Salvador Hernandez is a reporter on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, he was a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News, where he covered criminal justice issues, the growing militia movement and breaking news. He also covered crime as a reporter at the Orange County Register. He is a Los Angeles native.
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Residents were coming to terms with the losses as firefighters tried to slow destructive brush fires ripping through the mountains of Southern California.
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Sept. 10, 2024
Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do was removed from committees Tuesday as calls for him to resign increase amid a federal probe.
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Officials announced an $893-million federal grant that will complete the funding needed to build a 6.7-mile light rail project in the San Fernando Valley.
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The Simi Valley home where the classic horror film ‘Poltergeist’ was filmed has found a buyer less than three weeks after it was placed on the market.
Aug. 29, 2024