Al Jazeera English Los Angeles correspondent by way of the LA Times, NPR, ABC News. UC Santa Barbara, Northwestern, Hard Knocks. I like my films & pinots noir.

Joined June 2009
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Team LA after covering the 4-1 U.S. World Cup win over Paraguay for @ajenglish
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We at @AJEnglish are looking for a marijuana dispensary in the Los Angeles area to talk to us about how they are affected by the US Govt. changing medical marijuana from a class 1 drug to a class 3 Drug. Message me here, please.
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News: CBS has terminated Scott Pelley's contract after his fiery denunciation of new 60M exec producer Nick Bilton and leadership of Bari Weiss. In note to Pelley, obtained by NPR, Bilton said he "hijacked" first meeting with show's staff and refused constructive path forward.
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Hi from @united #1134, SFO-LAX. I need a nap
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Greetings from @united #1372, LAX-SFO, after a laaaate DC-LA flight last night. We’re en route to report on the Silicon-Valley-industrial complex.
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The latest volley in the Trump administration’s war on the richest and most powerful state in the union, which didn’t vote for him: Trump Administration Will Withhold $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/po… via @NYTimes
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Greetings from @united #2567, LAX-Dulles, and several days in Washington, DC. Say hi if you’re around.
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🚨 Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang in California has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China in the United States. Mayor Wang admitted to acting as a foreign agent from at least 2020 through 2022 - promoting PRC propaganda in the U.S. and acting at PRC’s direction to promote their interests. She has agreed to resign from office and plead guilty. @FBI and our federal partners continue to move aggressively to root out this kind of influence in American institutions all over the country. nypost.com/2026/05/11/us-new…
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Here’s the video of how the motorcycle landed on the light pole. It looks like he tried to stop but couldn’t quite do it. He is so lucky to have made it.
How in the world did that happen? Motorcycle is hanging on the traffic light from an accident!
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California's learning a lesson in dependence on imported oil. On "This is America" with @VanierCyril we report from the Port of Long Beach, the busiest port in the U.S., where the last pre-war shipment of oil just arrived @AJEnglish mediaview.aljazeera.com/vide…
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My turn to lead off our mini-show, This Is America today mediaview.aljazeera.com/vide…

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A page ripped from the authoritarian playbook, the FCC is once again being used as President Trump’s personal vendetta machine. Today’s order is a clear authoritarian tactic to intimidate and threaten ABC and other media. This undermines the FCC’s independence, as the agency abuses its regulatory powers to target broadcasters at the command of the President and punish the President’s perceived enemies. The agency must start taking its responsibility to respect freedom of the press and freedom of expression seriously. nytimes.com/2026/04/28/busin…
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Fact check: “86” does not mean to kill. I worked in restaurants and we used it to mean “cancel order.” Merriam Webster: ‘Eighty-six is slang meaning "to throw out," "to get rid of," or "to refuse service to." It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang…” x.com/thejusticedept/status/….

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.@FBIDirectorKash full remarks in today’s press conference on the indictment of former Director James Comey for threatening President Trump.
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Fact check: “86” does not mean to kill. I worked in restaurants and we routinely used it to mean “cancel that order.” Merriam Webster’s definition: “Eighty-six is slang meaning "to throw out," "to get rid of," or "to refuse service to." It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang …
🚨TODAY: Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey for Threats to Harm President Trump “Threatening the life of the President of the United States is a grave violation of our nation’s laws,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “The grand jury returned an indictment alleging James Comey did just that, at a time when this country has witnessed violent incitement followed by deadly actions against President Trump and other elected officials. The temperature needs to be turned down, and anyone who dials it up and threatens the life of the President will be held accountable.” Read more: justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-g…
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BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be fired from the Trump administration, a WH official tells POLITICO.
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Hi from the @united lounge @Dulles, homebound after 12 days in DC covering the Iran war and the one-day negotiation to end it. Soundtrack: Morrissey, The Last of the Famous International Playboys “In my lifetime those who kill/The news world hounds them to stardom” (not untrue!)
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