Wallis Annenberg Legacy, Rising Global Pressure, Alligator Alcatraz Lawsuit, SNAP Data Fight, Stater Bros Strike, & Tea App Breach

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🗓️ 29 July 2025

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Summary

Wallis Annenberg, whose decades of giving transformed Los Angeles’ cultural and civic life, has died at 86, leaving behind a profound legacy across education, healthcare, and the arts. Meanwhile, President Trump escalates pressure on Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, cutting a 50-day peace deadline to less than two weeks after renewed Russian attacks.Lawyers sue Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center over detainees held without charges. California and other states take on the USDA for demanding personal data from SNAP recipients. Thousands of Stater Bros. grocery workers authorize a strike across Southern California stores over labor disputes. And a dating safety app suffers a major data breach, exposing tens of thousands of user images and IDs.

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0:00.0	This is an LA Times Studios podcast.
0:05.0	Hi, I'm Angelica Cornado at LA Times Studios.
0:12.0	Here are some of today's headlines from the Los Angeles Times.
0:16.0	Lawyers are suing the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades for violating the constitutional rights of detainees.
0:23.6	Mike Schneider reports that the attorneys are asking a Miami judge for a temporary restraining order
0:29.6	because officials at Alligator Alcatraz are holding people without charges and not allowing them to meet with their lawyers.
0:36.6	They also say that immigration courts
0:39.4	are telling them that their clients are not under their jurisdiction, which leaves them in limbo with
0:44.5	no court to fight for their rights. This is the second lawsuit against the facility. Florida constructed
0:50.8	the facility to support President Trump's immigration raids, something
0:54.9	which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem praised as the department looks to build more
0:59.6	places like it across the country.
1:03.7	California and other states are suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture for requesting
1:08.5	the personal information of millions in food assistance programs.
1:12.6	Kevin Rector reports that California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who announced the suit,
1:17.6	says this request violates state and federal privacy laws.
1:21.6	The USDA is seeking personal details from SNAP recipients dating back to 2020.
1:26.6	That includes transaction histories,
1:29.5	immigration status, social security numbers, mailing addresses, and more. They say the information
1:35.6	will help them eliminate fraud, and if states don't comply, they won't get program funds.
1:41.6	Bonto warns that delaying funds will harm people who rely on food assistance
1:45.7	programs, criticizing the move as a way for President Trump to create a, quote, culture of fear.
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