Christian Martinez
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Christian Martinez is a former reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He previously wrote for the USA Today network of newspapers including the Ventura County Star, where he covered the Thomas and Woolsey wildfires and the Borderline mass shooting, the Spectrum & Daily News in Utah and the Lansing State Journal in Michigan. He was born and raised in Southern California and attended Saint Mary’s College of California.
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Five Democrats are running in the Los Angeles Assembly race: Efren Martinez, Sade Elhawary, Greg Akili, Tara Perry and Dulce Vasquez.
Feb. 1, 2024
The death of Uno adds to the growing number of mountain lions killed by vehicles. The big cat was known for her nonchalant attitude toward others on the trail.
Jan. 23, 2024
A Carson cemetery, already in limbo over ownership, had more than 100 bronze plaques stolen by vandals over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
Jan. 22, 2024
A hung jury led to a mistrial being declared for Salvador Sanchez, a former LAPD officer, in the deadly shooting of Kenneth French, whose parents were also wounded at a Corona Costco store.
Jan. 18, 2024
The Los Angeles Innocence Project is now representing Scott Peterson, who was convicted almost two decades ago of murdering his wife and unborn child.
Jan. 18, 2024
A man who was shot and killed early Wednesday in Hawthorne was remembered by his daughter as a loving father.
Jan. 18, 2024
Ruth Ashton Taylor, the first female television newscaster in Los Angeles and one of the first in the country, died Thursday in Northern California. She was 101.
Jan. 12, 2024
A 71-year-old man who had previously been convicted of bank robbery four times was arrested last month in connection with a $60,000 bank robbery in Sun Valley.
Jan. 11, 2024
A 23-year-man died Monday after the box truck he was driving collided into the back of a flatbed truck carrying lumber on the 118 Freeway in Chatsworth, CHP officials said.
Jan. 9, 2024
A fugitive who had been on the run from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office since 2022 was arrested after allegedly ramming law enforcement vehicles with a truck.
Jan. 6, 2024