Ben Brazil is a former features writer for TimesOC who went on to work as a News Desk multiplatform editor for the Los Angeles Times. He previously covered Huntington Beach for the Daily Pilot. Before joining the Daily Pilot in September 2016, he was a reporter for City News Service, a Southern California-based news service. Brazil earned his bachelor’s degree in anthropology from UC Berkeley.
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June 24, 2022
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June 23, 2022
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June 17, 2022
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June 10, 2022
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