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.
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.