Kim Christensen is an investigative reporter on the Los Angeles Times’ projects team. He has more than 30 years of experience in newspapers, starting with the Dayton Daily News in his hometown in Ohio. He has shared two Pulitzer Prizes, at the Oregonian in 2001 and at the Orange County Register in 1996, for investigations of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and of fertility fraud at UC Irvine. He joined The Times in 2005.
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Fines and other penalties are set for bad actors in an industry marked by weak regulation.
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A Times investigation found care failures at hospices, including mismanaged medications, neglected wounds and missed appointments.
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Nowhere has the hospice industry’s growth been more explosive, and its harmful side effects more evident, than in Los Angeles County.
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Choosing a reputable hospice can be a challenging task at an emotional time for families.
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The number of sexual abuse claims and eventual payouts will likely reshape the future of the Boy Scouts of America.
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The number of claims dwarfs filings against Catholic archdioceses in similar bankruptcy cases, plaintiffs’ attorneys say.
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Investigative records released Wednesday provide the fullest account yet of the 2019 boat fire off the Ventura County coast that killed 34 people, but they still do not pinpoint a cause of the fire.
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The El Dorado fire in San Bernardino County is threatening communities in Yucaipa and is moving at a high rate of speed, officials said. Part of Oak Glen, Mountain Home Village, the Yucaipa bench area and Forest Falls were under an evacuation order.
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Temperatures are expected to reach 118 degrees in Woodland Hills, 114 in Pasadena, 112 in Burbank and 110 in Simi Valley on Saturday and Sunday.
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The state’s inspector general says screening and training problems may have contributed to the deadly outbreaks in California prisons.