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...
by jpitney | Jul 11, 2025 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Newspapers
From Muck Rack: In 2000, many Americans lived in a community with journalists — people whose job it was to cover school board decisions, announce small business openings and closures, root out corruption at city hall, warn commuters about road work and trumpet the...
