Christopher Goffard is an author and a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. He shared in the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s Bell coverage and has twice been a Pulitzer finalist for feature writing, in 2007 and 2014. His novel “Snitch Jacket” was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel. His book “You Will See Fire: A Search for Justice in Kenya,” based on his Times series, was published in 2011.
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July 24, 2024
Alison Chao, 15, hasn’t been heard from since Tuesday, when she left home on her bicycle for a short ride to see a family member in San Gabriel. Police are searching for clues.
July 20, 2024
The McMartin Preschool trial ended with zero convictions. “McMartin” became a byword for social contagion, hysteria and the epic failure of trusted institutions: law enforcement, courts, the child-therapy establishment and the media.
July 17, 2024
During the three-month trial, both sides portrayed 26-year-old Samuel Woodward as a young man who struggled with his sexuality growing up in a conservative Newport Beach family, with a particularly disapproving father.
July 3, 2024
Ronald Hughes was supposed to be another puppet, a neophyte attorney who would be easily manipulated — or intimidated — to do whatever Charles Manson demanded.
July 3, 2024
Both sides portrayed Samuel Woodward as a young man who struggled with his sexuality growing up in a conservative Newport Beach family. He and his victim had a rendevouz the night of the killing.
July 3, 2024
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June 26, 2024
An Irvine woman accused of killing her 92-year-old mother was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder.
June 21, 2024
Growing up in Los Angeles, it was hard to escape the terrible footage on the nightly news of the plunging helicopter that killed Vic Morrow and two children.
June 16, 2024
The length of the trial ensured that the terrible footage was constantly on the nightly news.
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