Shelby Grad

@shelbygrad

Deputy Managing Editor at @latimes.

🌴Los Angeles💥

Joined May 2008

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 23

Trump's top federal prosecutor in L.A. struggles to secure indictments in protest cases latimes.com/california/sto…

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 22

The man behind the LA ice raids theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

shelbygrad's tweet card. Gregory Bovino has taken his aggressive tactics and propaganda videos from the southern border to the streets of California.

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 20

Only issue I had with my appearance is that my shirt covered up my cinto piteado!

EElex Michaelson@Elex_Michaelson · Jul 20

"I'm seeing Latino Trump supporters being disgusted by the raids." @GustavoArellano of @latimes says the Pres. is going too far. "They didn't sign up for the father of 3 marines to be caught...they want MS-13 members caught...they don't want people who have been here 30 years…

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Kevin Rector@kevrector · Jul 20

6 months into Trump’s 2nd term, his predilection for picking on California has never been on fuller display, turning the state broadly and Los Angeles specifically into key battlegrounds for his right-wing agenda. My @latimes look at the stunning stretch: latimes.com/politics/story…

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 18

“We ignored that cough, that speck in the X-ray. And now, we have cancer.” ⁦@GustavoArellano⁩ On the birth of the deportation movement in LA latimes.com/california/sto…

shelbygrad's tweet card. Spencer is the person most responsible for mainstreaming the lie of Reconquista, the wacko idea that Mexicans came to the U.S. not for economic reasons but because of a plot concocted by the Mexican...

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 15

Trump officials to send home half of the 4,000 National Guard troops in L.A. latimes.com/california/sto…

shelbygrad's tweet card. The Pentagon on Tuesday announced that 2,000 National Guard troops will be sent home after an unprecedented deployment in the Los Angeles area.

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 12

A businessman who once sought to thwart Trump has become a fan - Los Angeles Times latimes.com/politics/story…

shelbygrad's tweet card. Roger Hutson said he's no MAGA acolyte. But Trump's delivery on promises on immigration, Iran and other issues have put the Denver oil and gas executive squarely behind the president.

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 12

U.S. Attorney’s Office Quietly Drops Case Against American Citizen Arrested In Montebello lataco.com/javier-ramirez…

shelbygrad's tweet card. When the agent questioned U.S.-born Javier Ramirez about his citizenship, the feds claimed that Ramirez refused to talk to them, despite video footage showing that Ramirez repeatedly told agents he...

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 12

LA activists patrol Home Depots, parks using a volunteer network to warn of immigration raids – Daily News dailynews.com/2025/07/12/la-…

shelbygrad's tweet card. Community organizers across Los Angeles remain active in their fight to protect undocumented community members.

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 12

: Six months after the fires: 'We have lost a lot. We never lost each other.' latimes.com/california/sto…

shelbygrad's tweet card. Will Altadena and the Palisades bear at least some resemblance to what they were? Fire refugees live in a zone between hope and despair

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Brittny Mejia@brittny_mejia · Jul 12

Federal judge’s ruling is in, she’s temporarily halting alleged indiscriminate immigration stops latimes.com/california/sto…

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 10

L.A. County's charter reform accidentally repealed anti-incarceration ballot measure latimes.com/california/sto…

shelbygrad's tweet card. Eight months after Measure G passed, some in the county are just now realizing they unwittingly committed an administrative screwup for the ages.

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 10

Diocese of San Bernardino issues dispensation saying Catholics who fear ICE don't have to attend Mass | LAist npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-…

shelbygrad's tweet card. The diocese is the first in the U.S. to issue a special dispensation because of fears over immigration detentions.

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 10

L.A. vowed to remove 9,800 encampments. But are homeless people getting housed? latimes.com/california/sto…

shelbygrad's tweet card. Faced with a June 2026 deadline, city officials have been counting tents that are tossed during cleanups, even when the occupants did not get housing.

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 10

How @LATACO took on the mission of alerting people to LA ICE raids in real time tpr.org/2025-07-08/l-a…

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 6

Being a shrink in LA for immigrants at a time of ICE@ raids newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

shelbygrad's tweet card. Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 6

Will LA finally have its own king? politico.com/news/2025/06/0…

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad · Jul 6

The art of ice raids laist.com/news/los-angel…

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