Salvador Hernandez is a reporter on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, he was a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News, where he covered criminal justice issues, the growing militia movement and breaking news. He also covered crime as a reporter at the Orange County Register. He is a Los Angeles native.
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One year since an audio leak of City Council members’ racist conversation rocked local politics and opened up old racial wounds, the healing process for many Angelenos is still ongoing.
Oct. 8, 2023
A new analysis by an Orange County Public Defender shows at least 57 serious felony cases, including murder trials, were affected by the use of snitches. In many of trials, the charges were dropped or charges significantly reduced.
Oct. 4, 2023
The body of an 86-year-old man who disappeared on a fishing trip Friday has been found under a bridge in Lancaster. Sheriff’s officials say his brother is still missing.
Oct. 8, 2023
San Francisco could become the second-largest city in the U.S. to ban right-hand turns on red lights. Advocates look at whether it has a shot in L.A.
Oct. 3, 2023
The Martin B. Retting shop was grandfathered in when Culver City banned gun stores near schools, and it could have transferred those rights to a new owner.
Sept. 27, 2023
Police think the driver of a Corvette was racing a white sedan down La Brea Avenue in Hollywood when they struck and killed a pedestrian Sunday morning.
Sept. 25, 2023
A transportation advocacy group wants to turn the three-mile stretch of the unfinished Marina Freeway in Culver City into public parks and thousands of affordable housing units. The idea has already garnered some support.
Sept. 23, 2023
Kevin Cataneo Salazar faces one count of murder with special circumstances of lying in wait, firing from a car and personal use of a firearm, a .22-caliber revolver, according to the criminal complaint.
Sept. 20, 2023
Experts say the 29-year-old man accused of shooting a Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office deputy may have slipped through the cracks of California gun regulation after a mental health hospitalization.
Sept. 20, 2023
The suspect in the killing of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was diagnosed with schizophrenia, heard voices and twice tried to kill himself, his mother told The Times.
Sept. 18, 2023