Karen Garcia is a reporter on the Fast Break Desk, the team that has a pulse on breaking news at the Los Angeles Times. She was previously a reporter on the Utility Journalism Team, which focused on service journalism. Her previous stints include reporting for the San Luis Obispo New Times and KCBX Central Coast Public Radio.
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The cameras will be at or near intersections in Chatsworth, Northridge, Granada Hills, Sherwood Forest, Porter Ranch, West Hills and North Hills.
Oct. 4, 2024
If you filled up your gas tank between Feb. 20 and Nov. 10, 2015, in certain California counties, you may be eligible for payment.
Oct. 2, 2024
A fire that started at an abandoned construction site and ravaged neighboring apartment buildings has displaced the victims.
Sept. 28, 2024
Gov. Newsom signs into a law a bill to allow speed cameras to be installed along a particularly dangerous stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu.
Sept. 27, 2024
The United Airlines flight was descending into San Francisco last week when it received a collision avoidance system alert. Two passengers were injured.
Sept. 24, 2024
Officials still know little about the extent of the Portuguese Bend land movement on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, leaving residents in a torturous limbo.
Sept. 23, 2024
Malibu and Caltrans and other agencies are being sued by the families of four Pepperdine students killed by a speeding driver as well as an injured fifth student.
Sept. 20, 2024
In a move to combat retail theft, a Compton Rite Aid put a majority of its products behind lock and key. The community is divided on the decision.
Sept. 19, 2024
Police search for an arson suspect in connection to a blaze in an abandoned construction site in Chinatown.
Sept. 18, 2024
SWAT officers were called in to help Long Beach police with a gunman whom authorities accuse of killing two people.
Sept. 16, 2024