Joseph Serna is a deputy editor on the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times and helps oversee daily breaking news coverage. He was previously a deputy editor for culture and talent where he helped manage the company’s internship, fellowship and training programs. Prior to that, he covered wildfires, emergency preparation and response for Metro, which took him to some of the worst fire disasters in the world from Australia to Northern California. He was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack. He attended Orange Coast Community College, San Francisco State University and graduated from Cal State Long Beach.
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‘American Idol’ music supervisor Robin Kaye was one of two people found shot dead Monday at a home in Encino. An arrest has been made, sources told The Times.
The Fort fire began just before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in Lebec and had grown significantly by Thursday morning as commuters began their morning journey.
A mural honoring Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, was vandalized in downtown Los Angeles. A GoFundMe account has been set up to restore the artwork.
Russell Brand, comic turned commentator, is charged with multiple counts of rape and assault stemming from incidents alleged to have happened from 1999 to 2005.
Weather forecasters expect a quarter- to a half-inch of precipitation Sunday and Monday, likely not enough to affect wildfire burn areas.
L.A. police tried to pull over the vehicle about 1:30 a.m. near Hoover Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard next to BMO Stadium but the vehicle sped off.
The driver, an unidentified woman, fled the scene in the Crenshaw District before officers arrived and left the boy, a woman and a third passenger behind, the LAPD said.
Downtown L.A. was about 14 degrees above normal Sunday, reaching 82 degrees. Temperatures could climb into the 90s by Wednesday in the coasts and valleys.