Jason Kandel is a an award-winning journalist and digital news producer for NBCLA.
Kandel written for news websites and newspapers for two decades.
He's written about the rise and fall of Russian-Armenian organized crime figures, exposed environmental and juvenile justice issues, and wrote an award-winning series about a kidnapping and torture case that terrified a beachfront community in Orange County.
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Suspect Arrested in Hours-Long San Fernando Valley Search After CHP Traffic Stop Shooting
The CHP identified Pejhmaun Iraq Khosroabadi as the man sought in the shooting Monday during a traffic stop in Studio City. He was described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall, 210 pounds with auburn hair and brown eyes.
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What to Know: Two Bills Propose Shortening the Workweek to 4 Days
As people return to the office after two years of working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, several California state and federal lawmakers are pushing legislation to shorten the work week.
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Victorville Mall Shooter, Now in Custody, Was Store Owner Trying to Stop Shoplifters
A girl was wounded in a shooting inside the Victor Valley mall on Tuesday night, officials said.
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Possible Honey Oil Lab Explosion Blows Out Window of Simi Valley Apartment
Simi Valley police on Tuesday were investigating an explosion that blew out a window at an apartment and injured two people as a honey oil lab.
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6-Year-Old Boy Battling Cancer Dreams of Being a Postal Worker and Becomes Honorary Mailman
Six-year-old Jacob Ava who’s been battling cancer says his biggest dream is to become a U.S. Postal worker.
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Ex-Pro Skateboarder Sentenced for Selling Methamphetamine and Laundering Bitcoin Drug Proceeds
A former professional skateboarder from Long Beach was sentenced this week to 97 months in federal prison for selling methamphetamine and laundering Bitcoin, prosecutors said.
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What to Know: LAUSD Requiring All Students, Staff to Show Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test Regardless of Vaccination Status
As COVID-19 cases continue to spike, the LAUSD says it is now requiring all students and employees to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before returning to campuses when school resumes on Jan. 11.
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Watch: Sailor Rescues Stranded Swimmer Who Was in the Water for 12 Hours Off SoCal Coast
During an outing in his sailboat Defiant one Sunday in September, Koz Khosravani marveled at a pod of dolphins that swam near his boat and directed his gaze to the unthinkable — a hand surfacing in the choppy water.
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Additional Victims Sought in ‘Back Alley Butt Lifts' Performed by Suspect Known as ‘La Tia'
Police are seeking additional victims of a mother daughter duo accused of performing illegal butt injection augmentations that led to the death of a woman in 2019.
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Events in SoCal to Remember the 9/11 Terror Attack Victims, 20 Years Later
It was 20 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001 when hijackers used commercial planes as missiles and crashed into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
