
Joel Grover
Investigative Reporter at KNBC-TV (Los Angeles, CA)
Investigative Reporter at NBC LA
Award winning reporter for @NBCLA whose work led to creation of A-B-C restaurant grades, covers LA's COVID & homelessness crises. Email: [email protected]
Articles
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Dec 5, 2024 |
nbclosangeles.com | Joel Grover
Video captured a homeless man jumping on the hood of a car before smashing its windshield at the corner of Hollywood and Highland, and it's just one of the countless scenes across Los Angeles and California in which homeless people suffering from addiction or mental illness vandalize property, assault people or sometimes even commit murder. The woman who shot the video happens to be a therapist who treats the unhoused.
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Nov 14, 2024 |
nbclosangeles.com | Joel Grover
When 95-year-old Diane Morton returned to her apartment one recent afternoon at the Watermark in Westwood, she noticed someone had gone through her drawers, stealing her diamond earrings and bracelets, pearls, an expensive watch and designer handbags. “I felt violated. I felt raped,” Morton told the I-Team. “These were gifts from my late husband, and they had sentimental value.”Morton said the thief got away with $200,000 of her belongings, and there was no sign of forced entry into her apartment.
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Oct 10, 2024 |
nbclosangeles.com | Joel Grover
When Jo Skibby went to Rose Hills Memorial Park this spring to visit her uncle's grave, she couldn't find it or hundreds of other graves she knew were in the same area. "This is just utterly disgusting," the retired schoolteacher said about the nation's largest cemetery, which is in Whittier.
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Sep 20, 2024 |
nbcsandiego.com | Joel Grover
For years, one residential section of Hollywood had been plagued by homeless encampments that brought trash, drugs and fires to the area. But now, the tents have been gone for five weeks with no signs of returning. "It's so much safer without the tents. People can now use the sidewalks again," 70-year-old longtime resident Keith Johnson told the I-Team.
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Sep 19, 2024 |
nbclosangeles.com | Joel Grover
For years, one residential section of Hollywood had been plagued by homeless encampments that brought trash, drugs and fires to the area. But now, the tents have been gone for five weeks with no signs of returning. "It's so much safer without the tents. People can now use the sidewalks again," 70-year-old longtime resident Keith Johnson told the I-Team.
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