Soumya Karlamangla

Staff Writer

Soumya Karlamangla covers health care in California for the Los Angeles Times. She was part of the team of reporters awarded the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack. Before joining The Times in 2013, she worked for the Oregonian, San Francisco Chronicle, Nation magazine in D.C. and Thomson Reuters in London. She was raised in Thousand Oaks and graduated from UC Berkeley with degrees in biology and English literature.

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‘This world lost a bright, shining light’: Santa Clarita shooting victims remembered

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‘This world lost a bright, shining light’: Santa Clarita shooting victims remembered

Dominic Blackwell, 14, and Gracie Anne Muehlberger, 15, were killed this week when a gunman opened fire at their high school in Santa Clarita. The two are now united by a tragedy that has become all too common on school campuses nationwide.

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Authorities try to uncover a motive and how teen got gun

Banks: The answer in school shooting? God, gunshot kits and fire extinguishers as weapons
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Man killed in downtown L.A. in apparent homicide

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Man killed in downtown L.A. in apparent homicide

A man was killed in an apparent homicide Friday evening near a Burger King in downtown Los Angeles, officials said.
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Drug overdoses probed in USC student deaths, pointing to ‘twin epidemics’

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Drug overdoses probed in USC student deaths, pointing to ‘twin epidemics’

Some of the nine recent deaths of USC students are potentially linked to drug overdoses, reflecting a growing concern among educators and health officials about rising drug use by college-age adults and the need for greater mental health services at universities.
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USC student deaths: Possible drug overdoses, tainted narcotics probed, sources say

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USC student deaths: Possible drug overdoses, tainted narcotics probed, sources say

In a letter sent to students just after 10 p.m. Tuesday, top USC officials warned against the dangers of opioid use.

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9 deaths have USC trying to quell rumors in a delicate balancing act

USC to receive $260-million gift, underscoring its fundraising strength
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9 student deaths have USC trying to quell rumors in a delicate balancing act

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9 student deaths have USC trying to quell rumors in a delicate balancing act

After a spate of deaths at USC, officials are struggling with what information to release about the students who died.
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9 student deaths at USC since August stun campus, spark alarm

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9 student deaths at USC since August stun campus, spark alarm

The ninth death since August was reported at USC, as the body of a male student was found in an off-campus apartment Monday.
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‘We’ll never forget’ — Thousand Oaks marks one year since the Borderline shooting

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‘We’ll never forget’ — Thousand Oaks marks one year since the Borderline shooting

City dedicates a Healing Garden to the 12 who were killed in the 2018 mass shooting inside the Borderline Bar and Grill.
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California’s strict vaccination law will have only ‘modest’ impact, study says

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California’s strict vaccination law will have only ‘modest’ impact, study says

State Sen. Richard Pan, who is an author of SB 277, said that though the law has not been bulletproof, the study understates its success at boosting vaccination rates.
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Six myths about rattlesnakes, busted

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Six myths about rattlesnakes, busted

Rattlesnakes are part of life in Southern California, but there are plenty of misconceptions about them.
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Column One: Rattlesnakes have had a busy year. Same for the people who catch them for a living

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Column One: Rattlesnakes have had a busy year. Same for the people who catch them for a living

Snake-removal services sprang up because of a desire to tame nature, but the rattlers thrive just the same. Says one wrangler: “We build our homes on their homes, we just build nicer ones.”

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Six myths about rattlesnakes, busted

We asked, you answered: Californians’ best snake stories