Clara Harter is a breaking news reporter at the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered politics and education for the L.A. Daily News. While at the Daily News, she published a series on fentanyl addiction that won a first-place investigative journalism award from the L.A. Press Club. Harter majored in political science and Middle Eastern studies at Columbia University. She loves surfing and, when not reporting, can most likely be found in the ocean.
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On Jan. 26, the host of ‘KCBS Radio Weekend News’ shared the location of agents and their vehicles based on information from a Santa Clara County community group.
Authorities in L.A. County say the recent uptick in arson arrests was probably the result of increased public attention to common smaller fires, not the work of copycats.
Pro-Palestinian protesters rallied at UC Regent Jonathan ‘Jay’ Sures’ home, hanging banners on his hedges and leaving red handprints smeared on his walls.
Five men were arrested in L.A. on suspicion of using counterfeit EBT cards to withdraw funds intended to provide food and aid to low-income families, the Department of Justice says.
After a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler Beach, scientists look for a cause of death: ‘Each mortality has a story to tell.’
Protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown continued for a third day in downtown Los Angeles, with hundreds of students walking out of class to join.
Author Neil Gaiman is accused of human trafficking, sexual abuse, assault and rape in a lawsuit filed against him and estranged wife Amanda Palmer.
The devastating firestorm that rained embers and terror across Los Angeles County has officially come to an end, with fire crews reaching 100% containment on the Palisades and Eaton fires Friday evening.