Ruben Vives

@LATvives

Reporter for the Los Angeles Times. In search of good stories in Los Angeles County and beyond. On Signal. 🇬🇹

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · Jul 11

I just want to take a moment to thank all of our readers for their continued support of our journalism. If you subscribe to another publication that's okay, I thank you for supporting journalism in general.

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James Queally@JamesQueallyLAT · 16 h

3 U.S. Marine brothers faced toughest mission: Getting their dad freed from ICE custody -- Good one from @tarantulaarms today latimes.com/california/sto…

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · 13 h

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer and reality star known as Prince of Darkness, has died latimes.com/entertainment-…

LATvives's tweet card. Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer for Black Sabbath, has died at 76, his family announced Tuesday.

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · 17 h

He was ‘trying to stay alive.’ Family memorializes man who died in Camarillo immigration raid ✍️ ⁦@MelissaGomez004⁩ 📸⁦ @JasonArmond⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

LATvives's tweet card. Jaime Alanís Garcia, 56, was fatally injured when he climbed atop a greenhouse and accidentally fell 30 feet while fleeing immigration agents at Glass House, his family said.

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · 18 h

“I was shocked at what was happening to me,” Diaz said through an American Sign Language interpreter. “I’m Mexican, I know you can tell I’m Mexican, but I don’t know what you’re catching me for. I was scared…” ✍️@brittny_mejia⁩ 📸 @therealchouse⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

LATvives's tweet card. Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and mute, was swept up in a federal immigration raid at his job in Temple City, unable to communicate in handcuffs. His attorney says U.S. agents "don’t care whether...

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · Jul 21

"Degrading treatment by guards is commonplace in all three jails, the groups say. At the Krome North service processing center in west Miami, female detainees were made to use toilets in full view of men being held there..." theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

LATvives's tweet card. Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · Jul 21

Overlooked No More: Polina Gelman: Fearless ‘Night Witch’ Who Haunted Nazi Troops nytimes.com/2025/07/19/obi…

LATvives's tweet card. She was a navigator with an all-female unit of Soviet aviators who attacked German troops at night, whooshing in wooden planes like witches on broomsticks.

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The New York Times@nytimes · Jul 20

Breaking News: Israeli troops killed more than 60 Palestinians after crowds gathered near a border crossing where aid trucks enter, Gaza officials said. nyti.ms/3GRuuTp

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · Jul 20

“the mean-spirited posts and gleeful deportation jokes are part of a deliberate trolling campaign by the Trump administration.” ✍️ ⁦@haileybranson⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

LATvives's tweet card. 'Trump administration's official social media accounts aim to provoke amid immigration raids

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · Jul 19

Giant pandas, tiger attacks and the ugly fight to control the San Francisco Zoo ✍️ @sic_sonja latimes.com/california/sto…

LATvives's tweet card. The San Francisco Zoo, a beloved but crumbling seaside Art Deco treasure, is in trouble and facing controversies that could imperil the planned arrival of two giant pandas from China.

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The Wall Street Journal@WSJ · Jul 18

It was Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion. She turned to Epstein’s family and friends. One of them was Donald Trump. Maxwell collected letters from Trump and dozens of Epstein’s other associates for a 2003…

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Los Angeles Times@latimes · Jul 14

ICE arrested her selling tamales at Lowes. Then she suffered a heart attack. 'I told them: I can't breathe' latimes.com/california/sto…

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Abubaker Abed@AbubakerAbedW · Jul 13

The @BBC commissions journalists in Gaza and doesn’t pay them, new report reveals. Not only that, but it also deliberately anonymises their work to undermine their credibility and stray away from the pressure.

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Los Angeles Times@latimes · Jul 11

An overwhelming majority of California voters think American democracy is under attack or being tested, according to a new poll by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies. latimes.com/california/sto…

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · Jul 11

"We still need good attorneys at ICE. There are drug traffickers and national-security threats and human-rights violators in our country who need to be dealt with. But we are now focusing on numbers over all else," Boyd told the outlet." newsweek.com/ice-employee-q…

LATvives's tweet card. Adam Boyd, a 33-year-old attorney, quit the legal department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month, The Atlantic reported.

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · Jul 11

What a story: Internal DOJ messages bolster claim that Trump judicial nominee spoke of defying court orders politi.co/4kqTI8N via @politico

LATvives's tweet card. Emil Bove, a top DOJ official who has been nominated to be an appellate judge, is the subject of whistleblower allegations.

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · Jul 11

Federal immigration agents carry out sweep at Ventura County cannabis farm @latimes staff latimes.com/california/sto…

LATvives's tweet card. Protesters blocked the roads in and out of one of the farms, and at one point federal agents drove their vehicles through the fields.

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · Jul 11

Federal judge's tentative ruling suggests she will order halt to indiscriminate immigration stops @brittny_mejia @racheluranga latimes.com/california/sto…

LATvives's tweet card. A U.S. District judge shared tentative ruling that suggests she plans to order federal agents to stop questioning and arresting people without reasonable cause that they have violated immigration...

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Carlos González Gtez@carlos_glezgtez · Jul 10

This piece by @LATvives @latimes reminds us how deeply immigration decisions and policies have lasting effects in our communities. Fear is devastating for families, businesses, and society as a whole. latimes.com/california/sto…

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · Jul 9

Stephen Miller finally gets his revenge on L.A. ✍️ ⁦@sherlyholmes⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

LATvives's tweet card. In the long shadow of his policies, renewed attention is being paid to Miller’s upbringing in the famously liberal enclave once dubbed "the People’s Republic of Santa Monica."

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