Priscella Vega is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Since joining The Times in 2019, Vega has covered breaking news and the Inland Empire for Metro and worked with the obituaries team to chronicle the legacies of California luminaries. She previously worked for the Daily Pilot, the Daily Breeze and the Long Beach Press-Telegram. Vega earned her journalism degree at Cal State Long Beach. She is based in the San Gabriel Valley.
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