Melody Gutierrez is an investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered state government and politics for The Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Sacramento Bee. Gutierrez has written award-winning government accountability stories on wasteful spending, pension spiking, rape kit backlogs and failures in the foster care system.
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The Buck Owens Crystal Palace, where music legends including Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks and a young Taylor Swift have played, is being listed for sale.
July 6, 2024
A man not affiliated with UCLA is identified by campus police as the suspect detained after student was sexually assaulted in her Saxon Suites dorm room early Friday.
July 7, 2024
The Thompson fire has burned 3,500 acres and resulted in evacuation orders for more than 28,000 people in Butte County. Oroville residents are reminded of the deadly Camp fire, which destroyed the nearby town of Paradise.
July 3, 2024
As California braces for a heat wave expected to last through next week, several wildfires have ignited under critical fire conditions, forcing evacuations.
July 3, 2024
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a New York man missing since Saturday in Malibu.
May 19, 2024
A LAPD officer sustained non-life threatening injuries early Sunday morning after a man stole her patrol vehicle while she was inside it.
May 19, 2024
California Forever, a group proposing a utopian Bay Area community, released an aerial map of project’s potential boundaries in Solano County.
March 9, 2024
A state agency in charge of the little-known retirement plan for professional fighters voted Monday to pay one who was repeatedly told he didn’t qualify.
March 5, 2024
Deputies responded to a call Thursday night about a child being assaulted in East L.A. The mother was detained at the scene.
Jan. 28, 2024
California paid more boxers owed pensions in 2023, sending checks totaling more than half a million dollars to three dozen retired fighters following a Times investigation.
Dec. 28, 2023