@susrust

Reporter @latimes

 California, USA
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Joined January 2010
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Ian James@ByIanJamesOct 16
BREAKING: Arizona has joined a lawsuit by Nevada over the Trump administration's plan to impose major water cutbacks. Top official Tom Buschatzke says the cuts in the state's Colorado River water allotment “would devastate Arizona’s economy.” latimes.com/environment/stor… @latimes

Arizona escalates water war, intervening in lawsuit over federal Colorado River cuts

Arizona has joined in Nevada in suing to challenge the Trump administration's plan for water cutbacks along the Colorado River.

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Rick Berke
@rickberkeOct 13
We are devastated STAT over the loss of our beloved colleague @HelenBranswell statnews.com/2026/10/13/hele…

Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69

Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.

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Ben Adler@adlerbenSep 10
Deeply sad to see the @sacbee_news layoffs. These cuts don't just affect the talented, mission-driven journalists who lost their jobs today through no fault of their own. They harm our entire community.
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Michael Pollan
@michaelpollanSep 11
What Are We Doing to Our World of Wonder? nytimes.com/2026/09/11/opini… via @NYTOpinion

Opinion | What Are We Doing to Our World of Wonder?

What if 50 years from now, having destroyed the habitat for the creatures around us, we are plagued by an inconsolable loneliness?

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Ian James@ByIanJamesSep 9
The Trump administration is denouncing California’s plan for managing the pumping of water from the state's largest rivers, arguing it would jeopardize water for farms. The Central Valley's biggest agricultural water agency is also objecting to the plan. latimes.com/environment/stor…

Trump administration tells California its key water plan is 'unworkable'

The Trump administration and Westlands Water District are objecting to California's water plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

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Edgar McGregor@edgarrmcgregorSep 8
Where did this thing spawn from?? Southern Claifornia has achieved monsoon flow state. We just have huge thunderstorm complexes spawning out of nowhere. Not a single forecast model saw this coming. All the EPS members were dry. Wow. I have no words. Everyone missed this.
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Raina MacIntyre
@GlobalbiosecAug 4
Bird flu puts one in five Australian bird & mammal species at risk "“..the sheer scale of disaster, even the pelican & ibis are at very high risk, all but one species of penguin is at high risk. Even the cassowary. It is hard to grasp the scale of this tragedy...This will hit all over the continent.” #H5N1 smh.com.au/environment/conse…

‘List of doom’: Bird flu puts one in five Australian bird and mammal species at risk

Bird flu could decimate everything from pelicans and ibises to penguins and quolls, a horrifying risk analysis shows.

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Raina MacIntyre
@GlobalbiosecJul 23
First suspected positive case of #H5N1 bird flu detected in #Queensland abc.net.au/news/2026-07-24/b…

First suspected positive case of H5 bird flu detected in Queensland

It's the first wild, migratory seabird in Queensland to return a suspect positive case for H5 bird flu.

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Ian James@ByIanJamesJul 21
Lake Mead and Lake Powell have fallen to their lowest combined levels on record, a grim milestone in the Colorado River's deepening crisis latimes.com/environment/stor…

'A five-alarm fire': Western reservoirs that supply California fall to record low levels

The Colorado River's largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, have declined to the lowest combined levels on record. Researchers say this underscores the urgent need to cut water use.

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Ian James@ByIanJamesJul 16
The state program that helps bring solutions for Californians with contaminated drinking water is facing a major drop in funding. In this week’s Boiling Point newsletter, I wrote about the “fiscal cliff” and what it could mean. latimes.com/environment/news…

‘Fiscal cliff’ for drinking water fixes: Californians with bad tap water could have a longer wait

Californians with contaminated water may have to wait longer for fixes as the state's drinking water program faces a plunge.

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Reuters
@ReutersJul 5
Australia's New South Wales confirms H5N1 bird flu case, third state reut.rs/4p0VW2u reut.rs/4p0VW2u

Australia's New South Wales confirms H5N1 bird flu case, third state

New South Wales became Australia's third state to confirm a case of H5N1 bird flu after authorities said a migratory seabird ​found near a coastal town returned a positive result for ‌the highly...

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Drew Tuma@DrewTumaABC7Mar 13
San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose have NEVER seen a 90° day in the month of March. Next week we could have several days of 90°+. This will be an unprecedented March heat wave beginning Monday. For context, temperature records in SF go back to 1874.
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Anita Chabria@anitachabriaMar 12
Commentary: China-backed Big Pork wants to override 63% of California voters. Even conservatives are mad latimes.com/politics/newslet…

Commentary: China-backed Big Pork wants to override 63% of California voters. Even conservatives...

Corporate pork companies that run mega-farms where sows are often confined to tiny cages are going after a California law that bans sale of their meat in the Golden State.

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Ryan Grim
@ryangrimJan 24
Drop Site obtained harrowing footage of the latest killing which appears to be from the perspective of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk
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Ian James@ByIanJamesJan 13
For years, the water table has been dropping beneath thousands of acres of Arizona farmland where a Saudi dairy company has been allowed to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to grow hay. Now, the state is finally imposing limits. latimes.com/environment/stor… @KaylaBartkowski

Arizona draws a line on groundwater use after letting Saudi-owned company pump freely for years

Arizona's governor says the state will start limiting groundwater pumping in an area where a Saudi farm grows hay and aquifer levels are dropping.

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Ian James@ByIanJames24 Dec 2025
Prominent California farmer Michael Abatti has been arrested in the Imperial Valley on suspicion of murdering his estranged wife, who was found dead in November in Arizona. @susrust @latimes latimes.com/california/story…

Powerful Imperial Valley farmer arrested on suspicion of killing his estranged wife in Arizona

Imperial County farmer Mike Abatti was arrested on suspicion of murder in the death of his estranged wife, Kerri Abatti.

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Sammy Roth@Sammy_Roth14 Nov 2025
Biggest climate news nobody's talking about: California is "rethinking" its 2035 electric vehicle mandate. Right while Gavin Newsom saunters around Brazil telling the world to follow CA's lead on climate. Details in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/…

So much for Gavin Newsom's electric vehicle mandate

California's leading the world on climate. So where's California going?

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Read what prompted this quote from an infectious disease expert: “It’s like today is ‘opposite day’ and we’re all in some Dr. Seuss story where nothing is what it seems.” latimes.com/politics/story/2…

California pushes back on Trump's CDC with West Coast Health Alliance

The governors of California, Oregon and Washington announced the creation of the West Coast Health Alliance to keep their states’ health policies unified and grounded in science.

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I talked to @susrust @latimes about the @USDA compensation program for dairies with H5N1-infected herds. There has never been enough of an investment in containment. Compensation without support to change practices will not end the outbreak of moo flu. latimes.com/science/story/20…

California dairy farmers got millions to cover bird flu losses. Critics say that's part of the...

Dairies say the USDA relief money helped them sustain operations as bird flu decimated milk production, but critics say the aid perpetuates industrial farming practices that make herds vulnerable to...

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Shelby Grad@shelbygrad5 Jul 2025
I wrote about the profound experience of watching hundreds of videos of ICE raid on Instagram and TicTok. They made me see L.A. so much differently in ways even this veteran of life-changing news never expected. latimes.com/california/newsl…
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