Award-winning journalist Joel Grover has been an investigative reporter for NBC4 since 2003. He is nationally known for his undercover investigations, which often expose consumer fraud and government wrongdoing – see his stories here. In addition, Grover is focused on reporting on L.A.’s homelessness crisis with the station's ongoing “Streets of Shame” series.
Grover has won nearly every major award for investigative reporting, including the Peabody, the DuPont-Columbia, at least 20 local area Emmy Awards, six National Edward R. Murrow Awards, two IRE (Investigative Reports and Editors) Medals, and three Society of Professional Journalists Medals.
His investigations have resulted in millions of dollars in refunds to consumers, changed laws, and sent people to prison. His exposé of the Los Angeles County Health Department's restaurant inspection program prompted creation of an A-B-C grading system for L.A. County eateries. His reports on Jiffy Lube, the nation's largest car repair chain, resulted in nationwide changes in the company's practices and policies. His investigation of Southern California car dealerships resulted in prison sentences for six top managers and a settlement returning $1.5 million dollars to customers.
After graduating with honors from the University of California at Berkeley, Grover began his broadcasting career in Grand Junction, Colorado. Before coming to NBC4, he was an investigative reporter for KSTP in Minneapolis and KCBS in Los Angeles.
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The mother of a 35-year-old man killed by a trash truck says the city of LA is stonewalling her requests for basic information about the fatal accident.
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LA residents raise concerns over homeless pet ownership
Concerned viewers tell NBC4 I-Team they’ve reported dogs belonging to homeless which are under-fed, or violent, but say LA Animal Services does little or nothing about it.
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After I-Team report, LA mayor says she now has plan to dismantle RV encampments
Following an NBC4 I-Team report that aired Thursday night, the mayor’s spokesperson says there is now a plan to dismantle RV encampments on LA streets.
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‘Disaster waiting to happen.' Similar fires near 10 Freeway blaze started at homeless encampments
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LA Neighborhood Says City Is Breaking Promise to Prevent Third Devastating Mudslide
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LA's Freeways Undergoing Massive Makeover to Clear Homeless Encampments and Tons of Trash
Miles of the 101 Freeway, which just last year were covered in tons of uncollected trash and hundreds of homeless tents, are now being dramatically cleaned up and neatly landscaped by Caltrans.
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COVID Home Tests Can Give False Negatives, I-Team Reporter Learns Firsthand
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Watch Where You Step. LA's Sidewalks Are Still Dangerous, Despite Millions In Repairs
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SoCal Freeways Looking Cleaner, Less Trashy, in Wake of NBC I-Team Reports
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