Bethania Palma
Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to local government to national politics. She has written for a variety of publications as a staffer and freelancer, including the Los Angeles News Group, the LAist, LA School Report, the OC Weekly and Raw Story. She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Irvine and an M.A. in history from California State University at Northridge. When researching bizarre phenomena, she's holding out for the day when the conclusion will be, "Aliens did it."
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 9, 2020
Questions swirled over whether the wrong Four Seasons was the site of the conference.
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Nov. 6, 2020
A study published by the activist legal group Judicial Watch used two different types of data to ...
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Nov. 5, 2020
A quickly corrected clerical error was exploited to further yet another false claim about voter ...
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Nov. 4, 2020
A years-old tweet resurfaced in 2020 as the Trump campaign called for a recount in Wisconsin.
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Nov. 3, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 4, 2020)
Trump had previously complained about election results being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nov. 3, 2020
Actions being taken by Facebook and Twitter show that 2020 is an election like no other in recen ...
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Nov. 2, 2020 (Updated: Jan. 26, 2021)
According to PETA, Costco said it had temporarily halted the sale of Chaokoh coconut milk.
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Nov. 2, 2020
A TV writer's prank earned an almost immediate Twitter suspension.
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Nov. 2, 2020
Videos of the incident in Texas went viral during the last weekend before Election Day.
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Oct. 30, 2020
The Richmond resident had some adult fun with Halloween this year.
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Oct. 29, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 17, 2020)
A meme circulating on Facebook caused some to believe that the state had issued holiday rules.
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Oct. 28, 2020
Snarled traffic caused delays in getting buses to rallygoers, leaving some temporarily stranded.
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Oct. 27, 2020 (Updated: Oct. 29, 2020)
It turns out that no one likes 2020.
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Oct. 27, 2020
An unusual discovery was made during the renovation of a fountain named after a 19th-century Bel ...
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Oct. 26, 2020
A post circulating on Facebook falsely offers a Chick-fil-A gift basket.
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Oct. 24, 2020
An old myth holds that waking a sleepwalker could cause serious harm.
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Oct. 22, 2020
The feline was carved into a slope by ancient South Americans before the arrival of Europeans in ...
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Oct. 21, 2020 (Updated: Oct. 27, 2020)
Advocates feared the rule change could leave some members of vulnerable groups without service.
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Oct. 20, 2020
The incident was witnessed by co-workers preparing for election night coverage.
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Oct. 19, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump contrasted his own approach to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic to ...
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