Marie Targonski-O’Brien
Marie Targonski-O’Brien is a writer, reporter and digital producer based in Los Angeles. She graduated from USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism with a M.S. in Journalism in 2017 and is a former Associate Producer for KCET’s award-winnng news magazine show, SoCal Connected.
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A 2016 state audit found Maywood is over $15 million in debt. The city awarded V & M Iron Works, a city maintenance contractor, almost $1 million.
During Wednesday’s city council meeting, the mayor was served with recall papers, a new interim city manager was unexpectedly hired and a woman called for the council to stop employing city officials who sexually harass women.
The California Bureau of Cannabis Control has issued more than 1,000 cease and desist letters to marijuana businesses operating without state licenses.
About 200 students, parents and community members participated in a national high school walkout event at Redondo Union High School to protest gun violence.
Los Angeles is the wage theft capital of the U.S.. Read our investigation into the companies accused of stealing from their workers.
Documents released Friday by the California Legislature detail sexual harassment claims against several state lawmakers and high level employees, with some of the allegations dating back over a decade. None of the elected officials were punished, accordin
Just because you are being paid as an independent contractor doesn’t necessarily mean you are one in the eyes of the law. The difference can cost the workers thousands of dollars and rob them of labor protections, like overtime and workers compensation.
Val Zavala, anchor, producer and award-winning journalist, of KCET’s “SoCal Connected” is retiring after three decades of covering Los Angeles.
Community activists and residents gathered outside of a 7-Eleven in Koreatown this morning after rumors surfaced that agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, would be conducting legal employment verifications of the staff.
On October 15, 2016 Nancy Paulikas, a 55-year-old resident of Manhattan Beach, visited Los Angeles County Museum of Art with her husband when she disappeared and hasn't been seen since.
The Channel Islands are one of the least visited national parks and home to the fastest recovery effort of a mammal on the endangered species list in U.S. history. In the mid 1990’s, Island Fox populations started to decline and in 2004 they were added to
Over 100 drivers from Uber and Lyft gathered at Los Angeles International Airport today to protest against what they say is unfair compensation from the rideshare companies.