Diana Marcum
Former staff writer Diana Marcum wrote about life in the small towns and rural areas of California for the Los Angeles Times. In 2015, she won the Pulitzer Prize for narrative portraits of farm workers, farmers and others in California’s drought-stricken Central Valley. She is the author of “The Fallen Stones: Chasing Butterflies, Discovering Mayan Secrets and Looking For Hope Along the Way” and “The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty and Unexpected Love in the Azores.” Marcum died Aug. 9, 2023.
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The true purpose of this charmed garden tended by young volunteers? Nurturing plants and young lives in the Central Valley.
Dec. 14, 2022
Showers and thunderstorms were expected across Southern California on Saturday, possibly threatening fire-ravaged hillsides.
Oct. 15, 2022
Kathy and Katrina were robbed at gunpoint by Jesus Manuel Salgado in 2005. They are horrified that he’s now accused of kidnapping and killing a Merced family.
Oct. 8, 2022
Kern County sheriff’s deputies found steel guitar player Larry Petree and his wife, Betty, in a remote stretch of desert Aug. 21.
Aug. 28, 2022
Kjessie Essue wanted to bring beauty to her piece of Northern California in the wake of last year’s blazes. But would people care about blossoms?
Aug. 15, 2022
Latino residents of East Orosi, southeast of Fresno, have seen their wells dry up before. This time, it left them powerless to fight a house fire.
July 14, 2022
Danny Kim, a Fresno police sergeant, was inspired to start a traditional Khmer night market after a trip back to Cambodia with his father.
July 12, 2022
The Washburn fire in Yosemite National Park was threatening some 500 giant sequoias, along with the community of Wawona.
July 10, 2022
Crews scramble to protect giant sequoias in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove as the Washburn fire burns 1,190 acres in the national park.
July 10, 2022
On mountain land charred by the Creek fire, Cressman’s General Store reopened in a shipping container.
May 20, 2022