Monte Morin is environment editor for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, he was a breaking news and assignment editor who oversaw online coverage of the L.A. Now news blog and has reported on drought, science, health, war, crime, courts and transportation, in addition to a variety of editing posts. He shared staff Pulitzer Prizes for breaking news in 2004 and 2016 and won two overseas coverage awards from Military Reporters and Editors as a combat correspondent for Stars and Stripes. A native of New England, Morin attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was a medic in the U.S. Army Reserve.
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Feb. 22, 2023
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April 14, 2023
Long Beach police say they are trying to determine who replaced a city flag with a Trump flag.
Oct. 4, 2020
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June 1, 2020
National Guard troops deployed onto the streets of downtown Los Angeles after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency.
May 31, 2020
The crowd mostly dressed in black held signs and rode bicycles across traffic lanes while some held up sign that read “We are not thugs.”
May 30, 2020
California ha publicado una nueva guía de salud sobre el coronavirus para los servicios religiosos
May 26, 2020
El último paso para reabrir lentamente la economía de California en medio del brote de coronavirus
May 26, 2020
The state’s plan will alter religious services in dramatic ways, and it’s unlikely to end the push by some churches to allow more regular worship operations.
May 26, 2020
The existing guidance for retailers now applies statewide. It marks the latest move to slowly reopen California’s economy amid the coronavirus outbreak.
May 25, 2020