hiː lˈɛft ˈæftɚ θɹˈiː jˈɪɹz, tə wˈɜːk fɚðɪ ˈɔɹɪndʒ kˈaʊnti ɹˈɛdʒɪstɚ, ɪn kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə, wˌɛɹ hiː wˈɜːkt ˌɔn ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv stˈoːɹiz ɐbˌaʊt ɐ wˈɪmɪnz pɹˈɪzən ænd kəntɹˈɪbjuːɾᵻd tə ðə pjˈʊlɪtsɚ pɹˈaɪzwˈɪnɪŋ sˈɪɹiz ɐbˌaʊt ðə skˈændəl æɾə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə hˈɑːspɪɾəl fɜːtˈɪlᵻɾi klˈɪnɪk.
He left after three years, to work for the Orange County Register, in California, where he worked on a series of stories about a women's prison and contributed to the Pulitzer prize-winning series about the scandal at a University of California hospital fertility clinic.