Iris Kwok is a reporting fellow at the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered the environment at Berkeleyside as a Report for America corps member. She studied political science and music at UC Berkeley and got her start in journalism at the Daily Californian. A lifelong cellist, she has written about classical music for the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Classical Voice, San Francisco Examiner and KQED. She grew up in the Bay Area and the Sacramento region.
Latest From This Author
The video game retailer is reportedly shedding stores nationwide
The Santa Clarita-based grocery chain, which has been expanding its footprint across California recently, now has 63 stores.
The department store chain plans to close 14 locations nationwide
Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana will become Caltech’s next president. He joins the campus from Johns Hopkins University, where he is provost.
New Year’s Day is typically rain-free in the Los Angeles area, but that wasn’t the case for 2026.
Despite the cold and rain, thousands of spectators filled the sidelines of the 137th Rose Parade route in Pasadena to celebrate the start of 2026.
Students at the Studio City high school can still bring phones to school, but must use an app blocking distracting games and social media. Other schools are following its lead.
The Pasadena Unified School District faces a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, and schools in Pasadena face enrollment declines in the aftermath of the Eaton fire.
A new survey of public high school principals across the U.S. found widespread, heightened distress among students from immigrant families amid ICE raids.
The share of California high school grads attending college out of state has nearly doubled over the last two decades, a new report finds.