Julia Wick

Julia Wick

@sherlyholmes.bsky.social

Journalist in LA, cofounder of @lamaterial.bsky.social Mainly poetry, politics and local news on here

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If you read one school board story about our current moment…. It should be this one

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I wrote about a vicious school board battle in Beverly Hills lamaterial.com/p/beverly-hi...

lamaterial.comThe Vicious School Board Race That Became a Battle for the Soul of Beverly HillsAccusations of woke agendas, a MAGA takeover, doxxing, dueling attempted restraining orders and lawn-sign heists are taking center stage in the famously affluent city.
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BREAKING: President Trump has repeatedly claimed that Democrats are cheating by allowing noncitizens to vote. But the poster child of Monday’s voter fraud sweep — who the DOJ alleges was illegally registered to vote in L.A. — is a registered Republican lamaterial.com/p/voter-frau...

lamaterial.comPoster Child of L.A. Voter Fraud Bust Is Registered RepublicanFeds arrested more registered Republicans than Democrats in Monday’s voter fraud sweep in L.A., according to an L.A. Material review of voting records.

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From synagogue WhatsApp groups to sprawling family text chains, a growing number of non-professionals are guiding their friends and family through California’s particular brand of voting hell. Read @sherlyholmes.bsky.social’ full story: buff.ly/Lb0NwRE

buff.lyHow All Your Friends Became Voting MicroinfluencersFrom synagogue WhatsApp groups to sprawling family text chains, a growing number of non-professionals are guiding their friends and family through California’s particular brand of voting hell.

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SCOOP: On the same day President Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was denouncing reckless drivers on L.A. streets, she was due to complete traffic school for one of multiple distracted-driving infractions. Read Tomo Chien and @matt-hamilton87.bsky.social’s full story: buff.ly/W0pEHYF

buff.lyNew White House Press Secretary is SoCal Traffic ScofflawKatie Zacharia has been cited three times in L.A. and Ventura counties since 2023 — twice for driving on her phone.
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A WILD story from @matt-hamilton87.bsky.social lamaterial.com/p/la-manager... For the last two years, the union that represents senior managers at LA City Hall has been filing paperwork signed by a dead man. And that’s not the half of it!

lamaterial.comInside the Turmoil at LAPMA: A Dead Treasurer, Unreported Contributions, and a $3.7M Dues WarLAPMA, one of L.A.’s powerful public-sector unions, has a dead man signing its political paperwork, and SEIU Local 721 is accusing it of financial mismanagement, including $3.7 million in unpaid dues.

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Can Congress save Hollywood? Rep. Laura Friedman is pushing a bipartisan tax credit to bring film and TV jobs back to the U.S. This week, she joined us on L.A. World to discuss whether the bill could actually bring production back to L.A. Listen now: buff.ly/jS723D0

buff.lyCan Congress save Hollywood?With 26 days until the mayoral election, Matt Hamilton is back for another installment of Campaign Supernova. We break down the latest candidate forums, the L.A. Times/UC Berkeley poll that has…
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Also I have one (1) hat to giveaway. This is not an official giveaway, just my personal hat that I took out of the box and will give away without permission. To be eligible to receive it, make a post telling your friends to sign up for our daily newsletter and send it to me here. Best post wins

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How do you prepare for a special election that may not actually come to pass? If Nithya Raman wins the mayoral election, she’d leave an open council seat, and the behind-the-scenes jockeying to fill it has already begun. Read @sherlyholmes.bsky.social’ full story: buff.ly/61i5PPC

buff.lyInside the Shadow Primary to Replace Nithya RamanIf the CD 4 council member becomes mayor, she’d leave an open council seat. In one of L.A.’s toniest districts, the behind-the-scenes jockeying to fill it has begun.
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New from me: The UCLA leader in charge of the school's reputation is waging a legal battle against her employer to stop them from releasing a report she says would cause her “irreparable reputational harm.” lamaterial.com/p/ucla-mary-...

lamaterial.comWhy Is the UCLA Leader In Charge of the School's Reputation Suing the UC Regents?The redacted legal filing centers on a report prepared by an outside law firm that specializes in workplace investigations.
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Good intentions gone awry, internal missteps and artists left scrambling: Here’s the inside story on what went wrong with the massively ambitious LA Jazz Festival, which was canceled the day it was supposed to kick off. lamaterial.com/p/la-jazz-fe...

lamaterial.comInside the Collapse of the LA Jazz FestivalThe festival promised John Legend, Janelle Monáe and more than a 100 events across L.A. Instead, it was canceled on the day it was supposed to begin.
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Here’s our exclusive story, including the first interview with organizer Martin Ludlow since the cancelation, and dozens of other conversations with insiders. Extremely grateful to everyone who took the time to speak with me while they were dealing with so much. lamaterial.com/p/la-jazz-fe...

lamaterial.comInside the Collapse of the LA Jazz FestivalThe festival promised John Legend, Janelle Monáe and more than a 100 events across L.A. Instead, it was canceled on the day it was supposed to begin.

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EXCLUSIVE: LA Jazz Festival was billed as a major cultural event, with John Legend, Janelle Monae, and hundreds of artists. Then it was canceled on the day it was supposed to begin. @sherlyholmes.bsky.social with never-before-reported details inside the fall: lamaterial.com/p/la-jazz-fe...

buff.lyInside the Collapse of the LA Jazz FestivalThe festival promised John Legend, Janelle Monáe and more than a 100 events across L.A. Instead, it was canceled on the day it was supposed to begin.
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L.A. County’s first elected CEO will have more constituents than the vast majority of US governors. 2028 is a long way off, but obsessive L.A. politicos are already following the sharp-elbowed shadow race for a seat that’s essentially the mayor of Southern California lamaterial.com/p/la-county-...

lamaterial.comWho’s Running for L.A. County CEO in 2028?The race for Los Angeles County’s first elected CEO is already stirring, with Lindsey Horvath, Eric Garcetti and others potentially in the mix.

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Who will rule L.A. County? Voters will choose their first elected CEO in 2028. No one has officially launched a campaign for county CEO yet, but the race is heating up. L.A. Material’s @sherlyholmes.bsky.social gets the exclusive from rumored candidates: lamaterial.com/p/la-county-...

lamaterial.comWho’s Running for L.A. County CEO in 2028?The race for Los Angeles County’s first elected CEO is already stirring, with Lindsey Horvath, Eric Garcetti and others potentially in the mix.
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This comes as residents in the overwhelming Latino, working-class neighboring communities near the warehouse are still contending with overpowering odors from the millions of pounds of rotting food still being removed from the site. lamaterial.com/p/permit-lin...

lamaterial.comPermit Filed to Rebuild Lineage’s Boyle Heights WarehouseThe application was submitted six weeks after the fire, as residents continue to endure foul odors, vermin and disruption from rotting food at the site.

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This newsletter is terrific for answering questions you probably have if you live in LA (like the story below). Really recommend subscribing—it’s a quick and fun read every morning!

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On almost any given day, the center median of Larchmont Boulevard is packed with cars parked in flagrant violation of the California Vehicle Code. L.A. Material’s Tomo Chien reports from the scene on what has become a daily "Carmageddon." Read more: lamaterial.com/p/larchmont-...

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Robb was removed from the press office’s private WhatsApp groups on June 27, a little over a week after he began doing work for Lineage on June 19. He is no longer doing volunteer advising for the mayor.

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Lindsey Graham has passed away after a brief illness, his office told me tonight. The longtime senator and staunch Trump ally had just returned from Ukraine. Will have more in a story soon.

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Former L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey goes long in her reviews. She had a very terrible experience getting her cracked iPhone 5s repaired at a Northridge Office Depot in 2017 (212 words) And also penned more than 400 glowing words about a window replacement company.

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Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez prizes authenticity in his restaurant cuisine, be it Thai, Chinese or Mexican food. He also had a great time at an Eagles concert at the newly-renovated Kia Forum in 2014.