Piper McDaniel is a 2019 intern with the Los Angeles Times’ Metro desk.
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Two fatal overdoses in Democratic donor Ed Buck’s home gave rise to a movement that sought to hold him accountable and uphold the value of gay black lives.
Sept. 19, 2019
The legislative clock runs out on two California bills seeking to phase out single-use plastic containers and ease the state’s recycling crisis.
Sept. 14, 2019
California lawmakers are weighing three bills to phase out single-use plastic containers and address the state’s recycling crisis. But industry opposition looms.
Sept. 5, 2019
Nearly two years after California voters approved Prop. 64, illegal marijuana grows are continuing in the state’s national forests, predominantly the work of Mexican drug traffickers.
Aug. 29, 2019
Las autoridades están atacando sitios de cultivo de marihuana en la Sierra, donde dicen que los narcotraficantes mexicanos han estado usando un pesticida peligroso.
Aug. 27, 2019
Law enforcement officials are targeting pot-growing sites in the Sierra where they say Mexican drug traffickers have been using a dangerous pesticide.
Aug. 21, 2019
California’s recycling industry has struggled since China banned imports of plastics and other material. Experts say changes are vital to overcome a waste glut.
Aug. 14, 2019
Voters in the northwest San Fernando Valley district will go to the polls again to choose a council member just seven months from now.
Aug. 14, 2019
The sheriff’s deputy pursued and apprehended a suspect about 7:50 p.m. at East Avenue S and 47th Street. The suspect resisted arrest, resulting in a fight.
July 24, 2019
The pursuit started at 6 p.m. in the area of Florence and Van Ness avenues, when LAPD officers pulled over an adult male driving a pickup. The officers ran the license plate and discovered the vehicle was stolen.
July 24, 2019