By Teresa Wiltz, Stateline Foster parents, tasked with the 24-7 care of often-traumatized children, show up for parent-teacher meetings, ferry their charges to doctor’s appointments, supervise homework and serve up cuddles...
When the Los Angeles County Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday, February 19, to slam the door...
Justices Unite Over Asset Forfeiture On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed that...
Editor’s Note: This essay, by James King is one of a series of essays WitnessLA is...
"It did not want to make people build their dreams. It did not rehabilitate me, for sure. If...
On Thursday, February 14, the First Amendment Coalition filed a lawsuit challenging California...
Early one Saturday morning in September, Jacob McCleary, then 15, got into his aunt and uncle’s...
A new bill from Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) aims to ensure that sex workers who are...
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to fundamentally change their...
On Monday, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of 76-year-old former LA County...
If passed, this motion will slam on the brakes for the county's controversial $2.2 billion jail...
On Friday, a Contra Costa County Superior Court judge became the first jurist to rule on the...
On Tuesday, February 5, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a landmark...
When Toni and Jim Hoy adopted their son Daniel through the foster care system, they did not plan to...
In a 28-page report presented to the Los Angeles County Supervisors on Tuesday, February 5, the...
As most readers know by now, last Wednesday morning Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva...
A newly proposed California constitutional amendment, called the “Free the Vote Act,”...
A new bill seeks to remove a small, but significant financial barrier for incarcerated Californians...
On January 1, a new state law, SB 1421, returned to the public long-withheld access to law...
