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Poem of the day: "The Birthday of the World" by Marge Piercy.

New from me: The UCLA leader in charge of the school's reputation is waging a legal battle against her employer to stop them from releasing a report she says would cause her “irreparable reputational harm.” lamaterial.com/p/ucla-mary-...

Why Is the UCLA Leader In Charge of the School's Reputation Suing the UC Regents?

The redacted legal filing centers on a report prepared by an outside law firm that specializes in workplace investigations.

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Good intentions gone awry, internal missteps and artists left scrambling: Here’s the inside story on what went wrong with the massively ambitious LA Jazz Festival, which was canceled the day it was supposed to kick off. lamaterial.com/p/la-jazz-fe...

Inside the Collapse of the LA Jazz Festival

The festival promised John Legend, Janelle Monáe and more than a 100 events across L.A. Instead, it was canceled on the day it was supposed to begin.

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EXCLUSIVE: LA Jazz Festival was billed as a major cultural event, with John Legend, Janelle Monae, and hundreds of artists. Then it was canceled on the day it was supposed to begin. @sherlyholmes.bsky.social with never-before-reported details inside the fall: lamaterial.com/p/la-jazz-fe...

Inside the Collapse of the LA Jazz Festival

The festival promised John Legend, Janelle Monáe and more than a 100 events across L.A. Instead, it was canceled on the day it was supposed to begin.

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L.A. County’s first elected CEO will have more constituents than the vast majority of US governors. 2028 is a long way off, but obsessive L.A. politicos are already following the sharp-elbowed shadow race for a seat that’s essentially the mayor of Southern California lamaterial.com/p/la-county-...

Who’s Running for L.A. County CEO in 2028?

The race for Los Angeles County’s first elected CEO is already stirring, with Lindsey Horvath, Eric Garcetti and others potentially in the mix.

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Who will rule L.A. County? Voters will choose their first elected CEO in 2028. No one has officially launched a campaign for county CEO yet, but the race is heating up. L.A. Material’s @sherlyholmes.bsky.social gets the exclusive from rumored candidates: lamaterial.com/p/la-county-...

Who’s Running for L.A. County CEO in 2028?

The race for Los Angeles County’s first elected CEO is already stirring, with Lindsey Horvath, Eric Garcetti and others potentially in the mix.

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Mayor Karen Bass weighs in: lamaterial.com/p/permit-lin...

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NEW: A permit has been filed with the city to rebuild the Lineage cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights. lamaterial.com/p/permit-lin...

NEW: A permit has been filed with the city to rebuild the Lineage cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights. lamaterial.com/p/permit-lin...

Permit Filed to Rebuild Lineage’s Boyle Heights Warehouse

The application was submitted six weeks after the fire, as residents continue to endure foul odors, vermin and disruption from rotting food at the site.

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I’m on the bus in LA!!! It’s clean, has AC, nice driver, going pretty much door to door for what I needed to do. If you visit LA, this is a thing you can do! #Speed3 @ladotofficial.bsky.social @valleyheat.bsky.social

This newsletter is terrific for answering questions you probably have if you live in LA (like the story below). Really recommend subscribing—it’s a quick and fun read every morning!

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On almost any given day, the center median of Larchmont Boulevard is packed with cars parked in flagrant violation of the California Vehicle Code. L.A. Material’s Tomo Chien reports from the scene on what has become a daily "Carmageddon." Read more: lamaterial.com/p/larchmont-...

Not sure if they cleaned these, but Union Station ceilings looking great

Another great @matt-hamilton87.bsky.social scoop!! lamaterial.com/p/gascon-da-...

The Gascón Era Is Proving Costly

L.A. County has greenlit paying nearly $14 million for retaliation claims and other suits against Gascón and his team. That sum is expected to rise as more cases are settled.

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NEW: As Boyle Heights warehouse fire burned, then-Bass advisor Yusef Robb remained in the mayor's press office's internal WhatsApp groups even after he started doing crisis PR for Lineage. lamaterial.com/p/bass-yusef...

Bass Advisor Remained in Private Mayor's Office Chats While Doing P.R. for Lineage

Yusef Robb remained in the mayor’s internal communications channels for a week after beginning crisis PR work for the company that manages the Boyle Heights warehouse.

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85 million lbs of rotten food need to be disposed after the Lineage fire. Here’s our quest to figure out where the food waste from the warehouse disaster is ACTUALLY going. lamaterial.com/p/lineage-fi...

How to Get Rid of 85 Million Pounds of Rotting Food

Our quest to figure out where the food waste from the Lineage warehouse disaster is going.

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Emergency personnel responded to a call at Graham's home on Saturday night, and later said the man was suffering from cardiac arrest, per police scanner audio obtained by The Post.

Lindsey Graham, longtime South Carolina senator, dies at 71

The staunch ally of President Donald Trump died after a sudden illness, his office said.

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Lindsey Graham has passed away after a brief illness, his office told me tonight. The longtime senator and staunch Trump ally had just returned from Ukraine. Will have more in a story soon.

NEW: Yusef Robb, a top advisor to Mayor Karen Bass, has been doing crisis PR for Lineage, the operator of the Boyle Heights warehouse that burned last month. lamaterial.com/p/bass-advis...

One of Mayor Bass’ Top Advisors Is Helping Lineage Do Crisis P.R.

Yusef Robb, a close but informal advisor to the mayor, has been doing communications consulting work for the operator of the Boyle Heights warehouse that burned last month.

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Where do local civic leaders dine off the clock, change their oil and groom their pets? What local businesses do they love — and which have they gone scorched earth on? @tomokichien.bsky.social found their Yelp reviews and built an interactive map lamaterial.com/p/la-politic...

We Found L.A. Politicians’ Yelp Reviews

Then built an interactive map of the 100+ ratings.

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A fascinating profile of CA GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton's wife Rachel Whetstone — a Silicon Valley PR superstar who hasn’t been to a campaign event. sfstandard.com/2026/07/06/r... @sfstandard.com

The hack and the flack: How Steve Hilton’s wife, Rachel Whetstone, conquered California

As comms chief for Google, Facebook, Uber, and Netflix, she helped write Silicon Valley’s political playbook. Does she want to help her husband rule the state?

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Grateful for all the passionate Dodgers parents who gave me their best tips & extremely detailed advice for this guide. Here’s how to pick shaded seats, avoid parking lot gridlock, find playgrounds & make the most of Dodger Stadium’s kid-friendly perks: lamaterial.com/p/dodgers-ga...

Dodger Stadium With Kids: A Parent’s Guide to Shade, Food and Playgrounds

Planning a Dodgers game with kids? Here’s how to pick shaded seats, avoid parking gridlock, find playgrounds and make the most of Dodger Stadium’s kid-friendly perks.

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A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Two somewhat contradictory facts: 1) All fireworks, even sparklers, are outlawed within the city of Los Angeles. 2) Fireworks are a near-nightly fact of life in much of Los Angeles.

L.A. Material@lamaterial.com · 3mo ago

Where do L.A.'s illegal fireworks come from? Jessica Garrison investigates how a Fourth of July season disaster last year revealed an alleged illegal fireworks hub — and a possible pipeline behind some of the city's nightly explosions. Read the full investigation: lamaterial.com/p/illegal-fi...

Poem of the day: “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...