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Ryan Carter

Ryan Carter is an editor for the Southern California News Group, who also writes stories for the group. Ryan started his career writing obituaries at the Glendale News-Press, before working as assistant city editor for Times Community News (Division of the L.A. Times) and city editor for the Glendale News-Press, San Bernardino Sun and L.A. Daily News. Ryan earned a BA degree in Political Science from UCLA and in 2022 earned his Master's of Legal Studies at UCLA.

Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Maria Murillo, wife of ICE detainee Jose Luis Zavala with daughters Arabel Zavala, 14, left and Isella Zavala, 11, with welcome home signs they made for their dad who was excepted home on July, 14th in Pomona on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

How an ICE memo cast a shadow over a Pomona family’s hopes to reunite with their detained patriarch

July 19, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Jose Luis Zavala, a gardener, was one of thousands of immigrants swept up last month in President Donald Trump's massive immigration crackdown. Now he's in a Texas detention center. Though...

Masked federal agents stage outside a gate of Dodger Stadium on June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. Many reports on tracking websites and social media of ICE raids are posted by people mistaking local police for ICE officers, experts say. Community members who then show up to protest what they believe is immigration enforcement inhibit the law enforcement activities, police chiefs say. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

An LA judge’s ruling on immigration raids ripples across nation. Here’s what you need to know

July 14, 2025 at 6:49 p.m.

As Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong's ruling rippled across the region, the federal government requested an immediate stay, pending appeal. Here's what you need to know.

Maria Murillo and her daughter, Denise, show up for Jose Luis Zavala Ramirez, at Edward R. Roybal Federal Building on June 18, 2025. That day, Ramirez was taken into federal custody under President Donald Trump’s nationwide immigration crackdown. But by Friday, it remained unclear what his crime was. (Photo by Ryan Carter)

First came the immigration agents, then came the text. Pomona family’s day turns into a nightmare

June 30, 2025 at 8:40 a.m.

One family's experience offers a glimpse of life at a federal facility, where detainees are being processed during federal immigration actions.

Signs at Villa Parke in Pasadena warn people how to protect themselves from federal immigration sweeps. (Ryan Carter/SCNG)

Pasadena cancels park activities for Saturday after people are swept up by armed federal agents

June 21, 2025 at 6:58 p.m.

Social media posts showed federal agents at Villa Parke on Saturday morning. Activities were also canceled at Robinson and Victory parks.

California Sen. Alex Padilla, who made headlines on June 12, 2025 after being forcibly removed from a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, hails from Pacoima, a working-class L.A. suburb. (Photo by Ryan Carter, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Sen. Alex Padilla’s political journey began in Pacoima, now ICE raids hit home

June 13, 2025 at 3:06 p.m.

Now the senior U.S. senator from California, Alex Padilla's career in public service started amid intense fervor over immigration in the early 1990s. Now, it comes full circle.

Landscape contractor Michael Sherman teaches a lesson on irrigation at the nonprofit Grow2Zero Farms in Long Beach on Saturday, May 31, 2025. Students Estefany Rodriguez, left, and Brandon Sandoval attend the six-month weekly class where they learn about urban farming. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

What EPA’s gutting of environmental grants means for Southern California communities

June 2, 2025 at 11:01 a.m.

The grants were dedicated for projects meant to improve minority communities impacted by pollution, climate change and air and water quality issues.

Las Flores Water Company reservoirs that suffered damage in the Eaton fire and impacted how the company is serving its customers on April 23, 2025 in the 3200 block of N. Lake Ave. in Altadena. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Wildfires dealt heavy blow to LA’s tiny water districts; recovery will be tough, report says

May 29, 2025 at 5:47 p.m.

A new report from UCLA's Luskin Center charts the toll of the January wildfires on the L.A. area's array of water districts.

Janet Scully, program manager with the L.A. County Department of Public Health, demonstrated how to collect soil as part of the department’s Eaton Fire Soil Testing Program, which kicked off on Thursday, May 22. (Photo by Ryan Carter)

LA County rolls out soil testing program for residents on fringe of Eaton fire burn zone

May 23, 2025 at 7:21 a.m.

The program enables residents to take their own soil samples, and get them analyzed through certified county labs that show results on lead concentrations.

SCE lowered and then picked up workers from a helicopter down to the the conductors on idle transmission lines above Eaton Canyon on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. The work is part of the investigation into the cause of the Eaton fire. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

With no evidence otherwise, Edison chief says its equipment could have ignited Eaton fire

April 30, 2025 at 11:22 a.m.

More than 130 lawsuits have been filed blaming SCE's equipment for sparking the fire.

Inspections of the Southern California Edison transmission towers alleged to be responsible for igniting the Eaton fire above Altadena and Pasadena continued on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Crews climbed the Eaton Canyon transmission towers looking for evidence that could ultimately determine the company’s liability. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Investigators climb Edison transmission towers in probe of alleged Eaton fire ignition site

March 21, 2025 at 6:44 a.m.

Forensic evidence collected by the Rosemead-based utility will help determine whether Edison equipment ignited the destructive Eaton fire.

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