Hannah Fry

Staff Writer

Hannah Fry is a Metro reporter covering Orange County for the Los Angeles Times. She joined the newspaper in 2013 as a reporter for the Daily Pilot, a Times Community News publication. Fry most recently covered breaking news for The Times and was part of the team that was a 2020 Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of a boat fire that killed 34 people off the coast of Santa Barbara. She grew up in Orange County and got her start as an intern at the Orange County Register.

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California

Spate of exotic bird thefts leaves SoCal parrot lovers on edge

Southern California is seeing a rash of parrot thefts. The pricey feathered companions have been stolen from pet stores, porches, even a vet.
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Three teens wounded after gunfire erupts during spring break party at Dockweiler Beach

Three teenagers were wounded in a shooting at Dockweiler Beach on Friday night during a spring break party promoted on TikTok that drew revelers.
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Rage and dismay, relief and joy: SoCal reacts to Trump’s indictment

As former President Trump’s indictment echoed across the nation, protests bubbled up around Southern California.
$Newport Beach, CA - March 23: A view of a home at right that is under fractional home ownership and has had many noise complaints in the past in Newport Beach Thursday, March 23, 2023. In Newport Beach, residents are mobilizing against fractional home ownership, a spin on the traditional timeshare, where multiple people own a single home and use it on a rotating basis. City leaders are struggling to figure out how to deal with these properties, which neighbors say have become a nuisance in the neighborhood and lower the already limited housing stock for people who want to live in the community full-time. Cities across California, including in wine country and the central coast, have banned them or are trying to regulate them. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)$
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Newport Beach battles a new breed of luxury party houses: fractional ownership

Newport Beach has joined a host of destination cities in California moving to regulate fractional home ownership, in which multiple people own a small share of a neighborhood home that’s used as a vacation property.
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Battered by destructive flooding, California braces for another atmospheric river storm

As officials assess flood damage in the Central Coast and Central Valley, more rain moves in. Southern California will see rain Tuesday and Wednesday.
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California sues Huntington Beach over ban on housing projects

The lawsuit that California filed against Huntington Beach is another clash in the conflict between the Newsom administration and the city on housing supply.
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Shipping firms to pay pipeline company nearly $100 million in O.C. oil spill

A group of international shipping companies tentatively agreed to pay $96.5 million to Amplify Energy Corp. to dismiss one of the last lawsuits over the oil spill off Huntington Beach in October 2021.
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Shipping firms to pay pipeline company nearly $100 million in O.C. oil spill

A group of international shipping companies tentatively agreed to pay $96.5 million to Amplify Energy Corp. to dismiss one of the last lawsuits over the oil spill off Huntington Beach in October 2021.
California

Brothers who crashed a wedding reception are convicted of beating the groom to death

Pair who beat a bridegroom to death in Chino in 2019 were convicted of second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
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Long Beach residents stymie plan for shelter; they say it wasn’t about the homeless people

Amid a cold snap, Long Beach officials announced they halted plans to set up a temporary shelter for unhoused residents after an outcry by local residents.