
Rebecca Plevin
@rebeccaplevin
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Staff writer for @latimes equity initiative. Previously @fresnobee @mydesert @kpcc. Read our coverage here: https://t.co/WnRxtsuy5q
Joined June 2010
Thanks @TheMadBrand for having me on @KCRWPressPlay to discuss warehouse growth in rural, unincorporated communities in the Inland Empire!. Listen here:
kcrw.com
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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RT @LATvives: Kern County immigration raid offers glimpse into new reality for California farmworkers . ✍️@rebeccaplevin @andreamcastillo @….
latimes.com
Advocates on the scene said the Border Patrol raid in Kern County last month indiscriminately targeted Latino farmworkers commuting from the fields and day laborers soliciting work in the parking...
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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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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….
latimes.com
Tongva community leaders credit traditional stewardship practices, including the removal of fire-prone eucalyptus, with reducing the wildfire’s impact.
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RT @danderluh: Starting this week, San Joaquin Valley farmers are banned from burning agricultural waste in the field, a legislative mandat….
latimes.com
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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RT @danderluh: Tensions brew over trans athletes at Riverside high school, as conservative protests grow @rebeccaplevin reports https://t.c….
latimes.com
As controversy brews over the rights of transgender athletes, some are calling on the Riverside Unified School District to defy California's anti-discrimination laws.
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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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RT @danderluh: In the dust of the Coachella Valley, residents push for a park along the shrinking Salton Sea @rebeccaplevin reports https:/….
latimes.com
In this sweltering desert where residents have limited access to parks, community advocates are calling for the Salton Sea to once more become a vibrant destination where families can gather in...
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RT @_hamilton_matt: Black and Latino families reach reparations deal in tentative settlement with the City of Palm Springs over razed homes….
latimes.com
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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RT @suhaunah: black and latino families whose palm springs homes were razed and burned by city authorities in the 50s and 60s have tentativ….
latimes.com
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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RT @MelissaGomez004: L.A. Unified is reversing a controversial decision to relax the admissions requirements for some of its most rigorous….
latimes.com
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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RT @hannahcwiley: Motivated by pent-up frustrations with property crime and homelessness — and a sense that San Francisco and Oakland had l….
latimes.com
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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RT @dillonliam: The new owner of one of Skid Row's largest homeless housing portfolios immediately cut janitorial and security services whe….
latimes.com
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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RT @nicoleMfoy: California’s Central Valley may be bigger than many states, but it’s routinely ignored in electoral matchups and policy-mak….
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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RT @melissamyrna_: NEW: Ammonia leak reported at troubled Pitman Farms poultry plant in Sanger. “It smelled and my head hurt, my throat wa….
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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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:
nytimes.com
Riverside County, Calif., reported its highest detainee death count in decades, including multiple suicides that reveal deep institutional problems.
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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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RT @brittny_mejia: A spokesperson for Patrick Soon-Shiong responded Saturday to the comments made by his daughter, saying “she is not invol….
latimes.com
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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RT @_TonyBriscoe: Eight types of pesticides have been found at air monitors in California farming communities. This includes 1,3-D, a so….
latimes.com
California officials insist that pesticide air samples remained within healthy limits. However, environmentalists say the state is downplaying the risk.
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RT @MelissaGomez004: In the latest update in a dispute over a campaign to unionize workers at Wonderful, a California appellate court has r….
latimes.com
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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