Kim Christensen

Staff Writer

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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Boat where 34 died was a ‘fire trap’ despite passing inspections, experts say. It’s far from alone

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Boat where 34 died was a ‘fire trap’ despite passing inspections, experts say. It’s far from alone

The Conception, where 34 people were killed in California’s worst maritime fire in recent history, was a “compliant fire trap,” one expert said.

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Smoke inhalation likely caused deaths, raising new questions about origin point

Authorities are still searching for final victim of boat fire
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Surviving crew member thought phone charging station might have sparked boat fire

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Surviving crew member thought phone charging station might have sparked boat fire

The theory, a good Samaritan said, was that the fire started in the galley, where cellphones and cameras had been plugged in to charge overnight.

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NTSB investigator in boat fire ‘taken aback’ by small escape route for passengers

‘The whole city is depressed’: Santa Barbara grieves after boat fire
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Once the fire started, it was too late for many on board the Conception

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Once the fire started, it was too late for many on board the Conception

Investigators seek cause of deadly fire aboard California dive boat
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Purdue Pharma sought to divert online readers from critical L.A. Times series on opioid crisis, records show

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Purdue Pharma sought to divert online readers from critical L.A. Times series on opioid crisis, records show

Purdue Pharma discussed diverting online readers away from L.A. Times stories about its marketing of OxyContin and the opiois crisis, court records show.
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Boy Scouts face new allegations of sex abuse by ‘hidden predators’

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Boy Scouts face new allegations of sex abuse by ‘hidden predators’

Boy Scouts face new allegations of sex abuse by “hidden predators.”
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Crash of helicopter on Catalina is fourth fatal accident of this model since April

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Crash of helicopter on Catalina is fourth fatal accident of this model since April

The crash of a Robinson R44 helicopter on Catalina Island this week was the fourth fatal U.S. accident involving the popular four-seat model since early April, federal aviation records show.
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Boy Scout sex abuse scandal’s stunning toll: Over 12,200 reported victims

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Boy Scout sex abuse scandal’s stunning toll: Over 12,200 reported victims

For decades, the Boy Scouts of America has closely guarded a trove of documents that detail sexual abuse allegations against troop leaders and others.
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Phillips 66 refinery in Carson hit by second fire in two months

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Phillips 66 refinery in Carson hit by second fire in two months

For the second time in less than two months, firefighters scrambled Thursday to put out a blaze involving the crude oil pumps at the Phillips 66 refinery in Carson.
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Six years after overcharging fiasco, DWP’s lawyer accused of double-dealing

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Six years after overcharging fiasco, DWP’s lawyer accused of double-dealing

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s reputation hit a low six years ago when the agency’s new billing system sent out wildly inaccurate bills, overcharging hundreds of thousands of customers.
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Snow in Grapevine closes Interstate 5 as another storm hits Southland

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Snow in Grapevine closes Interstate 5 as another storm hits Southland

A new storm moved into Southern California on Sunday night, bringing modest rain, cold temperatures and snow, and shutting down Interstate 5 in the Tejon Pass, officials said.