Jason Wells
Managing Editor, Daily News
(he/him)
Jason Wells loves the power of good, dynamic storytelling to grow an audience online. He was formerly the executive editor of news at BuzzFeed News, where he worked for 10 years overseeing coverage of immigration, the entertainment industry, and breaking news. Prior to that, he worked at the Los Angeles Times, where he helped oversee online daily coverage of California.
He got his start in news when he joined his student newspaper at the College of the Sequoias and has been hooked ever since. After graduating from San Diego State, he moved to L.A. and has lived in Pasadena for 15 years. He loves hiking and the outdoors and will beat you at tennis any day.
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Bass is proposing the elimination of hundreds of vacant city jobs to help close the gap. -
The Dodgers fired Mizuhara in March after Ohtani's lawyers accused him of stealing millions of dollars from the baseball player to place bets with an Orange County-based bookie.
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The police chief will stay on as a consultant when he steps down in February, Mayor Karen Bass announced.
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No major damage was immediately reported.
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The CHP said 75 people were arrested in connections with the demonstration that snarled traffic for miles.
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