Richard Winton is an investigative crime writer for the Los Angeles Times and part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2011. Known as @lacrimes on X, during almost 30 years at The Times he also has been part of the breaking news staff that won Pulitzers in 1998, 2004 and 2016. He won the ASNE Deadline News award in 2006. A native of England, after getting degrees from the University of Kent at Canterbury and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he began covering politics but chose to focus on crime because it was less dirty.
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Una adolescente ha fallecido en una vivienda de Arcadia. El sospechoso del tiroteo huyó e intentó quitarse la vida en Pasadena, según han informado las autoridades.
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The Norte fire broke out Friday afternoon in Orange County, triggering evacuations in San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.
San Clemente Mayor Rick Loeffler said the blaze has affected only properties north of the city in San Juan Capistrano largely because of wind direction.