Josh Haskell
Josh Haskell is a political and general assignment reporter for ABC7 Eyewitness News. He joined the ABC7 team in July 2017 and was born and raised in Los Angeles.

Josh came to ABC7 from ABC News in New York, where he worked as a reporter and field producer for six years. Josh spent 18 months on the 2016 campaign trail, first based in Iowa for the caucus and then part of the ABC News team following Hillary Clinton's campaign. While at ABC, Josh also covered the 2012 presidential election and breaking news stories including the Boston Marathon terror attack and the Newtown school shooting. Josh was part of the team who earned a Peabody Award for the network's coverage of Superstorm Sandy.

Before joining ABC News, Josh served as a general assignment reporter for KSNW-TV, the NBC affiliate in Wichita, Kansas. Josh is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Josh loves covering his hometown of Los Angeles, a city he has so much passion for whether it's exploring and eating his way through every neighborhood or cheering on his beloved Dodgers and Lakers.

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Josh's Stories
Avión militar se estrella en la estación de la Infantería de Marina en San Diego; piloto se eyecta
Un avión militar se estrelló la mañana del viernes cerca de la pista de aterrizaje de la Estación Aérea del Cuerpo de Marines Miramar en San Diego, según funcionarios militares
LA mayor candidate Nithya Raman criticizes Bass' leadership on Boyle Heights fire, homelessness
Nithya Raman criticizes L.A. Mayor Karen Bass' response to homelessness and the Boyle Heights fire, emphasizing a need for effective interventions and urgent leadership.
Meet the candidates in California's closely watched insurance commissioner race
California voters will choose between two Democrats for insurance commissioner as the state faces growing wildfire risk and skyrocketing insurance prices.
Palisades Fire victim credits ABC7 for helping him get power turned on at rebuilt home
After ABC7 aired a story on Jack Nguyen's struggle to get electricity at his rebuilt home, he received a phone call from L.A. Mayor Karen Bass.
Steve Hilton takes governor campaign to Boyle Heights, criticizes response to warehouse fire cleanup
Hilton criticized local leaders, saying Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' 45-day deadline to remove 85 million pounds of rotting food is too long.
Palisades Fire victim moves into rebuilt home, but says LADWP hasn't turned on power
Jack Nguyen and his family finally feel they've overcome the hardest year and a half of their lives. Their pacific palisades home of 22 years was destroyed in the fire. But, their new home is finished and they're moving in this Sunday. There's just one pr
California governor's race: Becerra, Hilton address Latino leaders at NALEO conference in LA
California's gubernatorial candidates Steven Hilton and Xavier Becerra made their pitch to Latino leaders during a conference in downtown Los Angeles.
MLK Jr. Community Hospital, vital to LA community, could shut down again due to Medicaid cuts
MLK Jr. Community Hospital in Willowbrook is facing a crisis due to staggering cuts to Medicaid, stemming from the Big Beautiful Bill. "If that hospital shuts down, people will die," said Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who represents Willowbrook.
LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia endorses Nithya Raman for mayor
Mejia said one reason he's endorsing Raman is because he believes she would fully staff the controller's office to perform audits if elected.
Nearly 1 month since Boyle Heights warehouse fire, Padilla urges EPA to monitor clean-up
Nearly one month after the warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, there's still millions of pounds of rotting food inside the 250,000-square-foot section of the warehouse that wasn't destroyed.