Robert Garrova
I cover mental health at a time when L.A. — and the nation — is failing people who live with a serious mental illness. The L.A. County jail system is the de-facto mental health institution for our region, and people who want help with their mental health often can’t get it, even if they can afford it. I’ll work to help Angelenos understand how we got here and what reforms aim to change things. I’ll do this through the stories of people struggling with their own mental health and those trying to get care for a loved one.
My reporting has taken me to the edge of wildfires in California, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, steps away from a robot that’s now exploring Mars, and into the homes of countless Angelenos.
I’ve had many jobs in radio. I used to help produce and direct the flagship show for Marketplace, a daily business and economic news show. I also spent a couple years in the Northeast working as a reporter. I found my love of audio journalism while interning on LAist's (formerly KPCC’s) Off-Ramp in 2013.
I was born and raised in SoCal. I’m most proud when my journalism can help raise the voices of people struggling in this beautiful region stricken by inequality.
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SAG-AFTRA has given dozens of independent productions the okay to keep filming. -
In a statement on Wednesday, Guillermo Viera Rosa, the interim probation chief, said the county had gone “from Mission Impossible to mission accomplished.”
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Actor Erik Passoja said his digital likeness was used in a video game without his consent.
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L.A. County is struggling to make mental health crisis response teams available quickly and around the clock.
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The latest numbers on the unhoused community from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is a reminder of the thousands of people living on the streets in L.A. who deal with debilitating mental illness.
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“Mental illness is a complex issue, it’s difficult to treat, and it needs everybody’s help,” said one incarcerated mental health assistant.
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The L.A. City Council cleared the way for a related ballot measure that could limit hospital executive pay to $450,000 annually.
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Part of the idea is to free up budgets that go to police contracts so that more homeless outreach teams and mental health crisis teams could serve Metro riders.
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“More than 500 young students attend class and routinely breathe in dust with lead, chromium and other toxic materials,” said DA George Gascón at a news conference Wednesday.
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Center Theatre Group announced last week it would make cuts to programming at the Mark Taper Forum.
