Salvador Hernandez came to the desk in July from BuzzFeed News, where he covered a variety of topics, including viral moments, criminal justice issues, the growing militia movement and natural disasters. While there, he was dispatched to cover the aftermath of hurricanes and the impact of immigrant workers in North Carolina and Texas, uncovered that the FBI was secretly using the private database of an at-home DNA testing company to expand its genetic DNA investigations without users’ knowledge, and camped out in the snow in rural Oregon and the Texas border deserts to report on growing militia groups. Hernandez also covered crime as a reporter at the Orange County Register. He is a Los Angeles native and a graduate of Cal State Northridge.
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