US Attorney Martin Estrada is announcing charges against Ippei Mizuhara, alleging that he stole more than $16 million from Shohei Ohtani.

Here's the profile Connor Sheets and I wrote of Mizuhara when the news first broke about the gambling scandal: latimes.com/california/sto…

I'm still on Cloud Nine that ProPublica today announced our expanded commitment to local journalism! We pledged to partner with at least one news organization in every state over the next five years on an accountability journalism project! propublica.org/atpropublica/p… 🧵

Someone stole William Woods’ identity. The LAPD arrested him, believing the identity thief over him.

A judge later sent Woods to a mental hospital because he maintained (rightfully so) that he was the real William Woods. I interviewed him here

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Inside the gambling ring linked to Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and his since-fired interpreter -- as told by two bettors themselves.

'The guy seemed to run a good shop.'

(w/ David Wharton)

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Thank you to IRE and NICAR for selecting the reporting Keri Blakinger, Brittny Mejia & I did on the sale of tainted pills in Mexican pharmacies as a finalist for not one but two IRE awards! Big congrats to all the incredible finalists and winners.
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Watch the The Wall Street Journal's 24-Hour Read-A-Thon supporting detained reporter Evan Gershkovich: youtube.com/watch?v=gNweZE…

One day is a long time, and Evan's work has been silenced for a whole year.

Friday’s front page.

.Connor Sheets and I dug into Ippei Mizuhara, Shohai Ohtani's former interpreter who's been accused of stealing $4.5 million. It's a strange one -- big parts of his public biography are either difficult to confirm or outright false. latimes.com/california/sto…

The mysterious life — and questionable claims — of Shohei Ohtani's interpreter.
From our Laura J. Nelson 🦅 and Connor Sheets:
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Scoop w/Katie Robertson: McClatchy, one of America’s biggest newspaper chains, is also cutting back its deal with the Associated Press

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Big congrats to Jessica Pishko! Can’t wait to read this one.

It’s an honor to recognize this NBC News team with the 2024 #ShadidAward : Jon Schuppe, Rich Schapiro and Mike Hixenbaugh. Press release:
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Such a amazing Oscar win for Los Angeles! -- And two venerable institutions -- the Los Angeles Unified School District and Los Angeles Times (I am a product of both!) latimes.com/entertainment-…

Today, The Center for Public Integrity management informed us that they will lay off 11 of our beloved coworkers. This figure represents more than half our unit.

The 2024 local news layoff wave has hit Colorado. Colorado Public Radio staffers learned 15 of their colleagues will lose their jobs. The station plans to hold a meeting about it tomorrow morning. 'We will provide a comprehensive statement after we have had the opportunity to

Report for America, which funds of hundreds of local journalists, will no longer support positions at Gannett, Alden, or any newspapers owned by private equity or hedge funds because 'that business model isn’t the future for robust local news.' journal-isms.com/2024/03/j-grou…

Oregon removed criminal penalties for possessing street drugs in 2020. But amid soaring overdose deaths, state lawmakers have voted to bring back some restrictions. nyti.ms/48BSJwH

scoop: The Center for Public Integrity, one of the oldest nonprofit newsrooms in the U.S., is weighing a merger or shutdown amid financial dire straits
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