Jackie Fortiér
Senior Health Reporter
(she/her)
I cover health in Southern California and the health care industry in the Los Angeles area.
I started in this newsroom just before the pandemic shut most everything down and it has been an intense year as I've worked to make what's going on as easy to understand as I can. For example, here's the mission we set for covering the vaccine rollout:
We will help Angelenos get accurate up-to-date information about the vaccine, navigate the hurdles to getting vaccinated and share our experiences as we try to make it to the other side of this pandemic.
I previously worked in public radio in Oklahoma and Colorado, but I’ve fallen in love with the mountains and beaches of California. If you listen closely when I’m live on the radio on 89.3 KPCC, you may hear my three cats make an appearance — despite my best efforts to keep them quiet.
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Parents and students pivoted while a three-day strike shut down Los Angeles Unified School District. There were teachable moments, some more successful than others. -
Rent protections are among the emergency orders that will expire.
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District support staff have a lot on the line, with many hoping for a reprieve from needing multiple jobs.
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Parents picked up food and homework while union rank-and-file pounded the pavement.
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The outbreak of the gastrointestinal virus began in February.
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Skirting safety and infection control cost 14 people their lives, alleges DA.
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Three people tell us what it’s really like to have long COVID. "We feel swept under the rug," says one.
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Xylazine or ‘Tranq’ is linked to increasing overdoses and has now been found up and down the West Coast
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Visitors and patients will not be required to wear a mask.
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California gave high-risk patients one month notice of the change.
