An update on Phoebe

...cat, Phoebe, is doing. Because we know so many people care–and at risk of making this a maudlin sick pet blog–we wanted to let you know she’s in the hospital tonight (Monday night) and will probably be there most of tomorrow. She started having trouble breathing today, and needs to spend some time in a box full of oxygen, while her genius veterinarian, Dr. Zimmerman, does some tests and re-jiggers her treatment program. Phoebe is in heart failure...

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LA on Fire

...eet I never imagined would ever be threatened by a wildfire. I hope that their home and many others will be spared and, when this is over, that we can all join together to work on making our city more resilient. Most of that effort, I’m afraid, will come down to the dirty and un-fun work of grass roots politics....

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