Writer. Reporter. Journalist.

Creator and host of ‘Foretold,’ a new Los Angeles Times podcast…

Paulina Stevens grew up in an insular Romani American family, destined to leave school, marry young, and become a fortuneteller. By 17, her fate was sealed — until she decided to leave it all behind. "Foretold" follows Paulina as she navigates the consequences of her decision to leave her community and redefine her identity. Hosted by Los Angeles Times reporter Faith Pinho, "Foretold" will take you past the neon "psychic" signs and trendy tarot cards to unravel myths and stereotypes that have followed the Romani people for centuries.

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Biden stumps for Newsom as recall candidates make last push
Los Angeles Times

President Biden joined Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday night for a final campaign stop in Long Beach on the eve of the recall election, lending his firepower to fight against the governor’s possible ouster and underscoring the national importance of defeating the effort.

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Los Angeles Times
How churches became a center of the California recall campaign
Los Angeles Times

As candidates crisscross California ahead of the recall election on Sept. 14, faith communities have become a central place for proselytizing to potential voters.

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Slammed by COVID-19 shutdown, San Luis Obispo boosts Newsom recall
Los Angeles Times

In a county where Democrats slightly outnumber Republicans, San Luis Obispo County residents delivered a sizable chunk of signatures to the statewide recall effort to oust California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Los Angeles Times
As a 9-year-old, she was saved at sea. Thirty-five years later, she reunited with her rescuers
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Kept afloat by her orange life jacket and the bow of her family’s capsized boat, 9-year-old Desireé Rodriguez had watched helplessly as one family member after another let go of life.

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Los Angeles Times
Black woman describes terrifying attack by Trump mob in L.A.: ‘I’m thinking I’m dead’
Los Angeles Times

A crowd of at least 20 pro-Trump demonstrators, many clad in “Make America Great Again” hats, surrounded 25-year-old Berlinda Nibo on a busy downtown Los Angeles street, she said, feet away from a gaggle of police officers

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Los Angeles Times
Cancel Abraham Lincoln? San Francisco grapples with the president’s legacy
Los Angeles Times

As San Francisco, like many parts of the country, grapples with how best to memorialize historic figures, the statue of the 16th president sat red-faced — literally — in front of the government building the day after Christmas.

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Los Angeles Times
The Bear fire nearly wiped this town off the map. Miraculously, one landmark survived
Los Angeles Times

After the Bear fire roared into town, the last remaining landmark of the tightknit mountain town Feather Falls — The Gold Flake saloon — stands untouched.

Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
They’re not really called ‘murder hornets.’ And they’re probably not as bad as you think
Los Angeles Times

Bug experts from Washington, where the hornet was discovered in the U.S., to California agree that the 2-inch hornet is probably not worth all the buzz it has generated — at least not yet.

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'Glory years': IMPD honors 100 years of police women with historical exhibit
IndyStar

Although they were not allowed guns or billy clubs and were required to wear skirts and carry their radios in purses, Indianapolis Police Department’s first female officers did not shy away from wrestling with criminals or tackling them down.

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