Christopher Goffard
Christopher Goffard is an author and a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. He shared in the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s Bell coverage and has twice been a Pulitzer finalist for feature writing, in 2007 and 2014. His novel "Snitch Jacket" was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel. His book "You Will See Fire: A Search for Justice in Kenya," based on his Times series, was published in 2011.
Recent Articles
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15-year-old gunned down on Carson street
Detectives are searching for gunmen who killed a 15-year-old boy as he was walking on a street in Carson Saturday afternoon, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. Sheriff's spokesman Deputy Mike Barraza said the boy was with a female companion near Sepulveda and Avalon Boulevards around...
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A mother in pursuit of safety for her family makes a wrenching choice
She woke before dawn in the cramped apartment in Istanbul. She kissed her three children as they slept, and decided not to wake them. She might lose her courage if she did. She said goodbye to her husband and stepped into the chill of the dark street, under the towering minaret of the mosque next...
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Jackie Collins, best-selling author of sexy Hollywood novels, dies at 77
Jackie Collins, whose dishy novels about the private lives of the Hollywood glitterati catapulted her to best-seller lists for decades, died Saturday in Los Angeles after a battle with breast cancer that she kept largely secret, her publicist said. She was 77. Collins revealed the illness only...
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Jackie Collins dies at 77; author of 'Hollywood Wives'
Bestselling novelist Jackie Collins died Saturday in Los Angeles after a battle with breast cancer, her publicist said. She was 77. Collins hadn't revealed that she had the illness except to her family and closest friends, but she spoke about it in a recent interview with People, which revealed...
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Publisher Austin Beutner is fired after a yearlong drive to reshape The Times
Los Angeles Times Publisher Austin Beutner was abruptly fired Tuesday after leading a yearlong drive to reshape the media company by emphasizing digital experimentation, a deeper connection with the community and efforts to cultivate ardent readers in the belief that advertising would follow.Jack...
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Man dead in police custody in Long Beach
A man died after a struggle with Long Beach police officers Saturday morning, but few details of the incident were immediately available, a police spokesperson said. Long Beach Police Department spokesperson Marlene Arrona said that police were called to a single-family home in the 3200 block of...
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Ben Kuroki dies at 98; Japanese American overcame bigotry to fly bombing raids in World War II
Ben Kuroki, a Japanese American tail gunner who overcame the American military's discriminatory policies to fly on 58 bombing missions over three continents during World War II, including raids on Tokyo in the final months of the war, died Tuesday in Camarillo. He was 98 and under hospice care...
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Ray F. Herndon dies at 77; journalist who covered Vietnam War later worked for L.A. Times
Ray F. Herndon, a journalist who covered the early days of the Vietnam War for United Press International and later helped free an innocent man from a Texas prison as an investigative reporter, died Sunday after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 77. Herndon, who finished his long career as...