La Ganga joined The Times in 1981 as an academic intern, splitting her time between the former Metro section and National Dragster, the official publication of the National Hot Rod Assn. She has served as Seattle bureau chief, San Francisco bureau chief, edited in the Business section and pitched in on six presidential elections, five for The Times and one for the Guardian. Most recently, she served as an assistant editor in Metro. La Ganga shared in two Pulitzer Prizes: for Times coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the 1994 earthquake. She is a graduate of Cal State Northridge, where she studied English literature and journalism.
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