Aaron Schrank

In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, homeless Californians describe their experiences as camping ban enforcement has increased. cal.news/4nnZU44 📝 @MarisaKendall, @aaronschrank & @lisahalverstadt

@Summerca Palmdale and Lancaster approved a 0.75% increase in addition to the new countywide Measure A tax, which increased the sales tax rate by 0.25%. So, the sales tax rate in those cities increased by a total of 1% and is now 11.25%

@aaronschrank so you wrote that Palmdale, Lancaster tax went up .75 percent from 10.25. please add 10.25 percent plus the .75 percent. It equals 11. Not 11.25. so did they increase by 1 cent or is it only the 11 percent? Maybe should be asking where's the missing billions for

LA’s housing crisis is trapping domestic violence survivors — One in five unhoused women in California escaped domestic violence. lapublicpress.org/2025/02/los-an…

The Eaton Fire forced evacuations of hundreds of vulnerable residents from dozens of nursing homes in Pasadena. Many were initially dropped at the city's public evacuation shelter, which was not prepared to care for them. My story for @LAist today laist.com/news/nursing-h…

@VoteRandyFine @X It’s not a bug or spam. Your post glorifying the murder of an American civilian by a foreign power is a clear violation of this platform’s violent speech rules

“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” @X apparently has a bug that allows #MuslimTerror ists to overwhelm its system with spam complaints which automatically suspend an account after a certain number. I was targeted overnight by several of these pro-Hamas accounts. It was down for a couple hours; I appreciate them fixing it. I will be working with them to ensure adequate protections to ensure these Muslim terrorists can’t misuse the system.

Thrilled to share that Mobituaries is nominated in not one, but TWO categories in this year's @TheWebbyAwards! Please show your support and vote now: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/…

Op-Ed: I'm an American doctor who went to Gaza. What I saw wasn't war — it was annihilation (via @latimesopinion ) latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Today, CPJ, @freedomhouse, @freedomofpress, @hrw, @knightcolumbia, and @RSF_en call on U.S. President @JoeBiden to act immediately and decisively to promote the conditions for safe and unrestricted reporting on the hostilities in Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon. The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7, and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching military operations in the blockaded Gaza Strip. As of January 10, 79 journalists and media workers were confirmed dead, including 72 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese. Read the full letter, including additional links and more information about a pattern of IDF killing journalists with impunity over 20 years and international journalist access to Gaza: cpj.org/2024/01/cpj-an… #Israel #Gaza @POTUS @WhiteHouse @JakeSullivan46

I got to talk to Mo Rocca about the old-timey old-movie accent, which sounds more foreign every decade although it wasn't precisely British! Great fun. @iHeartRadio iheart.com/podcast/1119-m…

“She wouldn't've been Peggy Lee without this heartache.” In a new episode of “Mobituaries,” @CBSSunday correspondent @MoRocca joins Holly Foster Wells on an intimate journey (with never-before-heard audio) to her grandmother Peggy Lee’s childhood home. podcasts.iheart.com/9s5Fuu07?sid=h…

Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson … John Adams and Thomas Jefferson … Margaret Thatcher and Annette Funicello. Famous People who Died on the Same Day. It’s the Season 4 premiere of Mobituaries! With special guest @AndersonCooper. Listen now! podcasts.iheart.com/died-on-the-sa…

48% of all single homeless adults are 50 or older. 41% of this group first became homeless after 50. 🔗 homelessness.ucsf.edu/CASPEH #CAHomelessnessStudy #CASPEH #homelessness #aging

@ekimtiki @NATO his words were published by the NATO Review and tweeted from NATO's official account. What makes no sense is the most powerful military alliance in the world trying to manufacture support for ongoing conflict by likening it to Marvel movies.

❝I’d always been a journalist… on day two of Russia’s full-scale invasion, I went and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.❞ This is Pavlo's story ⤵️ [1/10]

@NATO This tweet is reason enough to abolish NATO.

🗣️ Ukraine is hosting one of the great epics of this century ❝We are Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Death Star. We are fighting with the Harkonnens and challenging Thanos.❞ [9/10]

Mo Rocca has done a beautiful, moving podcast about my first significant other, my beloved Timothy Scott, who passed away 35 years ago next week… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tim…

During the Cold War, a 5th-grader from Maine wrote to the leader of the USSR with a simple plea for peace. @MoRocca tells the story of the “Littlest Diplomat” and how she became a powerful symbol of shared humanity on both sides of the Iron Curtain. bit.ly/3GIx61U

If you’re someone who loves dogs who love classic literature, this brand new episode of Mobituaries is for you. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mob…

@a_mendelson @KPCC congrats boss

Here's something: After 7+ years at @KPCC, I'm moving on. Beyond grateful to all my colleagues and sources over the years, and to everyone who read and tuned in ... or just followed me for my tweets about bikes, rain, journalism, or other L.A. stuff.

@UpsetAngeleno The Echo Park Lake approach can successfully clean up some public spaces, but it won't meaningfully reduce homelessness. If people don't get housing and services, the problem only gets worse. But hey, as long as we've got some clean parks surrounded by security fences, right?

@UpsetAngeleno Your statement is inaccurate. They were offered temporary shelter, and the vast majority of them accepted that offer. They were promised permanent housing. Many are still waiting for it, but we don't have enough of it. So, we're warehousing people in hotels at enormous cost.

When LA forcibly evicted 200 homeless people from an encampment at Echo Park Lake, officials assured park residents they'd be moved into permanent housing within a year. A year later, the number actually inside permanent housing is abysmally low. kcrw.co/3wxSL9w