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Jason Henry
Jason Henry is an investigative reporter with the Southern California News Group. Raised in Ohio, Jason began his career at a suburban daily near Cleveland before moving to California in 2013. He is a self-identified technophile, data nerd and wannabe drone pilot.
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Company leasing site of 10 Freeway fire hadn’t paid rent in more than a year, illegally subleased spaces
Apex Development of Calabasas blatantly violated its lease for more than a decade, allowing flammable materials stacked against freeway columns for years.
3 charged with murder in botched robbery at Southern Californian scenic overlook
Alleged gang members targeted victims in parking lots in Los Angeles County, but prosecutors said the robbery of Jessie Munoz went bad.
Probation Department ignored red flags about gang member who killed 2 California police officers, OIG says
Family members warned that Justin Flores had become abusive, was using drugs and carrying a firearm more than a week before he ambushed two officers.
Gang robbed cars along scenic California highway at least twice before murders, police say
New details emerge from charges filed against suspected gang members believed responsible for killings in Pasadena and Rancho Palos Verdes.
6 arrested after violent robberies leave 3 dead at scenic Southern California locations
Police think the suspects are part of a gang robbing people at scenic Los Angeles overlooks, say a "strategic decision" was made to arrest the suspects when they did.
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Whether rain or a leaky pipe, water is the likely culprit in Southern California landslide
A geological engineering firm is expected to start a probe this week into the specific source of the slide, but history suggests water created the instability.
California water district secretly hired company tied to general manager’s co-defendant in bribery case
The company, which was paid at least $790,000 by the Los Angeles County water district, was created three days before a deadline to submit proposals for a contract, records showed.
Court upholds California’s anti-pay-to-play law barring votes benefiting campaign contributors
The law, requiring office holders to recuse themselves from votes involving campaign contributors of more than $250, may be the "most important political reform of the last 50 years," co-author...
California board orders LA County to close juvenile halls within 60 days
State regulatory board dismisses the county's plea for another delay, calling its proposal "too little, too late."
Fake food deliveries, drones and lax security: how drugs get into California’s juvenile halls
Staff at the two juvenile halls reported detainees used fake DoorDash delivery drivers to smuggle pills inside of burritos, said the county's inspector general.