Sonja Sharp is a Metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She writes narrative stories with a focus on disability in California culture. Before joining the newsroom in 2019, she worked as an NYPD-credentialed member of the New York City press corps, writing stranger-than-fiction stories of crime and culture for VICE, the Wall Street Journal and the Village Voice, among others. She is a Bay Area native, a graduate of UC Berkeley and Columbia, and a proud Jewish mother.
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April 13, 2024
Five years after he fled the country and landed on the FBI’s list of most-wanted fugitives, Michael Pratt, the alleged mastermind behind a porn site that prosecutors say doubled as a sex trafficking ring, is back in San Diego to face federal charges.
April 6, 2024
Mammoth and Big Bear resorts see multiple feet of new snow, while soaking rains and sporadic thunderstorms bring flooding to the Southern California coast.
March 31, 2024
The high court is weighing a case that could rewrite the rules of care in more than two-thirds of U.S. abortions, limiting access to a popular drug even in states where it remains legal.
March 28, 2024
Children born from 2010 to 2024 are part of “Generation Alpha,” the demographic successor to Gen Z. They are already being called “feral,” illiterate” and “doomed,” with bad parenting by millennials and the influence of technology blamed for bad behaviors.
March 22, 2024
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón — the so-called “godfather of progressive prosecutors” — is squaring off against an enormous field of challenges that will soon be whittled down to two.
March 5, 2024
There is no dispute Deyun Shi bludgeoned his teenage relatives in 2016, but his attorneys argue during his trial that he was suffering from mental illness.
March 1, 2024
The race to replace L.A. County’s district attorney features 11 challengers, more than $6 million in contributions, and one familiar script for ads for the March 5 primary.
Feb. 24, 2024
The incumbent district attorney will have to overcome low approval ratings and concerns about crime. But with a field of 11 challengers, it has been hard for any of them to stand out.
Feb. 16, 2024
The body of Lifei ‘Ada’ Huang, 22, who went missing Feb. 4 while on a solo trek at Mt. Baldy, was recovered Sunday, according to officials.
Feb. 11, 2024