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Executive Chairman: Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong

News
Executive Editor: Kevin Merida
Senior Vice President, Content Business Strategy: Julia Turner
Managing Editors: Shani O. Hilton, Sara Yasin
Editor at Large: Scott Kraft
Deputy Managing Editors: Hector Becerra, Shelby Grad, Amy King, Sharon Matthews, Christian Stone
Assistant Managing Editors: John Canalis, Steve Clow, Angel Jennings, Kimbriell Kelly, Iliana Limón Romero, Samantha Melbourneweaver, Ben Muessig, Craig Nakano, B.J. Terhune
General Manager, Food: Laurie Ochoa
General Manager, Latino Initiatives: Angel Rodriguez

Opinion
Editor of the Editorial Page: Terry Tang
Deputy Editorial Page Editor: Mariel Garza

Business
Executive Team

Business Editor: Jeff Bercovici
Deputy Editors: Lindsay Blakely, Nancy Rivera Brooks
Columnists: Michael Hiltzik, Brian Merchant
Staff Writers
Aerospace, Workplace Culture: Samantha Masunaga
Autos: Russ Mitchell
Business Profiles, General Assignment: Ronald D. White
Consumer Economy: Carly Olson
Energy: Sammy Roth
Enterprise: Marisa Gerber
General Assignment: Jaimie Ding
Investigations: Kiera Feldman, Melody Petersen
Labor: Suhauna Hussain
Technology: Sam Dean
Wealth: Andrea Chang
Wealth and Dealmakers: Laurence Darmiento

California Editors
Deputy Managing Editor, California and Metro: Hector Becerra
Assistant Managing Editor, California Projects and Innovation: Steve Clow
City Editor: Maria L. La Ganga
Deputy Editors: Cindy Chang, Stephanie Chavez
Sacramento Bureau Chief: Laurel Rosenhall
State Editor: Deb Anderluh
Assistant Editors: Keegan Hamilton, Karen Kaplan, Monte Morin, Joe Mozingo, Phil Willon

Columnists: Gustavo Arellano, Sandy Banks, Anita Chabria, Steve Lopez, Patt Morrison, Frank Shyong, George Skelton, Erika D. Smith

City Desk
City Editor: Maria L. La Ganga
Deputy Editor: Cindy Chang
Assistant City Editor: Joe Mozingo

Staff Writers
Asian American Issues and Communities: Jeong Park
Black Communities: Brennon Dixson
Features and Investigations: Daniel Miller
General Assignment: Hailey Branson-Potts, Brittny Mejia, Colleen Shalby, Sonja Sharp
Investigations: Jack Dolan, Matt Hamilton, Laura J. Nelson, Harriet Ryan, Connor Sheets
Narrative: Christopher Goffard
Orange County: Hannah Fry, Gabriel San Román
Transportation and Mobility: Rachel Uranga

City and County Government
Editor: Steve Clow
Staff Writers
Los Angeles City Hall: Dakota Smith, Julia Wick, David Zahniser
Los Angeles County: Jaclyn Cosgrove, Rebecca Ellis

Courts/Police/Crime
Editor: Keegan Hamilton
Staff Writers
D.A. and Criminal Courts: James Queally
General Assignment: Matthew Ormseth
Legal Affairs, California Supreme Court, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals: Kevin Rector
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department: Keri Blakinger
Los Angeles Police Department: Libor Jany

Education
Editor: Stephanie Chavez
Staff Writers
Early Childhood Education: Jenny Gold
Higher Education, California State University and Community Colleges: Debbie Truong
Higher Education, University of California: Teresa Watanabe
Los Angeles Unified School District: Howard Blume

Enterprise, State Bureaus
Editors: Deb Anderluh, Steve Clow
Staff Writers
Central Valley Melissa Gomez
Inland Empire: Priscella Vega
Investigations: Susanne Rust
Narrative: Thomas Curwen
Northern California: Jessica Garrison
Public Health: Emily Alpert Reyes
State Enterprise: James Rainey

Environment
Editor: Monte Morin
Staff Writers
Air Quality and Environmental Health: Tony Briscoe
California Coast: Rosanna Xia
Drought: Dorany Pineda
Southern California Environment: Louis Sahagún
Water: Ian James
Wildfires: Alex Wigglesworth

Housing, Homelessness and Commercial Real Estate
Editor: Joe Mozingo
Staff Writers
Commercial Real Estate: Roger Vincent
Homelessness: Doug Smith, Ruben Vives
Housing: Liam Dillon, Paloma Esquivel
Housing Market: Andrew Khouri
Real Estate: Jack Flemming

Sacramento | State Politics
Bureau Chief: Laurel Rosenhall
Assistant Editor: Phil Willon
Columnist: George Skelton
Staff Writers: Taryn Luna, Mackenzie Mays, Seema Mehta, Benjamin Oreskes, Anabel Sosa, Hannah Wiley, Queenie Wong

Science and Medicine
Editor: Karen Kaplan
Staff Writers: Corinne Purtill

Support
Department Administrator: Carlos Santana

Senior Vice President: Julia Turner
Deputy Editor: Matthew Ballinger

Assistant Managing Editor for Culture and Talent: Angel Jennings
Deputy Editor for Culture and Talent: Joseph Serna
Community Engagement Editor: Anh Do

Los Angeles Times Fellowship | Application
Class of 2022-23: Vanessa Arredondo, Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Carlos De Loera, Astrid Kayembe, Katie Licari, Helen Li, Kenya Romero

Los Angeles Times Internships | Application
Class of 2023: Haleemon Anderson, Allison Armijo, Francesca Bermudez, Anna Braz, Camryn Brewer, Anthony Chen, Dana Chiueh, Akiya Dillon, Emerson Drewes, Mariana Duran, Gina Errico, Emma Fox, Saumya Gupta, Sophia Haydon-Khan, Annika Johnson, Charlotte Kramon, Gisselle Medina, Malia Mendez, Devon Milley, Alan Nguyen, Drake Presto, Diya Sabharwal, Ariel Smith, Cari Spencer, Miykael Stith, Sonja Stott, Milla Surjadi, Ananya Thyagarajan, Owen Tucker-Smith, Mariana Trujillo Valdes, Zifei Zhang

Data and Graphics Director: Hanna Sender
Deputy Director: George LeVines
Assistant Editors: Sean Greene, Iris Lee, Vanessa Martinez
Data and Graphics Journalists: Abhinanda Bhattacharyya, Phi Do, Paul Duginski, Lorena Iñiguez Elebee, Sandhya Kambhampati, Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee, Aida Ylanan

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General Manager: Angel Rodriguez
Editorial Director: Fidel Martinez
Design Director: Martina Ibáñez-Baldor
Art Director: Diana Ramirez Santacruz
Community Editor: Jessica Perez
Assistant Editors: Christian Orozco, Crystal Villarreal
Culture Columnist: Suzy Exposito
Staff Writers: Andrea Flores, Chelsea Hylton, Alejandra Molina

Los Angeles Times en Español
Editor: Reed Johnson
Entertainment Editor: Tommy Calle
Graphic Design: Salvador Mancia
Staff Writers
Entertainment: Sergio Burstein
Metro: Soudi Jimenez, Selene Rivera
Sports: Eduard Cauich, Jad El Reda

Latinx Files Newsletter

Deputy Managing Editor and Creative Director: Amy King
Design Director: Taylor Le
Senior Deputy Design Director: Jim Cooke, Faith Stafford
Deputy Design Directors: Jessica de Jesus, Allison Hong, Martina Ibáñez-Baldor, Alex Tatusian
Senior Art Directors and Designers: An Amlotte, Tim Hubbard, Brandon Ly, Hamlet Nalbandyan, Nicole Vas
Art Directors and Designers: Elizabeth Burr, Parisa Hajizadeh-Amini, Jess Hutchison, Patrick Hruby, Ross May, Jan Molen, Bakr Muhammad, Joy Park, Judy Pryor, Diana Ramirez Santacruz, Elsie Ramos, Susana Sanchez, Kay Scanlon, Jamie Sholberg, Alejandro Vazquez

Assistant Managing Editor, Administration: John Canalis
Director of News Development: Tracy Boucher
Administrative Director: Gail Marshall
News Operations Specialist: Katrina Ten
Department Administrators: Elsa Luna, Carlos Santana, Elena Villanueva
Editorial Assistant: Roberto Reyes
Finance: Bill McElhaney

Rights and Permissions
Analyst, Rights and Permissions: Ralph Drew

Director: Cary Schneider
News Researcher: Scott Wilson
Night Archiving Supervisor: Valerie Hood
Archivist: James Kim

Editor of the Editorial Page: Terry Tang
Deputy Editorial Page Editor: Mariel Garza
Assistant Editorial Page Editor: Kerry Cavanaugh
Editorial Writers: Tony Barboza, Robert Greene, Carla Hall
Letters Editor: Paul Thornton
Executive Assistant: Demi Duenes

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Deputy Op-Ed Editors: Susan Brenneman, Josh Gohlke, Philip Gray
Assistant Op-Ed Editors: Elena Gooray, Maret Orliss, Nafeesa Syeed
Columnists: Robin Abcarian, Jackie Calmes (D.C.), LZ Granderson, Jean Guerrero

Assistant Managing Editor: Craig Nakano
Deputy Editors: Matt Brennan, Nate Jackson, Maane Khatchatourian
Assistant Editor, Planning: Kevin Crust
Department Administrator: Elena Villanueva

Arts
Editor: Paula Mejía
Art Critic: Christopher Knight
Arts and Design Columnist: Carolina A. Miranda
Classical Music/Dance Critic: Mark Swed
Theater Critic: Charles McNulty
Staff Writers: Jessica Gelt, Deborah Vankin, Steven Vargas

Books
Editor: Boris Kachka

Company Town
Investigations and Company Town Editor: Richard Verrier
Senior Editor: Ryan Faughnder
Staff Writers: Stephen Battaglio, Brian Contreras, Meg James, Wendy Lee, Sarah Parvini, Stacy Perman

Culture
Culture Columnist and Critic: Mary McNamara
Entertainment Columnist: Amy Kaufman
Games, Immersive Entertainment Critic: Todd Martens
Staff Writers: Marissa Evans, Sonaiya Kelley, Matt Pearce
Web Producer/Writer: Jevon Phillips

The Envelope
The Envelope Editor: Elena Howe
Columnist: Glenn Whipp
Staff Writer: Michael Ordoña

Movies
Film Editor: Joshua Rothkopf
Film Critic: Justin Chang
Staff Writers: Mark Olsen, Josh Rottenberg, Jen Yamato

Pop Music
Editor: Craig Marks
Critic: Mikael Wood
Staff Writers: August Brown, Kenan Draughorne

Television
Editor: Maira Garcia
Critics: Lorraine Ali, Robert Lloyd
Staff Writers: Meredith Blake (N.Y.), Greg Braxton, Tracy Brown, Ashley Lee, Yvonne Villarreal

General Manager: Laurie Ochoa
Food Editor: Daniel Hernandez
Deputy Food Editor: Betty Hallock
Assistant Editor and Writer, Guides: Danielle Dorsey
Restaurant Critic: Bill Addison
Columnists: Jenn Harris, Ben Mims, Lucas Kwan Peterson
Staff Writers: Stephanie Breijo, Cindy Carcamo
Test Kitchen Coordinator: Julie Giuffrida

Senior Editor, Investigations: Jack Leonard
Deputy Editor, Investigations: Carla Rivera
Staff Writers: Adam Elmahrek, Nathan Fenno, Melody Gutierrez, Robert J. Lopez, Ben Poston, Paul Pringle, Paige St. John, Alene Tchekmedyian

Image | Fashion

Editor in Chief: Ian F. Blair
Deputy Editor: Elisa Wouk Almino
Image Design Director: Jessica de Jesus
Staff Writer: Julissa James
Fashion Editor at Large: Keyla Marquez
Contributing Writers: Harmony Holiday, Dave Schilling

General Counsel: Jeff Glasser
Senior Counsel: Cat-Uyen Vo
Executive Assistant: Liza Sheketoff

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Deputy Managing Editor and Creative Director: Amy King
Features Editor: Brittany Levine Beckman
Deputy Features Editors: Marques Harper, Michelle Woo
Assistant Editors: Jessica Roy, Ada Tseng
Senior Features Writer: Adam Tschorn
Staff Writers: Lisa Boone, Kailyn Brown, Julia Carmel, Jeanette Marantos, Deborah Netburn, Laura Newberry, Christopher Reynolds, Lila Seidman

Senior Editor: Millie Quan
Columnist: Mark Z. Barabak
Staff Writer: Tyrone Beason

Managing Editor for New Initiatives and Senior Vice President of L.A. Times Studios: Shani O. Hilton
Deputy Managing Editor for New Initiatives and Vice President of L.A. Times Studios: Christian Stone
Associate Editor for New Initiatives and Executive Producer of L.A. Times Studios: Joel Rubin

Deputy Managing Editor for News: Shelby Grad

Audience Engagement
Assistant Managing Editor for Audience: Samantha Melbourneweaver
Director of Audience Engagement: Seth Liss
Deputy Editor: Kelcie Pegher (Partnerships)
Audience Analyst: Katie Antonsson

Assistant Editors
Entertainment and Arts: Vanessa Franko
Metro: Mary Kate Metivier, Javier Panzar

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Head of Creator Content: Angie Jaime
Creators: Tom Carroll, Micah Fluellen, Safi Nazzal, Marina Watanabe

Audience Engagement Editors
Early Childhood Education: Kate Sequeira
Entertainment and Arts: Nicholas Ducassi, David Viramontes
Food: Amy Wong
Off-Platform News Aggregators: Georgia Geen

Breaking News
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Assistant Managing Editor for News: B.J. Terhune
Deputy Editor for Entertainment News: Marissa Muller
Senior Editor: Jon Healey

Assistant Editors
News: Amy Hubbard, Carlos Lozano, Hugo Martín, Luke Money, David Carrillo Peñaloza, Jared Servantez
Entertainment: Dawn Burkes, Christie D’Zurilla

Staff Writers
News: Andrew J. Campa, Terry Castleman, Jeremy Childs, Karen Garcia, Noah Goldberg, Salvador Hernandez, Rong-Gong Lin II, Summer Lin, Christian Martinez, Alexandra E. Petri, Faith E. Pinho, Hayley Smith, Nathan Solis, Grace Toohey, Richard Winton
Entertainment: Christi Carras, Alexandra Del Rosario, Nardine Saad, Emily St. Martin, Jonah Valdez
Sports: Steve Henson, Chuck Schilken

Multiplatform Editing | Copy Desk
Director: Ruthanne Salido
Managers: Blake Hennon, John Penner
Leads: Rubaina Azhar, Dave Bennett, Minh Dang, Lisa Horowitz, R. Marina Levario, Doug Norwood, Andre Vergara, Paul Ybarrondo
Editors: David Bowman, Jim Buzinski, Anne Elisabeth Dillon, Alison Dingeldein, Rachel Dunn, Steve Eames, Kevin Leung, Nick Leyva, Gerard Lim, Lynn Meersman, Don Ragland, Dwayne Rogers, Lee Rogers, Evita Timmons, Susan Worrell

News Desk
Editor: Lora Victorio
Deputy Editors, Digital: Beto Alvarez, Henry Chu, Dan Watson
Assistant Editors: Thomas Suh Lauder
Multiplatform Editor: Agnus Dei Farrant

Newsletters
Head of Newsletters: Karim Doumar
Assistant Editor: Laura Blasey
Multiplatform Editors: Elvia Limón, Kevinisha Walker
Essential California Staff Writer: Ryan Fonseca

News Tools
Assistant Editor: Daniel Gaines

Deputy Managing Editor of Originals and Vice President of L.A. Times Studios: Sharon Matthews
Senior Directors, Video: Maggie Beidelman, Erik Himmelsbach-Weinstein
Senior Producers, Video Series: Jackeline Luna, Mark E. Potts
Video Journalists/Editors: Jessica Q. Chen, Yadira Flores, Albert Brave Tiger Lee, J.R. Lizarraga, Cody Long, Diego Medrano, Steve Saldivar

L.A. Times Short Docs
A monthly series from L.A. Times Studios in partnership with the L.A. Times newsroom. The documentaries showcase compelling films that amplify underrepresented voices and foster diversity in the film community.

Newsroom Partner
Director: Nani Walker

L.A. Times Today
A rare glimpse behind the headlines of the award-winning Los Angeles Times. Spectrum News 1 anchor Lisa McRee interviews Times journalists and photographers covering local news, politics, business, entertainment, sports and opinion, Monday through Friday at 7 and 10 p.m.

Newsroom Partners
Senior Editor and Post-Production Supervisor: Lauren Flynn
Director: Jeff Amlotte
Video Journalists/Editors: Shani Escalona, Lara Hochuli, David Santillan

Executive Director of Photography: Kim Chapin
Deputy Director of Photography: Rachel Hulin
Deputy Editor: Marc Martin
Photo Editors: Jerome Adamstein, Calvin B. Alagot, Taylor Arthur, Keith Bedford, Brandon Choe, Alex Horvath, Kelvin Kuo, Liv Paggiarino, Raul Roa
Department Manager: Robbin Goddard
Technology/Multimedia Systems: Jason Neubert
Photo Specialist: Joseph Binoya
Photojournalists: Jason Armond, Jay L. Clendenin, Carolyn Cole, Myung Chun, Gary Coronado, Gina Ferazzi, Robert Gauthier, Christina House, Irfan Khan, Dania Maxwell, Mel Melcon, Genaro Molina, Francine Orr, Allen J. Schaben, Luis Sinco, Wally Skalij, Mariah Tauger, Brian van der Brug, Marcus Yam
Department Administrator: Elsa Luna

Head of Audio: Jazmín Aguilera
Executive Producer: Heba Elorbany
Assistant Editor: Lauren Raab

L.A. Times Studios Audio Engineer: Mario Diaz

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Sports Editor: Iliana Limón Romero
Deputy Sports Editor: Ed Guzman
Senior Sports Editor: Austin Knoblauch
Assistant Sports Editors: Athan Atsales, Dan Loumena, Houston Mitchell, Hans Tesselaar
Baseball: Mike DiGiovanna (MLB), Jack Harris (Dodgers), Sarah Valenzuela (Angels)
Basketball: Andrew Greif (Clippers), Broderick Turner (Lakers, Clippers), Dan Woike (Lakers), Thuc Nhi Nguyen (Sparks)
Colleges: Ben Bolch (UCLA), Ryan Kartje (USC), Thuc Nhi Nguyen, J. Brady McCollough
Columnists: Helene Elliott, Dylan Hernández, Bill Plaschke
Culture Critic: Tyler R. Tynes
Enterprise/General Assignment: Jorge Castillo
Football: Sam Farmer (NFL), Gary Klein (L.A. Rams), Jeff Miller (L.A. Chargers)
High School Sports: Eric Sondheimer (Columnist)
Horse Racing: John Cherwa
Soccer: Kevin Baxter (Angel City FC, L.A. Galaxy, LAFC, International)
Sports Business: Bill Shaikin
Web Producer/Writer: Eduardo Gonzalez

Daily Pilot | TimesOC

Executive Editor: Carol Cormaci
Deputy Editor: Erik Haugli
Photographer: Don Leach
Copy Editor/Page Designer: Greg Diaz

TimesOC
Staff Writer: Sarah Mosqueda

Daily Pilot
Staff Writers
Costa Mesa: Sara Cardine
Newport Beach: Lilly Nguyen
Huntington Beach, Sports: Matthew Szabo
Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley, Sports: Andrew Turner

Assistant Managing Editor for Storytelling: Ben Muessig
Column One Editor: Steve Padilla
Senior Editors, A1 and Top Stories: Mary Ann Meek, Scott Sandell
Senior Editor, Washington, D.C.: David Lauter
Special Projects Editor: Alice Short
Book Club and Events Editor: Donna Wares
Senior Writer: Jeffrey Fleishman
Staff Writer: David Wharton
Essayist: Jamil Smith

News Editors: Denise Bennett, Phil Goldberg
Photography Editor: Timothy Schnupp

Bureau Chief: Kimbriell Kelly
Deputy Bureau Chief for Enterprise: Nick Baumann
Deputy Editor: Allison Wisk
Assistant Editor: Edmund Sanders
Columnist: Doyle McManus
Staff Writers: Hamed Aleaziz, Noah Bierman, Andrea Castillo, Don Lee, Erin B. Logan, David G. Savage, Courtney Subramanian, Tracy Wilkinson, Sarah D. Wire, Jie Jenny Zou
Department Administrator: Dina White

World and Nation Editor: Alan Zarembo
Deputy Editor: Rebecca Bryant
Assistant Editors: Paul Feldman, Michael Ottey

Foreign Staff, Bureaus
Global Affairs Writer (D.C.): Laura King
Beijing: Stephanie Yang
Beirut: Nabih Bulos
Mexico City: Kate Linthicum, Patrick J. McDonnell, Leila Miller
Seoul: Max Kim

National Staff, Bureaus
Atlanta: Jenny Jarvie
Austin, Texas: Jack Herrera
Los Angeles: Jaweed Kaleem