(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sophie Alcala faces off with the Salt Lake City police during a Justice for Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal protest in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. City officials point to a number police reforms that have been enacted in the past year; advocates insist more needs to be done.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.