Andrew J. Campa is a member of the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times, having previously covered the Eastside and San Gabriel Valley. Before, he worked at several medium and small daily newspapers and has covered education, sports and general news. He’s a proud University of Alabama (#RollTide), Cal State Fullerton and Pasadena City College alumnus. He hopes the Chicago Bears will get back to the Super Bowl before he dies.
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While downtown as a place to work still struggles to find its footing post-COVID, downtown as a residential center is thriving.
May 5, 2024
The Poway Unified board voted to dismiss Marian Kim Phelps after students alleged she threatened to ban them from graduation ceremonies for not applauding her daughter enough at a banquet.
May 4, 2024
Long Beach Health officials declared a public health emergency after one person died due to a tuberculosis outbreak. The spread was contained to one single-room occupancy hotel.
May 2, 2024
LA County fire personnel classified a blaze that scorched a Huntington Park fire station as a two-alarm fire. It was knocked down at 5:17 a.m. on Wednesday. There were no injuries.
May 1, 2024
An unidentified number of passengers were aboard the Metro E Line train when it collided with a bus just before noon near Exposition Park, resulting in minor injuries and interrupting train service.
April 30, 2024
Stroll into your neighborhood grocery or convenience store and it’s easy to spot a growing trend: larger portions of retail space and the products they’re stocked with are being kept behind security glass and plastic walls.
April 28, 2024
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn drafted an opposition response to a proposal to shoot Catalina Island’s invasive mule deer population from helicopters.
April 27, 2024
Wynne Lee, 26, pleads guilty to one felony count of accessory after the fact and one misdemeanor count of having a concealed firearm in a vehicle. But she won’t serve any more time.
April 26, 2024
Cal Poly Humboldt administrators weigh whether to keep the campus closed beyond this week as protesters occupy Siemens Hall and another building.
April 25, 2024
The Serra High School space team’s second out-of-earth experiment was launched aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-30 Rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on March 21 and docked with the International Space Station two days later.
April 25, 2024