Lucia Walinchus

Jan 10, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Lucia Walinchus |Katy Smyser |Joe Murphy

Less than 4% of reported rapes, sexual assaults, and child sex abuse allegations in certain cities across the United States ever result in a sex crime conviction, an NBC News investigation found.

Nov 13, 2024 | nbcbayarea.com | Chris Chmura |Susan Hogan |Lucia Walinchus |Sergio Flores

When your data is on the dark web, there are consequences. Stephen knows all too well.  “I was so paranoid,” he said. “I was, like, ‘How do they keep getting in?’” NBC Bay Area is not using Stephen's real name or revealing his location because he said thieves launched an all out attack on his identity. He added they hacked his email, drained his frequent flyer account and got cash advances from his credit card. He couldn’t stop it. “I couldn’t prove that I was me,” he said.

Sep 26, 2024 | nbclosangeles.com | Lolita Lopez |Lucia Walinchus

From the Valley to Leimert Park and Hancock Park, people in communities across Southern California have been spotting coyotes in their neighborhoods. Not nestled in the mountains, but in urban areas where many young children and house pets live.    “We actually shouldn't be surprised that coyotes are showing up in what we consider to be non-traditional locations like the middle of a city,” said Tim Daly, California Department Fish and Wildlife public information officer.

Jun 17, 2024 | nbcsandiego.com | Alexis Rivas |Mike Dorfman |Meredith Royster |Lucia Walinchus

Nicholas Hoskins raced through a lot of emotions moments before a San Diego Police officer shattered his passenger-side window last month: Anger, frustration, and a sense that police were treating him differently because he’s Black. It was the fourth time he’d been stopped in just a year. “It’s kind of demeaning. Emasculating. Sometimes I feel like I’m not a man,” Hoskins said. “I get irritated when I think about it a lot.

Apr 4, 2024 | nbcnewyork.com | Chris Glorioso |Lucia Walinchus

A popular Medicaid program that lets elderly and disabled New Yorkers choose their own caregivers has grown exponentially in just a few years, an I-Team analysis has found. Now proposed restrictions to that program are at the center of a fierce battle between Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislators, as they seek to hammer out a budget deal in Albany.