Alex Wigglesworth is an environment reporter who covers wildfire and forestry for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining the newsroom in 2016, she was a general assignment reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com. A Philadelphia native, she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in medical anthropology and global health. She currently lives in the Mojave Desert.
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Everybody loves Tripod the three-legged coyote, but High Desert locals say that visitors are spoiling the beast with handouts and causing a dangerous situation.
March 11, 2024
Forecasters are anticipating a late start to California’s wildfire season, but they can’t yet say whether it will be severe.
March 8, 2024
The incident gained attention when onlookers filmed the dog’s owner clinging to the hood of a car as it sped away with her dog, Onyx, inside.
Feb. 3, 2024
At least 42 wild burro carcasses with gunshot wounds were found in various states of decomposition along the Interstate 15 freeway corridor between Halloran Springs, Calif., and Primm, Nev., in the summer of 2019.
Feb. 3, 2024
The dangerous, intense storm will move into Southern California this weekend, lingering for days and bringing the potential for widespread flooding, power outages, downed trees and debris flows.
Feb. 3, 2024
Eighteen California children are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allegedly violating their constitutional rights by allowing fossil fuel pollution.
Dec. 13, 2023
A pedestrian died after he was hit by a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car in Los Angeles on Friday evening, authorities said.
Dec. 9, 2023
The Camp fire in Paradise revealed vulnerabilities in forest management, electrical equipment, city planning and evacuations. Has the state made strides against those shortcomings?
Nov. 8, 2023
The suspect, Andreea Catalina Rosca, is accused of stealing jewelry and credit cards from lockers at a hotel spa and yoga studio, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department says.
Nov. 5, 2023
Two people were killed when a minivan fleeing police hit a Metro bus in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday morning, police said.
Nov. 5, 2023