Joel Rubin is deputy Business editor at the Los Angeles Times. He previously was an associate editor for New Initiatives and executive producer of L.A. Times Studios; an assistant editor in Metro, overseeing the criminal justice team; and as a reporter covered federal courts and agencies, the Los Angeles Police Department and the region’s public schools. A native of Maine, he moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to join the Los Angeles Times.
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June 23, 2024
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June 7, 2021
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Jan. 6, 2021
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Nov. 30, 2020
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Oct. 7, 2020
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Aug. 29, 2020
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Aug. 25, 2020
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July 30, 2020
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July 5, 2020
A decade of 911 calls to the LAPD reviewed by The Times helps explain the possibilities and challenges of reimagining police.
July 5, 2020