Doer of many things || Producer and occasional reporter for @mydesert in Coachella Valley, Calif. 🌞🌴 || Learned a lot from @mizzou, @UofOklahoma || D[M]V
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Traffic on Escoba Drive between Palm Canyon Drive and El Cielo Road on Wednesday night with multiple roads closed due to flooding
In an interview with The Chronicle, Collier Gwin — the owner of Foster Gwin Gallery — acknowledged spraying a woman without shelter with water after an encounter in which, he said, she turned over garbage cans outside his gallery and refused to move sfchronicle.com/sf/article/V…
Now this song is going to be running through my head all day 🌌 #CountdownToMars youtube.com/watch?v=Enzxdvo8…
Proud of all the hard work my colleagues and I have done to help make this paper stronger than what it already is by fighting for representation, diversity and fair treatment. This is a win not just for us but for the 4th Estate and this wonderful community ✊🏾🌴
WE'RE UNIONIZED (by a landslide)
The reporters, photographers and producers of @MyDesert are united in their push for fair pay, diversity in hiring and protections for veteran journalists. We look forward to sitting down at the bargaining table. ✊
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Of those surveyed, nearly 20% said they didn’t trust the COVID-19 info they received. Some said they felt it was “being over-exaggerated.” Others thought the “election tilted the information" or some info shared was “fake" (story by @Nicole_A_Hayden) desertsun.com/story/news/hea…
Creepy stuff: Operation "Lost Angels" began Jan. 11 amid Human Trafficking Awareness Month and involved more than two dozen agencies in an effort to identify and find missing children, the FBI said desertsun.com/story/news/nat…
You ever wake up with a random song playing in your head and then you just sing it the rest of the day? Such an odd feeling
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I am once again asking you to subscribe to your local newspaper
h/t @kscharkey
Riverside County, California on Friday opened registration for 16 new COVID-19 vaccine clinics through Jan. 22 as local advocates for seniors and essential workers expressed frustration about the rollout. desertsun.com/story/news/hea…
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Several women threatened lawmakers during a budget review hearing in Sacramento on Thursday.
"17 million guns were purchased in the United States [by] first time gun owners...what do you think they're gonna do with it?"
"We didn't buy guns for nothing!"
"I was cleaning up the Capitol because it was the right thing to do. That building deserves to be treated with respect, and yesterday it was desecrated." usatoday.com/story/news/poli…
The latest COVID-19 surge, experts say, is fueled by a host of factors including holiday family gatherings, mistrust in California's continually evolving public health orders, and half-measures taken by Gov. Newsom (via
@Nicole_A_Hayden, @MarkOlalde) desertsun.com/in-depth/news/…
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NEWS! The reporters, photographers and producers of The Desert Sun have filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board. With 90% of the newsroom signing union authorization cards, our message is unified and clear. desertsunnewsguild.org/news/…
An indoor dinner at the Capitol hosted by House Democrats for new members was changed to grab-and-go after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced criticism Friday that the event was unsafe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. desertsun.com/story/news/pol…
I swore this "she better buy you a PS5" thing was a meme. Gfs aren't really out here buying PS5s for their guys... are they?
The Coachella Valley is a hot spot for the coronavirus. A Rancho Mirage hospital has seen a 383% increase in COVID-19 patients since the start of the month desertsun.com/story/news/hea…
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Signs of finality piling up:
- Biden 306, Trump 232 with all states called
- Trump ends AZ lawsuit, abandons 'voter fraud' hotline, tells Geraldo he'll do 'the right thing
- Trump law firm calls it quits
- PA won't do recount
- MI judge rejects GOP lawsuit
Anxiously waiting: Hundreds of people are expected to caravan across the Coachella Valley today to spread a message that every presidential vote cast should be counted. desertsun.com/story/news/pol…
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Oh look, a dancing horse performs at an election party last night. What were you doing while waiting for results?
Don't forget to follow The Desert Sun for live Coachella Valley election results as ballots continue to be counted. bit.ly/3mQXfzU #Election2020