Christian Martinez is a Metro reporter covering breaking news at the Los Angeles Times. He previously wrote for the USA Today network of newspapers including the Ventura County Star, where he covered the Thomas and Woolsey wildfires and the Borderline mass shooting, the Spectrum & Daily News in Utah and the Lansing State Journal in Michigan. He was born and raised in Southern California and attended Saint Mary’s College of California.
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The initiative entails deploying “blitz enforcement operations” that will involve teams of officers patrolling popular city shopping areas.
Oct. 7, 2023
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department released footage of when John Snowling walked into Cook’s Corner on Aug. 23 and shot multiple people including his estranged wife.
Oct. 6, 2023
Los Angeles police are investigating after the Turkish Embassy said diplomats were attacked on the day of a conference at USC.
Oct. 5, 2023
Five people were wounded, none of them critically, in a shooting Tuesday at the historically Black college Morgan State University in Baltimore.
Oct. 4, 2023
Gareth Pursehouse, who authorities said threw Harwick off a balcony in 2020, was convicted of murder and first-degree residential burglary. He faces life in prison.
Sept. 29, 2023
From Wednesday to Thursday, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in California rose by nearly 14 cents to $6.03. By Friday, it was nearly $6.08.
Sept. 29, 2023
Donald Trump was absent as Republican candidates clashed in a debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, but his supporters made up for it.
Sept. 27, 2023
Ahead of the second GOP presidential debate, dozens of Armenian Americans and supporters rallied at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to bring attention to the developments in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Sept. 27, 2023
Alameda County declared a homelessness state of emergency amid rising numbers of unhoused people in the region — an issue exacerbated by high housing costs.
Sept. 23, 2023
The mud snails, which resemble grains of sand, could pose a threat to the highly protected Lake Tahoe ecosystem.
Sept. 22, 2023