Melody Gutierrez@MelodyGutierrez
Investigative reporter for The Los Angeles Times. Send story ideas to [email protected] or through Signal 213-399-4254 latimes.com Sacramento Joined February 2009-
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My statement below: L.A. Times reporters attacked by Minnesota troopers will settle lawsuit for $1.2 million latimes.com/california/sto…
Congrats to the Sacramento Press Club 2024 Journalism Awards Contest finalists for Impact in Journalism: @ByrhondaLyons for @CalMatters @MelodyGutierrez for @latimes @robinurevich and @gluissandoval for @capitalandmain
Congrats to the Sacramento Press Club 2024 Journalism Awards Contest finalists for Daily Capitol Beat Reporting: @ccadelago for @politico @TarynLuna for @latimes
Huge congrats to @jackfleonard -- someone I've been lucky enough to work with (and learn from) for 27 years. Always a force of good in @latimes newsroom whose editing and sense of purpose I was always admire
Huge congrats to @jackfleonard -- someone I've been lucky enough to work with (and learn from) for 27 years. Always a force of good in @latimes newsroom whose editing and sense of purpose I was always admire
After losing a world champion boxer's pension records, California finally admits error latimes.com/california/sto…
Great tale: After losing a world champion boxer's pension records, California finally admits its error. Paul Banke -- who became the first major U.S. boxer to publicly acknowledge that he had AIDS -- gets justice thanks to @latimes' @MelodyGutierrez. latimes.com/california/sto…
After losing a world champion boxer's pension records, California finally admits error. The state's admission and attempt to fix the problem only came after dogged questioning by the @latimes' @MelodyGutierrez latimes.com/california/sto…
The CA athletic commission admitted it inexplicably lost boxer Paul Banke’s pension records and voted Monday to pay him. But, without records, the commission couldn’t accurately calculate what Banke is due. Read latest in our boxing pension investigation: latimes.com/california/sto…
After losing a world champion boxer's pension records, California finally admits error latimes.com/california/sto…
NEW: After losing a world champion boxer's pension records, California finally admits error latimes.com/california/sto…
A heated custody battle over a transgender child in California has gone viral, w/ the father's backers calling him a "hero," the mother a "groomer" and the state out of control. That narrative leaves a lot out. Read @brittny_mejia and my latest: latimes.com/california/sto…
Big thank you to the @ShorensteinCtr for including the reporting @keribla, @brittny_mejia and I did on pharmacies in Mexico selling fentanyl- and meth-tainted, counterfeit pills on the incredibly strong lost of semifinalists for the 2024 Goldsmith Prize. shorensteincenter.org/semifinalists-…
We hate making ourselves the story, but this is a fascinating read from @MattHjourno -- Tom Girardi left dozens of voicemails for The Times and a reporter investigating him. Was it a ploy? latimes.com/california/sto…
It's not everyday I write about something positive. Arthur's cousin was denied entry into the U.S. twice despite being a lifesaving donor. But this week his cousin's visa application was cleared!!! latimes.com/california/sto… photos by the indomitable @francineorr @CedarsSinai
My final story for the LATimes is a catfish SCOOP—Grisly details revealed in federal lawsuit about catfishing cop w/ @SummerrLin latimes.com/california/sto…
You’ll find first-person stories in Column One too. Though reporters correctly stand in the wings, sometimes they need to take center stage to tell a tale. Like this memorable one by @MelodyGutierrez: latimes.com/california/sto…
🧵January was the cruelest month for my beloved @latimes , but it also marked a happy anniversary. Five years ago, Column One came back. It withered away when we were owned by Tronc, but returned Jan. 24, 2019, with this stunner by @skarlamanga: latimes.com/local/great-re…
Steve Garvey touts 'family values' in his Senate bid. Some of his kids tell another story latimes.com/california/sto…
Former Dodgers and Padres star Steve Garvey touts ‘family values’ in his Senate bid. Some of his kids tell another story. latimes.com/california/sto…
As an ex-Mennonite who investigates drug trafficking in Mexico for a living, I've never felt more qualified to do a story than this one: Franz Kauenhofen, deeply in debt, and excommunicated for owning a smartphone, becomes a ruthless drug trafficker. latimes.com/world-nation/s…