Rebecca Ellis covers Los Angeles County government for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered Portland city government for Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before OPB, Ellis wrote for the Miami Herald, freelanced for the Providence Journal and reported as a Kroc fellow at NPR in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Brown University in 2018. Ellis was a finalist for the Livingston Awards in 2022 for her investigation into abuses within Portland’s private security industry and in 2024 for an investigation into sexual abuse inside L.A. County’s juvenile halls.
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SEIU 721 said it was putting a strike previously scheduled for Oct. 10 on hold after a “productive meeting” with county leaders.
Oct. 1, 2024
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Breane Wingfield said she was abused at Los Angeles County juvenile detention facilities at a Senate hearing on reducing rape in US prisons
Sept. 26, 2024
The county has accused a foundation set up to benefit L.A. County firefighters of using donations as a personal “slush fund.”
Sept. 25, 2024
The Gas Company Tower, one of Los Angeles’ tallest skyscrapers, may get a new lease on life if a sale goes through. But officials want to make sure it’s seismically safe.
Sept. 25, 2024
More than 55,000 workers represented by SEIU 721 are prepared to walk off the job over alleged failures by the county to follow their labor contract, the union announced.
Sept. 24, 2024
UC Irvine professor Bruce Blumberg returned to campus in the spring after a university sexual harassment investigation.
Sept. 23, 2024
UC Irvine professor Bruce Blumberg returned to campus in the spring after a university sexual harassment investigation.
Sept. 23, 2024