Joseph Serna is a deputy editor on the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times and helps oversee daily breaking news coverage. He was previously a deputy editor for culture and talent where he helped manage the company’s internship, fellowship and training programs. Prior to that, he covered wildfires, emergency preparation and response for Metro, which took him to some of the worst fire disasters in the world from Australia to Northern California. He was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack. He attended Orange Coast Community College, San Francisco State University and graduated from Cal State Long Beach.
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A pair of small fires broke out Wednesday morning in Brentwood and Tarzana as officials warned of heightened fire danger this week due to Santa Ana winds.
Keegan Allen posted a video of himself covered in blood in West Hollywood on Thursday night, saying he had just been the victim of an armed robbery.
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake rattled Long Beach just before 1 a.m. on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
A shooting at an assisted-living facility in South L.A. on Monday morning left three victims wounded and a gunman in custody, Los Angeles police said.
Video obtained by a plane-spotting website appears to show a DHL plane landing at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday night and moments later, the rear tires bursting into flames.
A solo-vehicle crash involving a motorcyclist closed a transition road between the 105 and 110 freeways late Monday.
Una investigación sobre una denuncia de disparos terminó en un enfrentamiento mortal el miércoles por la noche, cuando, según las autoridades, un secuestrador ejecutó a su víctima antes de ser abatido por los agentes.
A man with a bat was fatally shot by police in Los Angeles’ Harvard Heights neighborhood Wednesday evening, police said.
One person is dead after a car collided with a pole around 2 a.m. in Winnetka.
Police went to Irvine’s Turtle Rock neighborhood in response to reports of a man with a knife suffering a mental health crisis outside his home.