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May 14, 2024 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
For decades, the Stauffer Chemical Co. disposed of thousands of tons of industrial waste near its factory grounds along Richmond’s southeast shoreline.

But the barbed-wire-ringed Richmond site wasn’t Stauffer’s only dumping ground.

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Revelations of possible radioactive dumping around the Bay Area trigger new testing at parks Warning signs along the Richmond, Calif., site’s perimeter attempt to discourage trespassers from breaching the locked gates, where soil testing has detected cancer-causing gamma radiation more than 60 times higher than background levels in some places.

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Aug 24, 2023 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
South Korea currently recycles close to 100% of its food waste, a remarkable jump from just 2.6% in 1996.

So, how did the nation's composting system become a model for the world?

Let's take a journey!

Thread ⬇️ South Koreans have been required to use food waste bags, seen at top in translucent yellow, for throwing out their uneaten food since 2013. (Jean Chung / For the Times) The food waste that ends up at Nanji Sewage Treatment Center starts out in a translucent yellow bag, which South Koreans have been required to use for throwing out their uneaten food since 2013. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
South Koreans have been required to use food waste bags, seen at top in translucent yellow, for throwing out their uneaten food since 2013. (Jean Chung / For the Times)
Apr 24, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
The decision to fire Tucker Carlson came straight from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, according to people familiar with the situation who were not authorized to comment. latimes.com/entertainment-… Murdoch is said to be concerned over Carlson’s coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol, where the host has promoted the conspiracy theory that it was provoked by government agents. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Apr 24, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News. The network announced the departure of its top rated and most provocative conservative host Monday with no explanation. His last show was Friday. latimes.com/entertainment-… Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox News comes nearly one month after a Fox News producer filed a discrimination lawsuit against the network, Carlson and other producers, alleging that the network is rife with sexist, misogynistic and abusive behavior. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Apr 24, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
For four decades, Choi Byung-moon blamed himself for a young girl's murder.

But in the winter of 2020, the truth finally began to emerge.

“I think before, I’d lived with something like a knot in my heart,” he told Seoul correspondent @maxsoeunkim. latimes.com/world-nation/s… It was May 1980, and Gwangju was under siege.

The junta, which would go on to rule South Korea as a dictatorship for the next eight years, sent about 3,000 elite paratroopers — including Choi Byung-moon — to crush demonstrations.

📷: Sadayuki Mikami/AP
latimes.com/world-nation/s… South Korean martial law tr...
Apr 23, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Affluent communities with little low-income housing have been among those most targeted by state legislators who have strengthened half-century-old laws requiring cities to plan for growth.

Thread ⬇️ latimes.com/homeless-housi… In the past, Coronado only had to set aside land for 50 homes to meet state requirements. But this time, it is responsible for 912, 70% of which should be affordable to low- and middle-income residents.
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Apr 21, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Want to have the best day ever at the “happiest place on earth”? Here’s our full guide to exploring Disneyland and California Adventure. latimes.com/lifestyle/stor… And if you’re taking an adults-only trip, don’t miss this list of the best place to find boozy drinks in the parks. latimes.com/food/list/best…
Apr 3, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Former President Trump flew from Florida on Monday aboard his private plane to New York and his historic booking and arraignment on hush money charges.

latimes.com/politics/story… Monday’s return to the city opens an unprecedented chapter in American history, with Trump the first former president to face criminal charges even as he is in the midst of a third campaign for the White House.

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Apr 3, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Throughout 1950s L.A., women and girls desperate to get an abortion were dying as a result of operations done by people not qualified to perform them.

Gaylene Wiseman, 22, who died in a motel room. Brenda Emerson, 16, dumped on a hospital lawn.

Thread ⬇️ latimes.com/california/sto… On March 23, 1959, the body of 16-year-old Brenda Emerson wa Patricia Layne Steele, a 32-year-old socialite left crumpled in a dingy alley.

Mary Jane Reph, a 23-year-old drive-in car hop, who died in a trailer home while her 1-year-old boy waited in a car outside. latimes.com/california/sto…
Apr 3, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
They came to serenade Joel Alexander Leal Peña, born 21 years ago.

“¡Tus amigos llegamos aquí!” sang some three dozen people, clustered in front of a government building in Ciudad Juarez.

Leal Peña died days earlier, just shy of his birthday. latimes.com/world-nation/s… Leal Peña, a native of Venezuela, and at least 38 others perished in a fire last Monday at an immigration detention center just across the Rio Grande from El Paso. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
Apr 3, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Wrestling Entertainment will combine to form a new $21.4-billion fighting sports and entertainment powerhouse, majority owned by #UFC parent Endeavor. latimes.com/entertainment-… The newly combined publicly traded company, which does not yet have a name, will be led by Endeavor Chief Executive Ari Emanuel, the companies said Monday.

Vince McMahon will serve the combined company as executive chairman, the same title he had at @WWE. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Apr 3, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
She’s sailed on shipboard abortion clinics and delivered abortion pills by drone.

She’s received accolades but has been pelted with eggs and even confronted by warships.

Meet Rebecca Gomperts, who’s fighting for abortion access in the U.S. latimes.com/world-nation/s… Rebecca Gomperts founded Women on Waves in 1999 to provide abortions aboard ships in international waters offshore from countries — Ireland, Poland and Portugal among them — where the practice was outlawed. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
Apr 2, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Housed within the LAPD's homicide division, the abortion squad investigated what were known then as “illegal operations.”

Officers questioned young women who had gone to the hospital for antibiotics after an abortion and were reported to law enforcement. latimes.com/california/sto… Det. Danny Galindo, left, and Josephine Serrano Collier afteDet. Danny Galindo, left, and Josephine Serrano Collier afte They interviewed loved ones after women died from botched operations.

They kept dossiers on hundreds of abortion providers and went on stakeouts.

They posed as boyfriends or brothers to trap doctors into confessing. latimes.com/california/sto…
Apr 2, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
In a still unsettled post-Roe world, no one knows for sure what enforcement of abortion laws will look like.

But L.A. in the 1950s and 1960s offers a hint into at least one possibility.

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latimes.com/california/sto… Det. Danny Galindo, left, and Josephine Serrano Collier afteAttorneys and defendant Dr. Moses Jacobson in a court procee After receiving complaints about a doctor, Josephine Serrano Collier, the LAPD’s first Latina officer, posed as a distressed patient.

Dr. Ralph Reed, a practicing physician for 28 years, felt so sorry for her he knocked $20 off his usual $100 fee. latimes.com/california/sto…
Apr 2, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Throughout 1950s L.A., women and girls desperate to get an abortion were dying as a result of operations done by people not qualified to perform them.

Gaylene Wiseman, 22, who died in a motel room. Brenda Emerson, 16, dumped on a hospital lawn.

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latimes.com/california/sto… Patricia Layne Steele, a 32-year-old socialite left crumpled in a dingy alley.

Mary Jane Reph, a 23-year-old drive-in car hop, who died in a trailer home while her 1-year-old boy waited in a car outside.
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Mar 31, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
After the fall of Roe vs. Wade, Tom Sherman, a Delaware journalist, dug into his collection of antique and vintage historical documents — specifically searching for old New York Police Department manuals he’d rescued from a dumpster a decade earlier. latimes.com/california/sto… The NYPD had formed its own squad after an abortion-ring bust in the mid-1950s.

A 1968 NYPD training bulletin titled “ABORTIONS,” detailed the use of wire-taps and tails placed on women visiting a doctor’s office for an abortion. latimes.com/california/sto… “It was this weird moment of digging it out and looking in
Mar 31, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Housed within the LAPD's homicide division, the abortion squad investigated what were known then as “illegal operations.”

Officers questioned young women who had gone to the hospital for antibiotics after an abortion and were reported to law enforcement. latimes.com/california/sto… They interviewed loved ones after women died from botched operations.

They kept dossiers on hundreds of abortion providers and went on stakeouts.

They posed as boyfriends or brothers to trap doctors into confessing. latimes.com/california/sto…
Mar 31, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
In a desperate move to reverse deteriorating conditions for more than 1,500 low-income tenants, the L.A. city attorney asked a judge to appoint a receiver for distressed residential buildings operated by the failing nonprofit Skid Row Housing Trust. latimes.com/california/sto… A petition filed in L.A. Superior Court proposes that the 29 buildings — many dating from the early 20th century, with others built since the 1990s — be turned over to a statewide receivership firm that specializes in court-ordered nuisance abatement. latimes.com/california/sto…
Mar 31, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Throughout 1950s L.A., women and girls desperate to get an abortion were dying as a result of operations done by people not qualified to perform them.

Gaylene Wiseman, 22, who died in a motel room. Brenda Emerson, 16, dumped on a hospital lawn.

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latimes.com/california/sto… On March 23, 1959, the body of 16-year-old Brenda Emerson wa Patricia Layne Steele, a 32-year-old socialite left crumpled in a dingy alley.

Mary Jane Reph, a 23-year-old drive-in car hop, who died in a trailer home while her 1-year-old boy waited in a car outside.
latimes.com/california/sto…
Mar 30, 2023 • 10 tweets • 7 min read
It's #OpeningDay for the @Dodgers and @Angels!

We've got all angles covered. latimes.com/sports/story/2… NL West preview: The @Padres spent their way into legitimate World Series contention, setting the stage for a potential wire-to-wire division race.

@jorgecastillo on the Padres, @Dodgers and the marathon for the division title. latimes.com/sports/story/2…
Mar 25, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Early in his Hollywood career, #JohnWick director Chad Stahelski had carved out a niche in stunts, a lanky 6-foot-1 fighter who could do the splits & backflip on command. He almost missed the opportunity of a lifetime by turning down work on “The Matrix.” lat.ms/3lGB5p6 Because he had a steady gig on NBC’s “The Pretender,” he decided against working on the film. But after production delays, he got another chance and took it, becoming Keanu Reeves stunt double and a coordinator on the sequels. lat.ms/3lGB5p6