UPDATE: I’ll be on Warren Olney’s Which Way LA? show for a news segment tonight to...
Corrections Cuts, Part 2
Those who are looking to derail the proposed cuts to California’s corrections budget that I...
Seniors and Medical Medical Marijuana
Seniors at what Laguna Woods, the retirement community formerly known as Leisure World, have...
Cutting $$ Out of California’s Prisons – The Real Numbers – UPDATED
There was much quarreling in the past two weeks about the proposed $1.2 billion dollars that is...
Finding the Words to Talk About the Death of a Child
Wednesday’s Fresh Air, featured a poet named Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno who has recently...
I’ll Be On Which Way LA? Tonight RE: Lily Burk & Parole Policy
This evening at 7 p.m, {Actually our segment is on at 7:30 ] I’ll be on Warren Olney’s...
Health Care. What are We doing?
A quick break from reporting on sad LA issues: Yesterday afternoon, I talked at length with one...
Arnold “Line Item Vetos” State Parks Funding – UPDATED
Using the poorly named “line item veto,” Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger managed, with...
The Death of Lily Burk….What We Do NOT Know – UPDATED
After spending way more time than was likely sensible talking on the phone and exchanging emails...
The Death of Lily Burk: What We Know – UPDATED
Here’s what we know about the death of 17-year-old Lily Burk. This terrible thing happened...
The Death of Lily Burk…Arrest Made – UPDATED
UPDATE 7:a.m: The LAPD has arrested 50-year-old Charlie Samuel who is being held without bail...
Lily Burk UPDATE: The Police
In light of the concern that some have expressed—here and elsewhere—about how...
Big Wave Weekend
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Sick at Heart for the Parents of Lily Burk, 17
Here is the story from the LA Times: She was set to star this week in her high school’s...
On Deadline LA, KPFK – Today at 3:30 PM
I’ll be on Deadline LA today, KPFK’s half-hour weekly show on the Media, hosted by...
Early Prisoner Release: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
At Thursday’s morning press conference, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, police union president...
Sane Behavior (We Take it Wherever We Can Find It)
Amidst much idiocy on a state and national level of late, here were a couple of small moments of...
About the California Budget: The Prisoner Release – UPDATED
We are all scrambling to apprehend the details of the recently agreed upon (by the Uber Five), but...