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California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted on May 21 to adopt a petition to ban the fabrication and installation of engineered stone countertops.

Data centers & lithium extraction projects look set to increase their water use in Imperial County as the Colorado River, the region’s only water source, is drying up. Meanwhile, farmers – the area’s largest water users – are anxious about a drier future.

ICE agent Brian Palacios had a years-long, documented history of racism and violence. He is one of several Dept. of Homeland Security agents with similar backgrounds who have shot American citizens in the past year. #immigration #deportation #LosAngeles #Minneapolis

More than 100 refugees were detained by immigration agents. Many were sent to a Texas detention center where 3 men have died. A judge has ordered their release. Reporter: Kate Morrissey @bgirledukate.bsky.social Producer: Cerise Castle @cerisecastle.bsky.social Editor: Myles Kramer

Protesters are turning to economic disruption to fight ICE. Last Friday, protesters across the U.S. missed work and school as part of an anti-ICE shutdown. Thousands showed up in Downtown LA to protest the agency, many—including City Councilmember Nithya Raman—supporting calls for a general strike.

Trump has carried out many of Project 2025’s directives on immigration. Outstanding items might tell us what could happen next: mandatory detentions in deadly tent facilities and making it more difficult to obtain a visa. Producer: @cerisecastle.bsky.social Editor: @jeremotographs.bsky.social

Meatpacking giant JBS gave $5 million for Trump’s inauguration. Then the administration introduced policies that benefit the company. Reporter: Marcus Baram Producer: @cerisecastle.bsky.social Editor: @jeremotographs.bsky.social

Dozens of homes that were remediated after surviving L.A.’s 2025 fires have tested positive for hazardous levels of lead and asbestos. Residents are getting sick, and are worried about the long term impacts to their health. #LAfires #News

Homelessness is spiking across the U.S. In Los Angeles, people with Section 8 vouchers are struggling to find landlords who will rent to them.

Some of L.A.’s biggest landlords have been turning away people seeking apartments under the Section 8 program, in apparent violation of state law. Producers: @cerisecastle.bsky.social, @jeremotographs.bsky.social Camera/Editor: @jeremotographs.bsky.social #housing #section8 #LosAngeles #News

Three million care workers could be reclassified as "companions" instead of professionals under a proposal from the Trump admin, ending their right to federal minimum wage and overtime pay. Producer: Cerise Castle Camera: Jeff Ricker Editor: Marco Amador #homehealthcare #minimumwage #News

Capital & Main found children as young as 12 working in California’s agriculture industry. The state is failing to ensure their health and safety. #Farmworkers #ChildLabor #California #News Editor: Marco Amador, Jeremy Lindenfeld Producer: Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle.bsky.social )

Employers, unions and advocacy groups are organizing to protect vulnerable immigrant workers from being targeted, detained and deported by federal agencies. Here’s how. Camera/Editor: Jeremy Lindenfeld Producers: JL, Cerise Castle #LosAngeles #LosAngelesNews #ICEinLA #Immigrants #Workers

Juan González, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, lived in Pasadena for three decades before a wildfire, heart attack and ICE raids got him thinking about “self-deporting” back to Mexico.

Californians have until Nov 4 to vote on Prop 50—a ballot measure that would temporarily redraw CA’s congressional map in favor of Democrats to cancel out similar Republican efforts in TX. CA, how are you voting on Prop 50? Editor: Jeremy Lindenfeld Producers: JL, @cerisecastle.bsky.social

Dollar Store workers like David Williams are organizing to improve their working conditions without the help of unions. Instead, they've turned to groups like @raiseupthesouth.bsky.social @stepuplouisiana.bsky.social. Experts say that strategy may be their best bet. #DollarGeneral #LocalNews #Union

Trump’s Forest Service layoffs are pushing firefighters to clean toilets and mow lawns while agency morale craters. Producers: Jeremy Lindenfeld, Cerise Castle Editor: Jeremy Lindenfeld

In Los Angeles, gasoline was found in a drinking water aquifer. Phillips 66 has removed millions of tons of polluted water from its closing refinery, but more remains. Residents of Wilmington demand a plan to clean it.

At least 9 U.S. citizens have been taken into the custody of agents with ICE or U.S. Customs and Border Protection after observing or protesting near immigration raids in the LA area. @cerisecastle.bsky.social reports. #ICEraids #ICE #Immigration #LosAngeles #LocalNews

Is the LAPD collaborating with ICE? Watch this video to see why Los Angeles Councilmember Ysabel Jurado says the situation is "complicated." Interview by @jeremotographs.bsky.social #LosAngeles #CityCouncil #ICE #Protests #LAPD #Immigration #California

Dozens of federal immigration agents attacked an anti-ICE protester with crowd-control weapons in Paramount, California. Video of the event went viral, but his takes on being attacked and on ICE's presence in Los Angeles were not documented. Until now.

Trump’s proposed changes to FEMA & feud w/ Gov. Gavin Newsom could devastate California’s disaster response – leaving the state w/ a shortfall of emergency response resources that could cause an “apocalyptic scenario” for disaster victims. @jeremotographs.bsky.social reports w/ @propublica.org

#LAPD arrested journalist Anthony Orendorff while he was documenting an immigration raid. This is part of a larger trend that could spell more trouble for press rights. Producers: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld, Cerise Castle Cameras: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld Editor: Jeremy Lindenfeld

The LAPD's crackdown on anti-ICE protests is costing Los Angeles millions of dollars – with lawsuits against their use of force likely to increase the final price tag significantly.

Before winning first place in two events at the California Interscholastic League's Track & Field Championships, AB Hernandez read social media posts from adults protesting her participation. @cerisecastle.bsky.social caught up with one outside the stadium.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run Customs and Border Protection has been accused of participating in an alleged agency cover-up after officials killed a man in the process of deporting him in 2010. The full Senate will vote to confirm Rodney Scott this week.

A campaign to build housing on the site of the soon-to-be-shuttered Santa Monica airport is drawing pushback from opponents of new development. Reporting by @m0thercity.bsky.social with @kcrw.com Video produced by @jeremotographs.bsky.social #SantaMonica #Airport #Housing #California

Republicans in the House of Representatives passed Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ this morning, slashing Medicaid funding by over half a trillion dollars. The Congressional Budget Office estimates this will result in more than 10 million people losing their health insurance. #medicaid

Families are sounding the alarm on Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget. The program is a lifeline for people with disabilities like Josh Lockwood-Wewer. As GOP lawmakers push for cuts, his mother is taking a stand. #Healthcare #Medicaid #California #Republican #Congress

Sonja Shaw is running for Superintendant of California schools on a platform of banning transgender student athletes. It's a plan that Republican strategists believe can flip blue districts and states red. Read the full story: capitalandmain.com/inside-the-p...