Colleen Shalby is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She has covered education, the pandemic, the vaccine rollout and breaking news throughout California. She was part of the team that was a 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist for coverage of a dive-boat fire off the Santa Barbara coast. Shalby grew up in Southern California and graduated from George Washington University. She previously worked for PBS NewsHour and joined The Times in 2015.
Latest From This Author
The technology’s goal is that trains would automatically slow down or stop when cameras and sensors verified the presence of a person, vehicle or debris.
April 11, 2024
A strained relationship between LAX and the People Mover contractor has led to project delays, according to credit agency Fitch Ratings.
March 29, 2024
California’s high-speed rail is a decade off-schedule and is expected to cost $100 billion more than initially planned.
March 21, 2024
A former San Francisco State employee claims that a campus president and CSU official tried to interfere with an investigation into harassment complaints against a professor.
March 13, 2024
The tentative pact drew mixed reviews, but union leaders said it provides major gains for the most underpaid instructors and other benefits.
Jan. 24, 2024
A wind advisory remained in effect across Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties until 7 p.m. Sunday, with gusts ranging from 25 to 50 mph.
Jan. 7, 2024
California State University was rocked by sexual misconduct scandals. Its most powerful leaders — the Board of Trustees — were not held accountable.
Dec. 14, 2023
California State University will be required to publicly disclose the outcome of sexual harassment complaints and investigations.
Oct. 10, 2023
The shooting deaths of Dominic Blackwell, 14, and Gracie Anne Muehlberger, 15, were ‘foreseeable and preventable,’ a trial brief states.
Oct. 6, 2023
The family is coordinating a donation drive with the Jimmy Miller Foundation to collect clothes to ship back to displaced residents in Maui.
Aug. 13, 2023