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Rebecca Plevin

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Staff writer for @latimes equity initiative. Previously @fresnobee @mydesert @kpcc. Read our coverage here: https://t.co/WnRxtsuy5q

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Rebecca Plevin
10 months
Thanks @TheMadBrand for having me on @KCRWPressPlay to discuss warehouse growth in rural, unincorporated communities in the Inland Empire!. Listen here:
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Millions of square feet of online shopping warehouses are popping up in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Residents are fighting new developments.
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Rebecca Plevin
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RT @LaInaMinute: One of the most historically significant properties in all of L.A. is in Altadena. This property is part of the homeland….
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Rebecca Plevin
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RT @Sammy_Roth: Two years ago, the L.A. Basin's Indigenous Tongva people finally got some land back. Now tribal leaders say traditional lan….
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Tongva community leaders credit traditional stewardship practices, including the removal of fire-prone eucalyptus, with reducing the wildfire’s impact.
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Rebecca Plevin
7 months
RT @danderluh: Starting this week, San Joaquin Valley farmers are banned from burning agricultural waste in the field, a legislative mandat….
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As of Jan. 1, San Joaquin Valley farmers are banned from burning agricultural waste in the field, a legislative mandate that has been decades in the making.
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Rebecca Plevin
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RT @suhaunah: inbox: Teamsters announce workers at four Southern California Amazon warehouses have voted to authorize strikes in an effort….
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Rebecca Plevin
9 months
RT @_hamilton_matt: Black and Latino families reach reparations deal in tentative settlement with the City of Palm Springs over razed homes….
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The Palm Springs City Council has approved a $5.9-million settlement with Black and Latino families whose homes were torn down decades ago.
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Rebecca Plevin
9 months
RT @suhaunah: black and latino families whose palm springs homes were razed and burned by city authorities in the 50s and 60s have tentativ….
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The Palm Springs City Council has approved a $5.9-million settlement with Black and Latino families whose homes were torn down decades ago.
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Rebecca Plevin
9 months
RT @MelissaGomez004: L.A. Unified is reversing a controversial decision to relax the admissions requirements for some of its most rigorous….
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LAUSD planned to change the admission policy for honors programs at elite schools, sparking debate over equitable access to programs for gifted students.
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Rebecca Plevin
9 months
RT @hannahcwiley: Motivated by pent-up frustrations with property crime and homelessness — and a sense that San Francisco and Oakland had l….
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Bay Area voters sent a clear message in last week's election, ousting the mayors of San Francisco and Oakland and rejecting a handful of left-wing candidates, as pent-up frustrations with crime and...
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Rebecca Plevin
9 months
RT @dillonliam: The new owner of one of Skid Row's largest homeless housing portfolios immediately cut janitorial and security services whe….
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Tenants at Skid Row properties owned by a Beverly Hills developer said recent cuts in security and janitorial services has led to renewed filth and safety concerns in the buildings.
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Rebecca Plevin
9 months
RT @nicoleMfoy: California’s Central Valley may be bigger than many states, but it’s routinely ignored in electoral matchups and policy-mak….
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motherjones.com
To flip the chamber, Democrats need to pick up seats in the state. But if the polls are right, support for the party among California Latinos is at the lowest level in decades.
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Rebecca Plevin
9 months
RT @melissamyrna_: NEW: Ammonia leak reported at troubled Pitman Farms poultry plant in Sanger. “It smelled and my head hurt, my throat wa….
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fresnobee.com
“It smelled and my head hurt, my throat was burning, my tongue was numb and I felt nauseous,” one poultry worker told The Bee.
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Rebecca Plevin
9 months
Riverside County, Calif., reported its highest detainee death count in decades, including multiple suicides that reveal deep institutional problems. Devastating reporting by @chris_a_damien in @nytimes, @latimes and @MyDesert:
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Riverside County, Calif., reported its highest detainee death count in decades, including multiple suicides that reveal deep institutional problems.
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Rebecca Plevin
10 months
RT @jbenton: I honestly cannot remember the last time I was as shocked by a news-industry number as I was by this one:. ***TWO HUNDRED THOU….
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Rebecca Plevin
10 months
RT @brittny_mejia: A spokesperson for Patrick Soon-Shiong responded Saturday to the comments made by his daughter, saying “she is not invol….
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The L.A. Times owner's decision not to endorse in the 2024 presidential race prompts three editorial board members to resign and readers to cancel subscriptions.
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Rebecca Plevin
10 months
RT @_TonyBriscoe: Eight types of pesticides have been found at air monitors in California farming communities. This includes 1,3-D, a so….
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California officials insist that pesticide air samples remained within healthy limits. However, environmentalists say the state is downplaying the risk.
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Rebecca Plevin
10 months
RT @MelissaGomez004: In the latest update in a dispute over a campaign to unionize workers at Wonderful, a California appellate court has r….
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An appellate court ruling is the latest twist in a dispute over the UFW’s unionization campaign at Wonderful Nurseries, the largest grapevine nursery in the U.S.
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