Read Some of My Work

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For years, I covered downtown Los Angeles's transformation, urban affairs, and the LAUSD for the Los Angeles Times. My reporting on the "dumping" of homeless patients onto the streets of Skid Row made national news and led to policy changes at the local, state and national levels. I was also part of the Metro staff that won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News for coverage of the Southern California wildfires.

Dumping of Homeless Suspected Downtown (2005)

In L.A.'s Nucleus, Changing Times (2008)

L.A. County Supervisors OK Funding, Development Pacts for Downtown L.A. Park (2010)

Angels Flight Rides Again (2010)

A Big Helping at the Nickel (2008)

Investigative & Civic Reporting

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What My Kids Don't Know About 9/11 (2012)

Blowback: Sexism in The Times’ Sports Section (2016)

Personal & Opinion

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Zurich's Spring Greeting (2009)

The Netherlands: Comfort and Joy at Apenheul Primate Park (2013)

Rich Pickings in Tuscany (2003)

Travel

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Lessons From a Volunteer Comms Coalition Supporting Small Businesses After the L.A. Fires (2026)

Managing Change Doesn’t Have to Be So Hard (2025)

5 takeaways for communicators from Ragan’s Ledership Summit & Retreat (2025)

Current Writing