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Reporting on civic life in Los Angeles on NPR station 89.3 @KPCC 📻 + @LAist. She/her. ldenkmann@kpcc.org
Sep 15, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
Covering the Larry Elder election night party in Costa Mesa, Orange County for @NPR @KPCC @LAist. As recall voting comes to a close across California, and supporters filter into the Hilton ballroom, the band plays “What A Day For A Daydream.” OC GOP Chair Fred Whitaker tells Elder supporters "Do not be discouraged" by early returns, which are coming in very lopsided anti-recall. He lists some vote centers w/ long lines today, and says "those are our (GOP) voters." Elder will speak later tonight. "On to victory!"
Sep 14, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
The Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva @LASDHQ lied about my @KPCC @LAist colleague @josie_huang on @KTLA this morning:

- Villanueva claims she refused deputy orders. Not true. Video evidence contradicts this. She’s backing up and is tackled immediately.

(THREAD) - He says deputies "were not aware she was a working reporter." Josie yelled "I'm a reporter" & wore her KPCC station ID

(Sheriff's Dept. cannot require their specific credentials to report in public places. Police don't bestow the right to journalism, the 1st Amendment does)
Mar 10, 2020 26 tweets 7 min read
New: @LACountyRRCC is before the L.A. County Board of Supervisors right now. @SupJaniceHahn lists March 3 primary election problems: long vote center lines, absentee ballots not getting mailed out, Measure FD left off many ballots.

Hahn: "I know, myself, I've lost confidence." .@kathrynbarger on election worker training problems and reports of many vote center employees not showing up to work: "They felt like they were thrown in the middle of a pool and not taught how to swim."
Jun 8, 2018 8 tweets 3 min read
I’m outside Victorville prison where 3 buses with Dept. of Homeland Security and ICE logos just pulled out of the facility. 1,000 immigration detainees will be housed here - we believe it’s the first time on a large-scale immigrants will be held in federal prisons @KPCC Sources tell me 240 immigrant detainees are arriving today out of a total of 1,000 planned. This is a facility where the union representing prison guards has raised red flags about staffing issues - more from earlier coverage by Victorville Daily Press: vvdailypress.com/news/20170930/…