Melody Gutierrez is an investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered state government and politics for The Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Sacramento Bee. Gutierrez has written award-winning government accountability stories on wasteful spending, pension spiking, rape kit backlogs and failures in the foster care system.
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California Forever, a group proposing a utopian Bay Area community, released an aerial map of project’s potential boundaries in Solano County.
March 9, 2024
A state agency in charge of the little-known retirement plan for professional fighters voted Monday to pay one who was repeatedly told he didn’t qualify.
March 5, 2024
Deputies responded to a call Thursday night about a child being assaulted in East L.A. The mother was detained at the scene.
Jan. 28, 2024
California paid more boxers owed pensions in 2023, sending checks totaling more than half a million dollars to three dozen retired fighters following a Times investigation.
Dec. 28, 2023
L.A. County sheriff’s deputies responding to a child abuse call found four young children suffering cuts in Lancaster on Saturday. Two of the children died.
Oct. 29, 2023
The LAPD says the suspension followed the department’s plea for help in identifying two assailants who beat a man in the Venice area — an attack caught on video.
Oct. 29, 2023
Legislation would give patients and their loved ones a long-sought voice in doctor discipline cases before the Medical Board of California.
Sept. 19, 2023
Valley and mountain areas will see temperatures between 90 and 109 degrees, prompting an excessive-heat warning for Monday and Tuesday.
Aug. 27, 2023
Al menos una cuarta parte de los 200 boxeadores que actualmente deben pensiones en California tenían una última dirección conocida en México. Ahora, California se está asociando con México para encontrarlos.
June 26, 2023
At least a quarter of the 200 boxers currently owed pensions in California had a last known address in Mexico. Now, California is partnering with Mexico to find them.
June 22, 2023