by jpitney | Oct 1, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government, Los Angeles
Liam Dillon, Ben Poston, Doug Smith and Jessica Garrison at the Los Angeles Times: More homes have been lost to wildfire in the last eight years than in any other period in California history. The five most destructive from 2017 to 2020 burned down 22,500 houses. Just...
by jpitney | Sep 28, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government, Los Angeles
Michelle Ma and John Gittelsohn at LA Daily News: Of the thousands of residents needing to rebuild after this year’s California wildfires, Andy Weyman would seem especially well positioned. The TV and stage director had remodeled his Malibu home just five years...
by jpitney | Sep 26, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government
Terry Castleman, Rebecca Ellis and Grace Toohey at LAT: Poor communication, understaffing, a lack of adequate planning and chaotic conditions contributed to a failure to issue timely evacuation orders to parts of Altadena as the deadly Eaton fire raced through the...
by jpitney | Sep 25, 2025 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Local Government
Suhauna Hussain at LAT: A local television station based in Salinas abruptly shut down its news operations on Tuesday after 56 years on the air. KION-TV, which serves Monterey, Salinas and Santa Cruz regions on California’s Central Coast, announced on its website that...
by jpitney | Sep 17, 2025 | Colorado, Local Government, Public Service
CMC alum Merrill “Skipp” Stilwell is running for city council in Littleton, CO:
by jpitney | Sep 9, 2025 | Elections, Local Government, Public Service
Merrill “Skipp” Stilwell `09 is running for city council in Littleton, CO: Mailers This is a 90s innovation that keeps on ticking and eats up most of my campaign donations. This is still expensive but effective & reaches the people we need. We can...
