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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde

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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde is a Metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2017, she wrote for the San Francisco Business Times and covered local news and crime for the Sacramento Bee. She is a graduate of UCLA, where she worked at the student-run Daily Bruin. Originally from Duarte, Calif., Reyes is a native Spanish speaker.

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Orange County may build toll lanes on several major freeways

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Orange County may build toll lanes on several major freeways

In the next decade, the 405, 5, 55, 57 and 91 freeways could see added express toll lanes, based on studies by the Orange County Transportation Authority and Caltrans.
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Lamborghini found overturned, with drops of blood, on Angeles Crest Highway

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Lamborghini found overturned, with drops of blood, on Angeles Crest Highway

CHP officers found the red Lamborghini upside down and abandoned near Altadena in the early morning hours Wednesday and were looking for the driver.
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California attorney general to issue subpoenas to 6 Catholic dioceses in priest abuse inquiry

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California attorney general to issue subpoenas to 6 Catholic dioceses in priest abuse inquiry

The move marks another escalation of the California attorney general’s investigation of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
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‘Empire’ actress Amanda Detmer crashed into pole while driving drunk, police say

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‘Empire’ actress Amanda Detmer crashed into pole while driving drunk, police say

The Chico Police Department responded to a vehicle crash about 5:13 p.m. Sunday, but when they arrived, the driver had fled.
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2 boys were electrocuted while trying to save a dog in a ditch. Their families just got $14 million

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2 boys were electrocuted while trying to save a dog in a ditch. Their families just got $14 million

As the boys tried to climb out of the water after rescuing the dog, they grabbed a metal railing on a bridge to pull themselves up and were electrocuted.
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Cyclist found shot to death on L.A. River bike path in Cudahy

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Cyclist found shot to death on L.A. River bike path in Cudahy

Authorities found a cyclist with gunshot wounds to his upper body and pronounced the man dead at the scene late Sunday.
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Another wet weekend unfolds as storms linger across California

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Another wet weekend unfolds as storms linger across California

Another wet weekend as storms linger across California

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Has recent rain made a dent in the California drought?
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A mountain lion is attacking dogs in Simi Valley, and residents are on edge

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A mountain lion is attacking dogs in Simi Valley, and residents are on edge

Two dogs have been attacked by a mountain lion in Simi Valley and one was killed after its owner tried to wrest her pet from the big cat’s jaws.
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Rain returns to Southern California. How much will we get?

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Rain returns to Southern California. How much will we get?

A new cold front will bring widespread showers and snow across California this weekend.

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A record 75-foot wave off California coast was produced by big storm
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Former California politician admits to laundering investors’ money meant for BART cafes

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Former California politician admits to laundering investors’ money meant for BART cafes

Terry Goggin, 78, faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering. He will pay back the $685,000 he took from investors intended for Peet’s Coffee shops in Bay Area transit stations.

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