Matt Hamilton is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting with colleagues Harriet Ryan and Paul Pringle and was part of the team of reporters that won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the San Bernardino terrorist attack. A graduate of Boston College and the University of Southern California, he joined The Times in 2013.
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Sept. 26, 2023
The Malibu Triathlon faces cancellation due to a flooded underpass that’s now home to the tidewater goby and a law requiring 32 days’ notice of a race route.
Sept. 20, 2023
Chris Rushing, president of the Condor Squadron Officers’ and Airmen’s Assn., was killed at the Reno Air Races, a spectacle akin to a NASCAR race in the sky.
Sept. 18, 2023
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Federal prosecutor says former attorney Tom Girardi hurled an insult at him on the third day of a competency hearing. Girardi is accused of embezzling $18 million from clients.
Sept. 13, 2023
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Aug. 29, 2023
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Aug. 28, 2023
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Aug. 12, 2023
George Tyndall, the former campus gynecologist at USC, must stand trial on charges of assaulting 16 patients.
Aug. 11, 2023