Soumya Karlamangla
Soumya Karlamangla is a San Francisco-based reporter for The New York Times, focused on California news and culture. She writes a daily newsletter about the state called California Today. Her fascination with California stems from its vastness and complexity, which she enjoys reporting on from new corners of the state while reflecting its diverse population in her reporting. Before joining The Times in 2021, Karlamangla worked as a reporter at the Los Angeles Times for eight years, where she covered Los Angeles politics and culture, as well as devastating fires and mass shootings across California. She extensively covered the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects on California during her time at the Los Angeles Times. Karlamangla was named a Livingston Award finalist in 2021 for excellence in local reporting for her stories on a nurse in Los Angeles who died of Covid-19. She recently moved from Los Angeles to the Bay Area and is still adjusting to its less sunny climate, although she has become a fan of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Karlamangla works hard to make her stories fair and accurate, understanding issues from multiple angles without accepting gifts, money or favors from anyone who might figure into her reporting. She always identifies herself when working as a reporter for The Times and upholds the standards of integrity outlined in their Ethical Journalism Handbook. Karlamangla can be contacted via email at soumya.karlamangla@nytimes.com.
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The Daily's Verdict
This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.
Bias
95%
Examples:
- I think it will continue to swell a bit.
- The answer is probably yes.
Conflicts of Interest
0%
Examples:
No current examples available.
Contradictions
88%
Examples:
- California's Covid levels are considered very high by the CDC according to data from 43 wastewater reporting sites.
- Mary Trump called Vice President Kamala Harris a ‘misogynist’ and predicted that a Republican presidential election win would transform the US into a country where women have been stripped of nearly all rights by religious conservatives.
- Senator J.D. Vance is a Marine veteran.
- Usha Vance, Senator J.D. Vance’s wife, grew up in a San Diego suburb.
- Vice President Kamala Harris was born in Oakland and went on to become state attorney general and a U.S. senator representing California.
Deceptions
75%
Examples:
- > The first storm reached the California coast last night,
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Broke On: Thursday, 18 July 2024California experiences a summer Covid-19 surge driven by two new variants, KP.3 and KP.2, detected through wastewater surveillance by the CDC. With Covid levels considered very high in California, President Joe Biden tests positive for the KP.3 variant as emergency department visits related to Covid-19 increase 23.5%. A new vaccine is expected in August, but public health officials advise caution and adherence to CDC guidelines. 
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Broke On: Thursday, 30 May 2024A new Covid variant, KP.2, is emerging and overtaking the dominant strain in California and other parts of the US. This raises concerns for a potential summer surge in cases due to travel and air-conditioned gatherings. The variant belongs to the FLiRT group of Omicron tree variants, with mutations that could enhance ACE2 binding or decrease antibody efficiency, and improve viral entry into host cells. 
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