Born and raised in California, Christopher Reynolds has written about travel, the outdoors, arts and culture for the Los Angeles Times since 1990. Since 2015, Reynolds has kayaked in Canada; surfed in San Diego; snorkeled in American Samoa; floated in Xochimilco; climbed the hills of Dingle; swallowed twitching seafood in Seoul; and found his family in the ledger book at Ellis Island. He takes no freebies or press discounts.
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La policía de Burbank confirma que un sospechoso ha fallecido tras disparar mortalmente a un perro policía.
Burbank police confirm that a suspect is dead after a police dog was fatally shot.
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