Christopher Goffard is an author and a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. He shared in the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s Bell coverage and has twice been a Pulitzer finalist for feature writing, in 2007 and 2014. His novel “Snitch Jacket” was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel. His book “You Will See Fire: A Search for Justice in Kenya,” based on his Times series, was published in 2011.
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There was nothing to fear, Mulholland declared as he inspected the water leaking from the dam that morning. The muddiness? That was from the water spilling over a dirt road. Then the czar returned to L.A.
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The man stabbed one of the deputies, who was taken to the hospital with noncritical injuries, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
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Sonic booms are expected along the Central California coast late Saturday as SpaceX launches its Falcon 9 rocket into orbit.
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The baseball player’s remarkable speed earned him spots on three championship teams, including the 2020 Dodgers.