Investigations

Award winning series on SoCalGas using ratepayer money to fight electrification. Earned 3rd place from Best of the West and 1st place from the California News Publishers Association 2024:

Woks vs. clean energy? SoCalGas wanted you to think electrification would crush California restaurants

SoCalGas fought a key California climate solution for years. It cost customers millions

Features & Enterprise

Chico planned a burn that could have curbed the Park Fire. Here’s why it didn’t get done

California gave Teslas to an isolated farmworker community. Why did they vanish overnight?

Volkswagen spent $800M on California EV charging to atone for Dieselgate. Drivers aren’t happy

Delta pumps likely killed over half a million fish in two decades. This year was extra deadly

Water supply for all of California is controlled by this covert room. Can it adjust to climate extremes?

Forecasts from 30K feet: Flying with the ‘hurricane hunters’ into California storms

He was called the ‘Darth Vader’ of California water. Farmers want a friendlier face

To cut fossil fuels, California needs power lines fast. Building them takes a decade

A quarter of California homes lacked A/C this heat wave. It could stay that way for years

Gov Newsom said he would give land back to California Native Americans. Has he?

Paper records and steel vaults: Can California water rights enter the digital age?

Breaking News & Scoops

Gavin Newsom has a plan to lower California electricity bills. Here’s what it would do

PG&E ran a TV ad touting its work to underground power lines. Now it wants customers to pay for it

Berkeley settles lawsuit to repeal gas ban, in final blow to dozens of California measures

Gavin Newsom fast-tracks plan to build California’s first new reservoir in decades

California gas prices could spike 50 cents a gallon next year thanks to this climate program

California’s ambitious 2030 climate target faces serious obstacles, regulator acknowledges

This year’s top contributor to California campaigns is an unexpected fossil fuel giant

Nestlé bottled water from California spring for 100 years. It’s illegal and must stop, regulator says

Oldies but Goodies

Many California farmers have water cut off, but a lucky few are immune to drought rules - LA Times, 2021

With drought worsening, should California have much tougher water restrictions? - LA Times, 2021

Apartment vouchers in hand, some homeless in the Sepulveda Basin are still displaced - Daily News, 2020

A Sepulveda Basin fire left dozens of homeless displaced, but city has little to offer - Daily News, 2019

Homeless people arrive at Tarzana mansion thinking it’s a shelter, but it’s really a prank - Daily News, 2019

‘End of an era’: San Fernando Valley’s last commercial orange grove is up for sale - Daily News, 2019

From LA prosecutor to Trump impeachment probe, Adam Schiff has come ‘full circle’ - Daily News, 2019

Tale of two schools: Separated by just 9 miles, strike’s effects on these LAUSD campuses are far apart - Daily News, 2019

From dental chair to the ring: Meet the dentist who protects Manny Pacquiao’s pearly whites - Daily News, 2019

At a Turkish bathhouse in the West Bank, Palestinian women are reclaiming their time - The Lily, 2018

Audio Reporting

This Ramadan tradition is under threat in Jerusalem - PRI’s The World, 2018

In the West Bank, fixing the car comes with extra challenges - PRI’s The World, 2018

What happens when a Tarzana mansion is falsely tagged as a homeless shelter on Google Maps - KCRW, 2019

Muslim woman breaks century-high glass ceiling as first female judge in Israel’s religious courts - PRI’s The World, 2017

Gaza afloat? Dreams of a seasoned architect - TLV1.fm, 2017

Video reporting

Your guide to the Gaza protests - Haaretz, 2017