Anabel Sosa is a politics reporter for the Los Angeles Times’ Sacramento bureau covering the state Capitol and local elections. She comes to The Times as the inaugural California Local News fellow. Sosa is a graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, where she specialized in investigative reporting. She previously worked as a police bureau reporter from her hometown, New York City. Her work is also in CalMatters, the New York Times and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
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