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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 11h

This year—for the first time since the bombing in Santa Ana—the ADC opened a Southern California office in Anaheim’s Little Arabia district.

It’s a small measure of resilience in the face of 40 years without justice.
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Decades after bomb attack, Arab American advocacy group opens new Anaheim office

Nearly 40 years after an act of domestic terrorism shattered the Santa Ana office of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee killing Alex Odeh, the civil rights organization is opening a new o...

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 11h

Last year, Manning was released on parole after a decision denying him such was reversed.

The ADC, Odeh’s organization, called it a “gut punch.”
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Ex-Jewish Defense League bomber's parole a 'gut punch' for Palestinian Americans

Robert Manning, sentenced to life in the mail-bomb murder of a Manhattan Beach secretary, has been granted parole. Manning remains a person of interest in a 1985 Santa Ana bombing that killed Palestin...

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 11h

A third JDL member—Andy Green—was discussed at an FBI meeting on the case that Mooney attended in LA.

My reporting prompted Sen. Durbin to request an update on the case from then-FBI Director Christopher Wray in late 2021.
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Senator calls for FBI update on unsolved assassination of O.C. activist Alex Odeh

Recent reporting about the 1985 bombing in Santa Ana that killed the Palestinian American activist has prompted a Democratic senator to demand an update.

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 11h

In 2021, I reported that Hugh Mooney, a former Santa Ana policeman responded to the scene of the bombing. Per his recollection, two names were mentioned by Joint Terrorism Task Force members: Bob Manning and Keith Fuchs of the Jewish Defense League.
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Amid new revelations, Alex Odeh’s assassination remains unsolved

A retired Santa Ana police lieutenant speaks publicly for the first time about being on the scene of '85 bombing and the investigation that followed.

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 12h

On Oct. 11, 1985, an office bombing claimed the life of Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American activist in Orange County.

Forty years later, the case remains unsolved. 🧵

My latest with Suhauna Hussain.
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A Palestinian American activist was killed in Santa Ana 40 years ago. The case remains unsolved

Alex Odeh looms large in Orange County's consciousness, decades after he was killed at the age of 41.

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 1d

Practical lesson from Mark Bray’s doxxing: if you’re in a position to buy property—like a home—do so with a trust that keeps your anonymity intact.

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

The time is always right for fair pay and working conditions!

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 3d

So let’s have management come back with a real pay proposal and job protections. That way my colleagues can carry on with the vital work to be done!

Shelley Jacobs @shelleya.bsky.social · 3d

The timing seems off when people need to know what's going on in LA and environs due to federal government attacks.

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 3d

My union—the LA Times Guild—has authorized a strike with the support of 85% of our membership.

This comes after years of brutal layoffs and no cost-of-living raises since 2021.

Next up: we bargain. But if we have to strike, we will 🪧
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LA Times union votes to authorize strike for first time ever

The L.A. Times Guild has been negotiating over their contract with management for three years.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 6d

Definitely flagging this story to see how the investigation unfolds…
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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 8d

Capital & Main calls Disney’s $233-million wage theft settlement “a strength in numbers success story.”

On the political side, Anaheim’s electorate had also been so allergic to anything tied to unions until passing the wage law central to the case.
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When Workers Unite, Even Disney Has to Listen

A six-year legal battle ends with a massive payout — and a reminder of what unions can achieve.

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 11d

SOMEBODY SIGN RUSSELL WESTBROOK!

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 11d

Santa Ana Zoo’s “50 monkey quota” is in the dustbin of local history.

Free from its constraints, the zoo recently regained accreditation.
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Santa Ana Zoo regains accreditation as new monkey habitats near completion

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums granted accreditation to the Santa Ana Zoo for the first time since it lost the status in 2017. The renewal comes amid major construction to overhaul the zoo and ...

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Anthony Pignataro @apignataro.bsky.social · 12d

Great story by @gsanroman2.bsky.social on the employees at the Downtown Disney Lego store are organizing. www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...

Downtown Disney Lego store workers publicly announce a union campaign

Brick specialists, as Lego store employees are known, presented management with a petition to unionize during a workplace action. If successful, the Downtown Disney flagship store would be the first r...

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 13d

Federal prosecutors and defendant Todd Ament, who formerly headed the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, are both arguing to drop a cannabis-related wire fraud charge he pleaded guilty to in 2022.

The plea deal came amid an OC political corruption probe.

What changed?
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Prosecutors push to drop wire fraud charge against ex-Anaheim Chamber CEO

Filings by the U.S. Attorney's office and attorneys for Todd Ament seek to scrub a cannabis-related wire fraud charge he pleaded guilty to in 2022 as part of an FBI investigation into political corrup...

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Forbes @forbes.com · 17d

One economist noted a revision to economic growth—nearly 1% above initial reports—was “outside the norm.”

U.S. Economy Stronger Than Reported Through Second Quarter As Spending Rose

One economist noted a revision to economic growth—nearly 1% above initial reports—was “outside the norm.”

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 16d

The ICE/Border Patrol raid of the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet led to two people being arrested and anger over how it happened.

The swap meet, a hub of SoCal Latino life, has struggled ever since.
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What social media got wrong about the ICE raids of the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet

Social media posts suggested that "dozens" of people were detained during the ICE raid on the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet and that swap meet officials cooperated with ICE. Interviews with swap meet off...

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 16d

BET with the news. www.bet.com/article/w1gd...

Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Army Member and Political Exile, Dies at 78

Convicted in the 1973 killing of a New Jersey state trooper, she escaped prison and spent decades in exile. To U.S. officials she was a wanted terrorist; to supporters, a symbol of resistance.

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 16d

Assata Shakur’s family has confirmed that she died at 78 yesterday afternoon.

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 24d

An OC judge this week signed off on a massive $233-million settlement in a wage theft case against Disney.

Some Disney workers are reportedly going to receive as much as $10,000 in back pay with interest.
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O.C. judge approves $233-million settlement agreement between Disney and workers alleging wage theft

Orange County Superior Court Judge William Claster signed off on the settlement that attorneys for Disney workers hail as the largest of its kind in state history. It also ranks nationally among the h...

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 24d

They really got Celebrity Family Feud slotted where Jimmy Kimmel Live was.

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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 26d

🔴 EN DIRECTO | El primer Grito de Independencia de Claudia Sheinbaum como presidenta de México

Una mujer encabeza esta ceremonia por primera vez en los 215 años de historia del país social.elpais.com/pzulw16

En vivo | El primer Grito de Independencia de Claudia Sheinbaum como presidenta de México | Vídeo

Una mujer encabeza esta ceremonia por primera vez en los 215 años de historia del país

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27d

WHAT THE HELL

Karen,
I am writing to inform you that The Post is terminating your employment effective
immediately for gross misconduct. Your public comments on social media regarding the
death of Charlie Kirk violate The Post’s social media policies, harm the integrity of our
organization, and potentially endanger the physical safety of our staff.
Among other requirements, the Company-wide social media policy mandates that all
employee social media postings be respectful and prohibits postings that disparage people
based on their race, gender or other protected characteristics. The policy also reminds
employees that everything they post is a reflection on the Company and should not affect
the integrity of The Post’s journalism. Your postings on Bluesky (which clearly identifies you
as a Post Columnist) about white men in response to the killing of Charlie Kirk do not
comply with our policy. For example, you posted: “Refusing to tear my clothes and smear
ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is….
not the same as violence” and “Part of what keeps America so violent is the insistence that
people perform care, empty goodness and absolution for white men who espouse hatred
and violence.”
In addition, just last year, Opinions leadership asked everyone in the Opinions Department
to review the newsroom social media guidelines, attached those guidelines to an email to
the Department for review, and reiterated in that email the “bedrock principle that our use
of social media must never harm the journalistic integrity or reputation of The Post”.
The poor judgment exhibited by your public comments regarding Charlie Kirk arise against
the backdrop of documented performance concerns, which have been raised with you.
Given these concerns, and in light of your recent unacceptable Bluesky posts, we cannot
tolerate the risk your performance poses to The Post

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 27d

OC Weekly first hit newsstands in Orange County 30 years ago today. I never thought I would have the duties of ending its 24-year legendary run with a final cover story on Nov. 27, 2019.

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