Stuart Pfeifer
Stuart Pfeifer is a former business reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He covered pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and healthcare. Stuart joined The Times in 2000 as a reporter for the Metro staff, covering courts, county government and law enforcement. Before his career at The Times, Stuart worked as a reporter for the Orange County Register. He is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton. He left The Times in 2015.
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