Laura J. Nelson is an investigative and enterprise reporter at the Los Angeles Times. Her work has exposed and explained chaos in the U.S. Postal System, inequities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution and the spread of far-right extremism in California’s world of health, wellness and spirituality. She previously covered transportation, mobility and commuting for The Times. Nelson was part of the team that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the San Bernardino terrorist attack, as well as the team that was a 2020 Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of a dive-boat fire that killed 34 people off the coast of Santa Barbara. Nelson grew up in Kansas and joined The Times in 2012.
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San Bernardino County officials confirmed that hackers had been paid a $1.1-million ransom after a cyberattack on the Sheriff’s Department, an unusual move for hacks involving law enforcement agencies.
An underwater oil pipeline that ruptured off the coast of Huntington Beach in 2021 and sent thousands of gallons of crude gushing into the Orange County waters is being put back into service.
An underwater oil pipeline that ruptured off the coast of Huntington Beach in 2021 and sent thousands of gallons of crude gushing into the Orange County waters is being put back into service.
A Los Angeles man was arrested Saturday night in connection with a rush-hour stabbing on a Metro train last week, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
The husband of a woman who was found dead this week at her Palm Desert home is missing and is considered a person of interest in her death, officials said.
Prius drivers whose catalytic converters have been swiped are experiencing a second indignity: Thousands of owners are ahead of them in line for the same part, and the delays could stretch on for months.
Members of four local tribes led a ceremony to honor the beloved puma, who was buried in an undisclosed location.
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.