Matthew Ormseth is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2018, he covered city news and state politics at the Hartford Courant.
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Students from Granada Hills Charter on Saturday won the U.S. Academic Decathlon, the ninth time the San Fernando Valley school has captured the title.
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Ed Buck, once a fixture of West Hollywood’s political scene, was sentenced to 30 years for drug and sex crimes that led to the deaths of two men.