, days after it was on @netflix ’s street food: usa. here’s what happened
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jonah valdez
5 months
The strike is over, management has restored work email and slack to guild members, right-wing trolls are targeting my tweets, i love my co-workers💛life goes on, and now, please consider 1. subscribing 2. signing this petition against layoffs at the LA Times:
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NewsGuild-CWA
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Add your name: Demand the L.A. Times Management stop the destruction of local news through mass layoffs
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jonah valdez
3 years
my first byline w/ the @latimes : a storm (possibly biggest of the season) is rollin in tonight⁠—it may bring mudslides in fire burn areas. i also got to speak w/ LAHSA and a homeless activist who shared how storms expose challenges of unhoused residents
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jonah valdez
2 years
Latest from me on a campaign led by Native Americans to boycott #AvatarTheWayOfWater “White people being aliens based on actual indigenous people. That's colonialism," @asdza_tlehonaei wrote in an open letter to James Cameron.
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jonah valdez
3 years
Update: it's now official! here's what I'll be up to for the next year! After taking some time off, I'm excited to get back to reporting as a part of the new-look @latimes fellowship program formerly known as Metpro! (a longtime goal of mine😭feeling grateful and energized)
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Joe Serna, LAT
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Announcing the Los Angeles Times Fellowship program, a revamp of Metpro. Welcome our inaugural class @stellarstuffs , @anumitakaur , @_ashSAID , @j_dingdingding , @jasongsanch , @jonahmv , @kenandraughorne , @melissamh_ , @SalmaLoum !
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jonah valdez
1 year
so proud of my newsroom and coworkers 😭 @latimes
@PulitzerPrizes
The Pulitzer Prizes
1 year
Congratulations to @latimes . #Pulitzer
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jonah valdez
2 years
A story by @haileybranson and I on the Rose Parade’s shaky return amid the Omicron surge and inflation/supply chain issues made today’s front page!!—my first a-1 action at The Times ✨
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jonah valdez
9 months
New: I unpacked some of the backlash to the Beyoncé, Taylor Swift beat reporter jobs at USA Today/The Tennessean. Criticism is led by local news reporters, many of whom have seen layoffs at Gannett-owned newsrooms, which decimated some Tennessee communities into "news deserts"
@latimesent
LAT Entertainment
9 months
The Beyoncé and Taylor Swift jobs at USA Today have sparked backlash from news reporters — here's why
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jonah valdez
2 years
In case anyone saw "rumor" posts that a Tory Lanez verdict is in, they are FALSE. Just got an email from the court confirming the jury just got back from lunch and is still deliberating ✅
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adam22
2 years
Someone on our team posted a rumor about the Tory Lanez verdict. The jury is still deliberating. The tweets have been deleted
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jonah valdez
2 years
But this incident disturbed me more & made me feel less safe than any shoplifting incidents ive seen happen at the store (ive seen a few). How two guards can chase a man off store property, corner him, and inflict pain. This had to be a violation of some sort of policy, i thought
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jonah valdez
2 years
first time workin at the newsroom 🌴 :)
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jonah valdez
6 years
@AreaAway @sarahjeong Does anyone not understand the imbalance of power between white and black realities in America? It isn’t just and equal-exchange situation ... read the history, understand the context. The stories (white vs. black) are NOT on an even plane—it’s not even close.
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jonah valdez
3 years
New from me: today is my last day at @SoCalNewsGroup . After 3 years of covering breaking news for our 11 papers across LA, Orange, SB and Riverside counties, it's time for some change. I'll still be in journalism (and in LA) and will update ya'll on what's next soon!!
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jonah valdez
1 year
For my latest: please meet Kenny and Irene Majers, the real-life couple behind the real-life laundromat in San Fernando, where the @Daniels shot “Everything Everywhere All At Once”👁And yes, in this life, they did their laundry and taxes together🥹
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jonah valdez
2 years
Turns out this “whatever they need to do” thing is pretty true in California. @CapRadioNews did an investigation on the state’s vague policies following the 2019 death of a man who was detained by security guards in Sacramento.
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jonah valdez
2 years
I spoke to residents of LA's Historic Filipinotown about a new gateway arch going up on Beverly Blvd. We talked about visibility and being Filipino American—and also, what representation means in the face of gentrification & erasure in the neighborhood.
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jonah valdez
1 year
I was a college intern at the SD-UT. That newsroom was my j-school. Despite having just underwent massive layoffs that year in 2015, the reps and eds there were kind and excellent. They deserve better than being sold to Alden, which is known for gutting newsrooms for profit.
@ocregister
O.C. Register
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LA billionaire sells San Diego Union-Tribune to owner of Southern California News Group
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jonah valdez
5 months
BREAKING: WALK OUT AT THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, the first in the newspaper’s history. as seen on the LAT Slack channel: we withhold our labor for a one-day strike because ours is not being valued 💛 @latguild
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jonah valdez
2 years
I didn’t see any central lists online for ways to send aid to people affected by #TyphoonRai ( #TyphoonOdette ) in the Philippines. ✨So I made one! 👩🏻‍💻🔢
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jonah valdez
5 years
Loughlin is banned from any communication with witnesses, victims and other defendants in this case. However, the judge made an exception for her daughters (who may be witnesses) and her husband (who is also a defendant as he was charged yesterday).
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jonah valdez
2 years
two questions: do you 1. live or work in LA and 2. rely on biking/cycling as your primary mode of transportation?🚴🏻‍♀️ ✨if both apply, i want to hear from you! DMs are open!✨ (working on some stories about getting around LA without a car 🌎)
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my latest: i spoke to cyclists who live car-free in car-centric LA, a city where progress on safety and infrastructure seems to crawl. cyclists said: ⚠️safety remains a big concern 🚲build more protected bike lanes that connect to transit 😎biking is fun
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jonah valdez
2 years
At Dollar Hits in Historic Filipinotown. Yes, it’s usually this poppin on weekends. But there’s some new faces in the crowd. They told me they were drawn here only after seeing it highlighted on the @netflix show Street Food: USA, which was released earlier this week.
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jonah valdez
4 years
In Santa Ana, one of the few cities that have a curfew in place for Saturday night. About 30 people are in front of Santa Ana College. But dozens more are honking in approval of the protest.
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jonah valdez
2 years
I roll my eyes and leave. The man had left the alley, but i gave the supplies to a man living unhoused who saw the whole thing too, but closer. “He was screaming and grabbing his face saying it hurt,” he said. I told him about the security guard’s lie.
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jonah valdez
2 years
So I called the Ralph’s to report the guards’ behavior, or at the very least, express myself. The manager said they are not Kroger employees and are outside hires (“off-duty cops” he called them), and can do “whatever they need to do.” He claimed the man was a repeat offender.
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jonah valdez
2 years
I went in to buy some water, soap and a towel for the guy While leaving, i saw the guards wiping down their arms “Did you pepper spray that man?” I ask “What guy?” he says “The guy in the alley,” i say. “Why’d you pepper spray him?” “Idk what youre talking about,” he says
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jonah valdez
3 years
Dozens of people, many belonging to local churches and community organizations, marched through Bassett and La Puente this afternoon for a peace rally, drawing attention to gun violence in these communities which has seen an uptick in shootings throughout the pandemic.
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jonah valdez
5 years
@affect_twin @mvaldezzzzz I need that jstor hat 😂
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jonah valdez
5 years
Round 2 today: the actress Lori Loughlin (know for her role in Full House) surrendered to the FBI today in the college admissions fraud case. She and one other defendant, a local sales exec, will be in court today. Same as yesterday, they’ll have the opportunity to post bail.
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jonah valdez
1 year
Just spoke to George Mgdesyan, Tory Lanez' attorney who talked w/ Tory in a court holding cell: "He was disappointed. He's got faith and is holding strong to his faith, and he believes everything happens for a reason, and we're gonna' fight this and be successful moving forward."
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jonah valdez
1 year
BREAKING: The jury has found Tory Lanez (Daystar Peterson) GUILTY on all three counts in the 2020 Hollywood Hills shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. The jury also found all three sentencing enhancements to be true.
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jonah valdez
3 years
This is the moment @RosenfeldReport and I were nearly kettled. Those on the other end of this line of officers, including our colleagues from the @latimes and @SpecNews1SoCal were improperly detained, zip tied and later released. Why is @LAPDHQ detaining members of the media?
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David Rosenfeld
3 years
Police just ambushed the crowd from an alley and have now separated the group.
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jonah valdez
2 years
I know there have been a lot of thefts at our Ralphs.(I live a block away)I’ve seen a staff of one guard with a silly uniform and not much else turn into two armed ones with kevlar vests. They also locked the pharmacy section with tall plexiglass barriers and a separate register.
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jonah valdez
7 months
Roslynn Alba Cobarrubias, a media entrepreneur, radio DJ and music promoter who advocated for Filipino American artists, such as Apldeap of Black Eyed Peas, died Sunday evening in her hometown of Walnut. She was 43. obit by me @latimes
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jonah valdez
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#SCNGWALKOUT : So inspired to see my former coworkers at @SCNGguild walk out today❤️‍🔥They are often the only journalists reporting daily on huge swaths of SoCal. Their work is essential. And yet some haven't seen raises in > a decade! Management needs to stop stalling and bargain!
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jonah valdez
4 years
In DTLA. These units of LAPD just arrived and formed this line pushing people back along 3rd at Broadway. A T Mobile store a this intersection has just been looted.
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jonah valdez
2 years
I dont pretend to have the solution, but there has to be another way of accountability or prevention here, one that doesnt involve harm, all for a couple of beers that were tossed in the garbage anyway.
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jonah valdez
1 year
New: I reached out to librarians across California about the wild demand for Prince Harry's "Spare." 📚LA Public Library initially reported a wait time of 6 months for a copy. In Orange County, some are waiting AN ENTIRE YEAR (55 months)🤯
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jonah valdez
6 years
Residents inside the mandatory evacuation zone are gathering near Bell Canyon Road which leads to where several West Hills homes are burning for several hours. Each time a fire engine passes, a light applause breaks out among the crowd. #WoolseyFire
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jonah valdez
3 years
Breaking: LA County DA Gascón announced felony vandalism charges against two Torrance police officers, alleging the pair spray painted a swastika on the seat of a car impounded by police. Allegations were made in Jan. 2020 and both officers were fired in March 2020.
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jonah valdez
10 months
My latest on a viral video that duped some journalists into thinking the Universal Studios tram tour was the Wlishire/Vermont Metro Purple, Red line station (fwiw: i think anyone who has ever lived in L.A., taken public transit, or been to Universal saw through this immediately)
@latimesent
LAT Entertainment
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Koreatown’s LA Metro train station did not flood during Tropical Storm #Hilary on Sunday. However, a viral video of a flooding train station — taken on a Universal Studios tram tour — would have you think otherwise.
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jonah valdez
2 years
I shouldnt be surprised that armed guards were violent toward a man in the name of protecting property. I’m mostly just shocked at witnessing it. It’s the most violent thing I’ve seen since moving to ktown. And then theres the guard’s lies…
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jonah valdez
3 years
BREAKING: We just won our union election!!!! @SCNGguild is official🥲
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jonah valdez
2 years
👋🏽In court today for the @torylanez trial in the shooting of @theestallion , picking up where @JamesQueallyLAT left off. Defense attorneys for Lanez (Daystar Peterson) are wrapping up their closing arguments which were continued from yesterday. Jury should start deliberating today
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James Queally
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I think there’s some kind of holiday this weekend and I have family not in L.A., so this will be my last day of trial coverage here. Follow @jonahmv for updates going forward.
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jonah valdez
1 year
In case you've been seeing his name & face everywhere the past few days and are still wondering, "Who is #AndrewTate ??" i watched/read a bunch of his content so you don't have to✅Here's an explainer on his legal case and history of misogynist ideologies.
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jonah valdez
2 years
i’ve never been to the hollywood bowl, but if i ever go, i’m goin car-free!! 🚇 if you’re thinking about ditching the car too, here’s a little guide we put together:
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jonah valdez
5 years
Breakdown: the $1 million bond will be paid by using her home as collateral. The same arrangement was made for her husband yesterday. It’s unclear whether they are using the same house as collateral.
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jonah valdez
4 years
The crowd has swelled to more than 200. People are now marching west on 17th Street in Santa Ana.
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jonah valdez
2 years
However, the law isnt in effect until 2023. So this statute wouldnt even apply to these two Ktown Ralph’s guards. In the meantime, we’re still stuck with the vague language of old policies that mention the familiar cop speak of “reasonable force.”
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jonah valdez
2 years
I spent the day with Rose Bowl Parade float decorators, and the flowerrsss😍
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jonah valdez
5 years
“I’m honored to be here. Not only in this historic venue, but on this land. This is Tongva land.” —Mitski July 16, 2019, Hollywood Palladium #nooneisillegalonstolenland
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jonah valdez
2 years
Scoop: KTLA news anchor Mark Mester was fired Thurs afternoon, days after he was suspended following an off-script segment about his co-anchor Lynette Romero’s abrupt departure. The station's general manager announced the firing at a meeting w/ staffers.
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jonah valdez
2 years
This report spawned a new state law signed in 2021 that requires security guards to undergo use-of-force training. Under the new law, after any incident where force was used, guards have to report it to the Director of Consumer affairs within 7 days.
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5 years
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jonah valdez
3 years
Literal goosebumps and chills filling this out. A huge step closer to our seat at the table 🥲 I vote YES to @MediaGuildWest representing us, @SCNGguild ✊🏽
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jonah valdez
5 years
After signing paperwork, including an affidavit regarding property at her home, she will be released later today.
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jonah valdez
4 years
My latest: Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered an emergency release for Patricia Wright, a 69-year-old woman with terminal cancer. She was freed yesterday after serving 23 years of a life without parole sentence at a Chino prison, which had an outbreak of COVID-19.
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jonah valdez
4 years
Breaking: protesters have shut down both sides of the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles, between Olympic Blvd and 8th St, according to the California Highway Patrol. This is one of several clusters of people who marched for George Floyd throughout DTLA this evening.
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jonah valdez
2 years
At the corner of Jefferson and Figueroa, Rams fans are starting to gather for LA’s THIRD pro sports championship in as many years, but the FIRST celebratory parade since the start of the pandemic #WhoseHouse @latimes
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jonah valdez
5 years
NOTE: all these bad things the feds say Loughlin and others did are ALLEGED actions. Still not proven in the courts. All of these allegations are based on FBI investigations into the nationwide scandal. These celebs are just a few of 50 people accused of similar bribes.
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jonah valdez
2 years
i live on two separate planes of existence, as two separate beings, wholly independent from one another, unknowing of the other’s thoughts & emotions, distinct experiences & relationships, a life onto each self, two minds, two bodies: jonah on deadline • jonah not on deadline
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jonah valdez
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✨one of the highlights of my fellowship with the @latimes has been witnessing and admiring the constant support from the @latguild , through every twist and turn of the past year. the #LATGuild ’s advocacy and our strong contract empowers me to be a better journalist ✨
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jonah valdez
5 years
@TomPepinsky No one I know from Southeast Asia refers to themselves as “Southeast Asian.” But of course, continue to simplify and flatten the cultures and customs of diverse groups of people into your cute list that nobody asked for. Come on man...
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jonah valdez
6 years
The #WoolseyFire has crossed into the city of Los Angeles. Here’s a view of the fire from Valley Circle Blvd in West Hills.
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jonah valdez
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my latest✍️🏽 i spoke with experts who helped me understand exactly what Jonathan Majors was/wasn't convicted of in the jury's split verdict, its significance to survivors of intimate partner violence, and whether he'll get jail time: @latimes @latimesent
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jonah valdez
1 year
I wrote about the resurrection of #OscarsSoWhite . Since the first Academy Awards in 1929, this is the 83rd time film academy voters did not nominate a Black actress for a lead performance; for Black actors, it’s the 74th lead-performance snub. #Oscars2023
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jonah valdez
1 year
happy #oscars sunday!! i’m so so proud of our @allatoncemovie 👁laundromat story making the front page 🥲 while supplies last!
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jonah valdez
6 years
Just finished my first day as a staff reporter for @SoCalNewsGroup . I’ll be based in the @SGVTribune newsroom. As some of you may know, it has long been a dream of mine to write full-time. I am humbled and super excited to cover this vast region of the San Gabriel Valley.
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jonah valdez
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It’s the LA large gathering trifecta: a vendor selling t-shirts and merch, a cook grilling bacon-wrapped hotdogs and an evangelical preacher asking us to choose, “heaven or hell?”
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jonah valdez
2 years
my latest: this year, two UCLA students landed coveted camp counselor jobs at Bruin Woods, a summer camp for alumni in Lake Arrowhead. But at camp, the women said they were sexually assaulted as a part of hazing "traditions" that have been going on for decades among UCLA staff.
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Los Angeles Times
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Two UCLA students filed a lawsuit alleging they were sexually assaulted and subject to hazing while working at Bruin Woods, a Lake Arrowhead camp for alumni and their families.
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jonah valdez
2 years
on publication day of my new story on zipper merging, i got to ride behind my editor who pitched the story on zipper merging, while we were zipper merging 🤯 the story🤐
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jonah valdez
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if you can, pls donate to @SCNGguild journalists as they plan a walkout in their fight for a fair contract “We don’t take this action lightly, but we believe it is necessary to win the salaries needed to afford to live in the communities that we cover.”
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jonah valdez
2 years
two down 🤙🏽 more to come @runSRA_CIM @koreatownrc
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jonah valdez
3 years
LAPD has called an unlawful assembly toward a crowd of about 100 protesters facing police skirmish lines on Lemoyne Street off Sunset, facing Echo Park Lake. “Housing is a human right,” The crowd is chanting amid drums and other percussion played by some in the crowd.
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jonah valdez
3 years
Marchers rallied down Sunset boulevard in Echo Park in support of unhoused people.m, calling for permanent housing. After stopping at a few intersections to hear short speeches, they turned back toward the park.
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jonah valdez
3 years
what i do when im not journalisting :)
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jonah valdez
4 years
Thank you to the @OCPressClub for awarding my work as runner-up in Best News Feature Story. Thx to my editors who encouraged me to submit, and to the survivors and families of victims of the 2018 Borderline mass shooting, for trusting me with your stories.
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jonah valdez
2 years
me looking for a slice of pizza after having spent my sunday morning running around the city 🙂 #LAMarathon @lamarathon
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jonah valdez
1 year
my latest: I spoke with THEE @Ludacris this week. Can confirm that much like many LA residents, he also hates the 405 & 101. And for an artist who seems to never stop moving ( #FASTx promo, on tour with Janet Jackson, father of 4) slow traffic is a no.🏎️
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jonah valdez
2 years
always love the love from my alma mater ♥️ when i tell sources and colleagues that “i went to school in riverside,” 99.99% respond with “oh! ucr?” for the 0.1%, this tweet is for you lol
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La Sierra English
2 years
Important story in the @latimes , written by our alum @Jonahmv . Jonah is now a staff writer for the newspaper.
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jonah valdez
5 years
The second defendant, Semprevino, the local sales exec, was also released on $1 million bond. $500k will be paid by his wife. Like Loughlin, the other $500k is paid with his house as collateral.
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jonah valdez
10 months
A few weeks ago, I spent three days at three SAG-AFTRA, WGA picket lines — Netflix, Paramount and Disney — with the elusive assignment from @benmuessig to do a vibe check at each one. Here's what I heard and saw as the performers and writers marched on🪧
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jonah valdez
11 months
Jane Fonda is shouting at the Netflix c-suite for “a living wage” at the WGA, SAG-AFTRA picket lines today, as several other unions — SEIU, Starbucks Workers United, the LA County Fed — came to march in solidarity. #hotlaborsummer
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jonah valdez
3 years
On the same day journalists released a joint letter condemning detainment of journalists while doing their jobs, @LASDHQ detains a journalist while doing her job
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Cerise Castle 🌈
3 years
I was detained today while covering a press conference hosted by the LA County Sheriff's Department. Yes, I had my press pass.
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jonah valdez
3 years
Breaking: the #Universityfire was caused by a vehicle with a flat tire. As the car exited the 215 Freeway on Uni. Pkwy, the wheel's rim hit the pavement, sending sparks into vegetation, igniting the blaze, per @SBCOUNTYFIRE The driver stayed on scene & cooperated w/ authorities
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San Bernardino County Fire
3 years
#UniversityFire (Update): Evacs remain in place. Fire at 50-100 acres, 30% contained ,approx 100 homes threatened. Forward ROS slowed. 30 Engines Chief Officers - 8 Hand crews - 4 150 FFs Dozers - 2 Assist from @CALFIREBDU Rancho Cucamonga Fire @coltonfiredept & San Manual
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