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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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.
One person was killed Tuesday morning in a wrong-way crash on the 405 Freeway in Hawthorne.
An extreme heat warning for Southern California could pose a health risks for vulnerable residents as temperatures climb into the triple digits in some inland areas.
Elevated temperatures are expected to last into next week across the Southland, bringing critical fire weather conditions to the region, forecasters said.
Four people were wounded by gunfire in East L.A. during post-game partying on Whittier Boulevard after the England-Mexico soccer match
One person is confirmed dead and two others critically injured in a house fire early Thursday in Montebello that police are now investigating for “suspicious circumstances.”