Rebecca Ellis covers Los Angeles County government for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered Portland city government for Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before OPB, Ellis wrote for the Miami Herald, freelanced for the Providence Journal and reported as a Kroc fellow at NPR in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Brown University in 2018. Ellis was a finalist for the Livingston Awards in 2022 for her investigation into abuses within Portland’s private security industry and in 2024 for an investigation into sexual abuse inside L.A. County’s juvenile halls.
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UC Irvine professor Bruce Blumberg returned to campus in the spring after a university sexual harassment investigation.
Sept. 23, 2024
UC Irvine professor Bruce Blumberg returned to campus in the spring after a university sexual harassment investigation.
Sept. 23, 2024
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Sept. 7, 2024
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Aug. 31, 2024
Fresh from her Paris trip, City Councilmember Traci Park weighed in on what L.A. might see.
Aug. 24, 2024
Firefighter Andrew Pontious was killed when a massive tire exploded. L.A. County Fire Department officials said they had no idea such an explosion was possible.
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