Noah Haggerty
@nohaggerty
@latimes science & environment journalist, retired rookie physicist • 2024 @aaasmassmedia fellow • formerly @nuscimag @ORNL @d3dfusion
so the la city council put some old council meetings on youtube and I went to a random one for the year 2000 and immediately saw this...
Following the 2018 Camp fire, California required cities to analyze whether they could quickly and safely evacuate their residents. L.A. never complied. My latest for @latimes: latimes.com/environment/st…
Months after the Jan. 7 fires, L.A.'s evacuation plans remain untested latimes.com/environment/st…
Six months after fire at one of world’s largest lithium-ion battery plants in rural Monterey County, batteries haven’t been removed. Parts of building are too dangerous to access & might reignite. Cleanup will take over a year when it begins latimes.com/california/sto… by me @latimes
NEW from @WSJ, currently facing lawsuit from Trump: Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files wsj.com/politics/justi…
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has detected the merger of the most massive black holes ever observed with gravitational waves using the US National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded LIGO observatories. caltech.edu/about/news/lig…
The Tesla Diner is officially open 'from now until forever.' What we learned on Day 1 latimes.com/food/story/202…
L.A. Times owner intends to take newspaper public in coming year latimes.com/california/sto…
Last night’s sunset lighting up the smoke from the Dragon Bravo fire at the Grand Canyon While fire crews work tirelessly along the North Rim to contain the blaze, life is continuing pretty much as usual for tourists along the (more popular) South Rim
A plan to shoot 450,000 owls — to save a different owl — could be in jeopardy latimes.com/environment/st…
Feds prep for reopening of Alcatraz prison. Critics call it the 'stupidest initiative yet' latimes.com/california/sto…
When I was an architect we added them to two homes in Laguna Beach and both homes survived the wildfires that hit. They 100% work.
California’s state fire department just released a cool new dataset 👀 How long does it take a forest to recover after a fire? See for yourself: experience.arcgis.com/experience/aff…
A new private firefighting tech company aims to utilize an untapped resource during major fires: residential pools. But one major question is still unanswered ... Does the tech work? My latest for @latimes! latimes.com/environment/st…
Will personal firefighting devices help or hurt in future wildfires? latimes.com/environment/st…
At least four firefighters injured while battling Northern California wildfires amid extreme heat and dry, steep, forested terrain latimes.com/california/sto… by me for @latimes
It’s a very good day for Mayor Karen Bass, with new homelessness numbers showing the # of people living on LA’s streets is down for the second consecutive year. latimes.com/california/sto…