Elina Shatkin
                        
                            Former Food Editor & Freelance Editor 
                        
                        
                            (she/her)
                        
                    
                    
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                            Jason Kohr was discovered missing on Saturday night during a routine head-count at the minimum security facility.
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                            The ultimate Halloween Candy Ranker rates your favorite (and least favorite) sweets with super scientific accuracy.
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                            A man forced his way into a dorm room, where he assaulted one person and bit another before running away.
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                            The deserts are probably going to be cooler than the beaches as a brutal heat wave heads our way — just in time for the first pitch.
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                            The Directors Guild of America has started disciplinary proceeding against him after a litany of sexual harassment and assault accusations.
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                            Die-hards completed a 50-mile hike that follows the big cat's dangerous journey from the Santa Monica Mountains to Griffith Park.
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                            The institutions has a bold plan to modernize its campus — but has no idea how much the revamp will cost or how to pay for it.
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                            As crews made progress fighting the wildfire, the governor announced that Orange County residents can apply for help from the federal government.
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                            How do you solve a problem like Harvey Weinstein? The folks who hand out the Oscars have expelled the movie producer from their ranks.
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                            And she thinks Weinstein is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to sexual harassment in the entertainment industry.
Stories by Elina Shatkin
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