Robert Lewis is an investigative reporter on CalMatters' Accountability Desk. Before joining CalMatters he worked at print and public radio outlets across the country including WNYC-New York Public Radio, Newsday and The Sacramento Bee. His investigative reporting has garnered some of the industry’s highest honors including a George Polk Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and Sigma Delta Chi Awards.
A CalMatters investigation found that courts didn’t report hundreds of vehicular manslaughter convictions to the DMV, prompting officials to belatedly take many drivers’ licenses.
The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.
A CalMatters investigation finds that the California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways.
Officials may call driving a privilege, but they treat it as a right — often failing to take drivers’ licenses even after they kill someone on the road.
Read this story in English. Los vapores que entraban al centro preescolar de Martha Beatriz León en las afueras de Tecate, México, olían mucho peor de lo habitual, como a basura podrida. O tal vez era amoníaco. Una mujer lo comparó con el olor de la pólvora gastada. Fuera lo que fuese, León dijo que […]
An ongoing CalMatters investigation has shown how California companies and governments avoid the Golden State's strict environmental regulations by shipping toxic waste across state borders. New reporting shows how California exports the risk to Mexico.
Read this story in English. California produce millones de toneladas de desechos peligrosos cada año: desechos tóxicos que pueden filtrarse en las aguas subterráneas o volar al aire. Son desechos que pueden explotar, provocar incendios, devorar contenedores de metal, destruir ecosistemas y enfermar a las personas. Es un material peligroso en el que confiamos e […]