Good morning, it’s Monday, October 26. The weather will be achingly nice today, with highs in the low 80s.
1. Beverly Hills is tearing itself apart over a school board race.
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During my career as a journalist, I’ve covered murders, vaccine scams, wildfires, government malfeasance and too many acts of political subterfuge to count. I’ve sweet-talked someone into giving me the info I sought while in the parking lot of a rural sheriff’s station, had documents slipped to me in hotel lobbies and been secretly BCCed on important government emails.
But it wasn’t until late one night last week, sitting at my kitchen table, when I encountered a source who insisted on using voice-disguising software to speak with me.
“Sorry, I hope the voice modulator isn’t too distracting. The cloak-and-dagger thing is a little new to me,” the person explained over an audio-only Zoom call, sounding only slightly robotic.
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