Robert Garrova is a reporter covering mental health for LAist, a local news outlet in Los Angeles. With previous experience at NHPR and Marketplace, his work focuses on bringing attention to issues surrounding mental health care, criminal justice, and social services in the Los Angeles area.
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Robert Garrova focuses on local news in Los Angeles, with a strong emphasis on government announcements and evolving stories within the entertainment industry, health & wellbeing, human resources & employment. His coverage suggests he would be most responsive to pitches providing insights from local experts or stakeholders involved in the mentioned topics.
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The report, sent to L.A. County supervisors, stated that more than half of county probation department staff scheduled to work at the facility that day did not show up for their shifts.
Crisis workers Alice Barber (L) and Katie Ortiz (R) sit in a Penny Lane Centers crisis response vehicle
By: Robert Garrova
The move comes just days before a deadline to move some 300 incarcerated youths out of the facility if the L.A. County probation department failed to meet requirements related to safety, staffing and other matters.
By: Robert Garrova
Along with increasing food options, the federal program that helps millions pay for groceries made bumps to funding for fruits, veggies, and whole grains permanent.
L.A. County plans to hire staff for eight new teams of mental health clinicians to follow up with people after a mental health crisis.
Tenants in the 124-unit Chinatown complex say provisions in the deal for payment of back rent would make rents unaffordable for some.
By: Robert Garrova
Tenants say the plan is not a long term solution to keeping units affordable for them.
By: Robert Garrova
Psychiatric Technician Connie Villareal inside an L.A. County therapeutic transport van.
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