@JasonMHenry

Investigative Reporter for the Southern California News Group. BGSU alumnus. Born in Penn., raised in Ohio, and now, I'm here.

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Eric Preven, screenwriter-turned-local government watchdog, died this weekend at his Studio City home. A true original and a relentless advocate for better government: latimes.com/california/story…

Hollywood TV writer who became relentless citizen watchdog dies at 62

Eric Preven, a well-known government transparency advocate, garnered a reputation as an eagle-eyed observer of local meetings, a savvy wielder of the state's public records act, and a reliable thorn...

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Norman the werewolf still stands as Altadena’s symbol of resilience – and dressed up for Halloween pasadenastarnews.com/2025/10… via @stevscaz

Norman the werewolf still stands as Altadena’s symbol of resilience – and dressed up for Halloween

He stands 8-feet tall and is known as Norman, a werewolf that instead of scaring people of Altadena, he’s become a symbol of hope and resilience. And he’s dressed up for Halloween.

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By Jason Henry (@JasonMHenry) West Covina spent $152,000 on Moon Festival tied to mayor’s wife sgvtribune.com/2025/08/31/we…

West Covina spent $152,000 on Moon Festival tied to mayor’s wife

Employees say Mayor Tony Wu has threatened firings if the annual event is scaled back after taking over greater responsibility from a nonprofit.

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Los Angeles County plans to reopen a portion of shuttered juvenile hall in Sylmar and to shift girls in its custody to a facility in the Santa Monica Mountains to meet a court-ordered mandate to depopulate Los Padrinos. dailynews.com/2025/05/02/la-…

LA County plans to reopen Sylmar juvenile hall, relocate girls to Santa Monica Mountain camp

The moves are part of the county’s plan to depopulate troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, which has been deemed unsuitable for housing youth.

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By Jason Henry (@JasonMHenry) Former Baldwin Park, Commerce leaders secretly pleaded guilty in cannabis bribery scheme sgvtribune.com/2024/12/05/fo…

Former Baldwin Park, Commerce leaders secretly pleaded guilty in cannabis bribery scheme

Nearly half a dozen Southern California officials — from Baldwin Park, Commerce, Compton and elsewhere — have been charged in an ongoing corruption probe.

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10 years ago, I walked into a museum in Downtown San Francisco. I’ve been trying to understand an artist, seen as the Third Coming of the Buddha, ever since. Art sales, money, lobbying, real estate, academia, and, of course, miracles. For @RollingStone: rollingstone.com/culture/cul…

Untangling the Mystery of the Art God

For a decade, one writer tried to unravel the story of Dorje Chang, whose artwork sold for millions and who claimed to be the third coming of Buddha

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SCNGguild@SCNGguild24 Oct 2024
🚨🚨🚨At the end of an all-day bargaining session yesterday, we told management they have a deadline of 12:01 am, Monday, Nov. 4, to bargain in good faith and present us with an acceptable proposal or we will begin our ULP strike.
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SCNGguild@SCNGguild23 Oct 2024
SCNG Guild members have had enough of management’s stall tactics during bargaining and unfair labor practices. Here is why we voted to authorize a strike:
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By Jason Henry (@JasonMHenry) How ‘pig butchering’ romance scams siphon millions from Californians every year dailynews.com/2024/10/13/how… via @ladailynews

How ‘pig butchering’ romance scams siphon millions from Californians every year

The fast-growing, sophisticated romance con has destroyed families, erased plans for retirement and pushed some victims to suicide.

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7 SoCal city managers among state’s highest paid thanks to lucrative exit packages. Story by @JasonMHenry and @GumshoeJoe: buff.ly/3RNY0vz
Former Commerce City Manager, Edgar Cisneros, in a picture taken while he served on the Montebello Unified School Board. (Photo courtesy Montebello Unified School District)

ALT Former Commerce City Manager, Edgar Cisneros, in a picture taken while he served on the Montebello Unified School Board. (Photo courtesy Montebello Unified School District)

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A glimmer of hope in the grim battle against homelessness? LA County's overall homeless population stayed flat in the last year, while unsheltered homelessness -- people living in tents, RVs, cars -- dropped by 5%, per @LAHomeless 2024 Homeless Count. dailynews.com/2024/06/28/hom…

Homeless Count 2024: Fewer people are living on Los Angeles streets this year

A record number of people moved from the streets into shelter. Does this mean L.A. is turning the tide on homelessness?

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Incredibly honored to win the first-place award at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 66th annual SoCal Journalism Awards for my story about #Russian #LGBTQ refugees. Thank you @LAPressClub!
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Fiesta Parade Floats, an awarding winning staple of the Rose Parade for nearly 40 years, has shut down, by @lisaannjacobs pasadenastarnews.com/2024/06…

Fiesta Parade Floats, award-winning Rose Parade float builder, ceases operation

The Tournament of Roses Association dropped the Irwindale company for not meeting a set of criteria. Fiesta’s founder says it’s in financial trouble.

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“The IRE Conference is my Disneyland.” @iamjohnoliver, thank you for making a special video appearance at #IRE24!!!
John Oliver video message at IRE24

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When your ex calls #IRE24
Sign for “Investigating trash” panel at IRE24.

ALT Sign for “Investigating trash” panel at IRE24.

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Kimi Yoshino@kyoshino14 Jun 2024
The @BaltimoreBanner is 2 today and thriving: 80 journalists, 49k subscribers. We couldn’t do this without the support of our subscribers and donors. And shoutout to our talented staff, who put their heart into telling stories that delight, outrage, uplift and inspire change.
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The Sun@sbsun23 May 2024
Fontana pays nearly $900,000 for ‘psychological torture’ inflicted by police to get false confession trib.al/wIgWj7b

Fontana pays nearly $900,000 for ‘psychological torture’ inflicted by police to get false confession

Detectives grilled Thomas Perez Jr. for 17 hours, deprived him of medications and threatened to have his dog killed if he didn’t confess to killing his father, who was actually alive.

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1 year after cyberattack, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has yet to fully recover trib.al/ylml6LN

1 year after cyberattack, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has yet to fully recover

The department lost data going as far back as 2018. It won’t have a replacement data management system in place until 2025.

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