John Schwada has been a politics-government and investigative reporter for Fox 11 News, the Los Angeles Times and the L.A. Herald Examiner for three decades. His journalism DNA can also be found in The Economist and San Francisco Bay Guardian. He lives in West Los Angeles and has a masters degree in history from UC Berkeley. He was twice named top reporter of the year by SPJ's Los Angeles chapter, and in 2011 he received the Los Angeles Press Club's Joseph M. Quinn Award for journalism excellence and distinction. Email