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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

In a video appearance with an immigration judge, a detainee pulled out a jar of bright red blood and set it on the table in front of him. Many of the people in the courtroom gasped in unison. “I have cancer. This is the blood I’ve lost today.” capitalandmain.com/with-a-jar-o...

#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

Wildfires in Southern California disrupted thousands of lives, including those of disabled residents who continue to search for a place to call home. People with disabilities are up to four times more likely to never return home after a natural disaster. capitalandmain.com/people-with-...

Pennsylvania natural gas producer CNX Resources Corporation has sued Capital & Main for defamation over the news organization’s reporting on the health risks of the company’s operations. Capital & Main stands by its reporting and vows to fight the suit. capitalandmain.com/pennsylvania...

COLUMN: A proposed ballot initiative would tax California’s billionaires’ wealth to stabilize Medicaid amid sharp federal cuts. California’s 2026 Billionaire Tax Act, as it’s called, aims to address an existential threat to the collective well-being of the Golden State.

Former colleagues hope that organizer and activist Kent Wong’s outsized legacy can endure after his passing. capitalandmain.com/the-loss-of-...

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.

Today, only 4% of retail workers in the U.S. are unionized. That is even lower than the private sector average of just under 6%. capitalandmain.com/dollar-store...

Drastic times and drastic measures come to California. Many Black leaders see Proposition 50 as necessary to neutralize a GOP power grab that endangers bedrock civil rights, writes Erin Aubry Kaplan. capitalandmain.com/represent-this

⚠️☠️🚱 Colorado oil and gas companies used toxic chemicals prohibited under state law in operations involving dozens of wells on either side of the Rocky Mountains over at least the last 18 months, a Capital & Main investigation found. capitalandmain.com/oil-and-gas-...

Cuts to #SNAP also mean the loss of educational dollars from SNAP-Ed, a decades-old program that, among other things, supports farm-to-school partnerships by linking farmers with schools. capitalandmain.com/the-farm-to-...

A refugee and immigrant advocate reflects on how to cope with the ICE raids in Los Angeles. Amid the trauma, she says, there is also reason for hope. Column by George B. Sánchez-Tello: capitalandmain.com/were-the-res...