Tabor Brewster
Tabor Brewster is a multimedia journalist who covers automotive culture and its overlap with local civic life for Beverly Press and Park Labrea News. Their work combines on-the-ground reporting from car events with close attention to how those gatherings reflect the priorities of nearby cities and businesses, giving readers a sense of both machinery and place. Alongside feature pieces, they help surface the outlet’s broader news agenda through regular roundup formats that walk audiences through the week’s headlines.
Automotive events and car culture along Rodeo Drive
Brewster’s automotive coverage is built around live events, with a focus on curated showcases where design, heritage and commerce meet. In their piece on the Concours d’Elegance linking Rodeo Drive with “The Mother Road,” they follow a classic and luxury car show staged on one of the world’s best-known shopping streets, treating the lineup of vehicles as part of the district’s public face rather than just an exhibition for enthusiasts. The article frames the event in terms of how it animates the street, how the cars are presented as temporary fixtures in a landscape of high-end retail, and how the invocation of “The Mother Road” connects contemporary Beverly Hills to the mythology of long-distance American drives. That emphasis on setting and symbolism adds a layer to standard auto reporting: the cars matter, but so does the boulevard they occupy and the story the event tells about the city.
Council candidates and local decision-making
Beyond cars, Brewster writes about the people who shape policy in the same urban spaces. A letter to the editor thanking them for coverage of a Beverly Hills City Council candidate shows that their reporting extends to profiles of local office-seekers and detailed accounts of their campaign positions. The referenced piece on a candidate promising a “fresh perspective” treats the race as more than a horse file; it provides enough specificity that readers and candidates later engage with the coverage to clarify points and keep the record straight. That interaction indicates a style of political reporting grounded in direct quotes and close parsing of platforms, with an eye on how council decisions will affect the streets, businesses and events Brewster covers elsewhere.
Weekly headline roundups and cross-beat reporting
Brewster also works in a roundup format, presenting the latest stories from Beverly Press and Park Labrea News in short, accessible segments. In these pieces, they move quickly across beats, highlighting coverage of the City of West Hollywood, the City of Beverly Hills, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and local businesses such as Mish, a delicatessen. The roundups condense the print or online edition into a guided tour, flagging which civic debates, services and neighborhood stories have defined the week. Video and social posts associated with these segments show Brewster walking through key headlines and inviting audiences back to the full stories, which underscores their role as both reporter and presenter for the masthead. For communications teams, that combination of deep-dive articles and summary formats means Brewster can situate a single event or announcement within the wider flow of local news.
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Aarian Marshall
Aarian Marshall is a staff writer at WIRED who stands out for covering how cars, software, and policy collide. She writes on transportation systems and cities, from the auto industry to broader mobility systems. Before WIRED, she reported on cities and urban policy for The Atlantic’s CityLab. Her beat runs from electric vehicles, fuel prices, tariffs, and car-buying decisions to autonomous vehicles, robotaxis, and software-defined cars. She reports with a systems view, linking policy shifts, technical failures, and urban life to what happens on streets, in repair shops, and at the pump.
Adrian Leung
Adrian Leung writes engineering-led coverage of Chinese electric vehicles and performance cars for CarNewsChina. He focuses on new energy vehicles, battery systems, powertrains, electric platforms, high-end domestic brands, and track-ready models, and he explains technical details in plain language for non-specialist readers. His reporting treats new models as hardware and systems stories, with precise figures on range, battery capacity, chassis layout, motor outputs, weight, and acceleration. He also covers the Chinese auto industry’s finances and technology roadmap, including sector profits, vehicle volumes, and solid-state battery timelines. His background in Electrical and Computer Engineering shows in the way he writes about vehicle electronics and battery management.
Al Pefley
Al Pefley is a television news reporter for CBS12 News whose work centers on how laws, law enforcement and local decisions shape everyday life for drivers and other residents. He reports in a general assignment role but returns often to transportation, public safety and pocketbook issues, treating driving as a point where policy, disability and policing intersect. His coverage includes driver-focused laws, fuel and tax policy, crime, policing and internal affairs findings, with a consistent focus on accountability and concrete consequences for people’s wallets, safety and trust in institutions. He explains county gas tax debates, campaign positions on teacher pay, property crime and retail theft in short, clear segments. Pefley works primarily on the scene, using live or recorded field reporting and interview-driven pieces to show what happened, why it matters and what comes next.
Aliza Savira
Aliza Savira focuses on the hidden financial costs of owning modern cars, especially how insurance can undermine expected savings. She writes about automobiles for MSN, looking at new technology and electric vehicles through everyday ownership rather than showroom appeal. Her work highlights the gap between promises of cheaper running costs and the full financial picture of owning a vehicle. In electric vehicle coverage, she treats insurance premiums as a key ownership problem that can erode long-term value. She stays close to practical questions drivers face, such as which recurring costs matter most after purchase. She reports on how insurance structures and premium levels interact with new automotive technology. Her beat is consumer-focused automobile reporting, with a clear, utilitarian lens on ownership experience, recurring expenses, and risk, rather than lifestyle or performance.