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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The South Coast Air Quality Management District passed a rule to cut down on noxious odors from five rendering facilities that dispose of and recycle animal remains. -
L.A. County wants the legislature to expand the definition of "grave disability" to make it easier to put certain homeless individuals on involuntary psychiatric holds.
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With Halloween approaching, public health groups want to increase awareness of sneakily-packaged marijuana edibles
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At 93, Andres Raul Marruffo is one of L.A.’s oldest Dodgers fans. His family feels the love, too: "Baseball was always the one thing that brought us together."
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It's the latest phase of a larger initiative to put together a "parts list" for the brain and figure out how those cells interact with each other.
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An extension of the convention floor, the Amtrak Surfliner to San Diego is where you'll find fans, studio executives and comic book creators alike.
