ON ANY GIVEN DAY IN LA COUNTY’S 21 JUVENILE PROBATION CAMPS AND JUVENILE HALLS, a total of...
Archive - February 2010
Talking to Donald Blevins: LA Probation’s New Chief
While none of LA’s newspapers have bothered to interview or profile Donald Blevens, the...
9th Circuit’s Warrantless Search Ruling: Welcome to the Fishbowl
Judge Alex Kozinski, the chief judge for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is mighty pissed...
Short Takes: Jails, the 2nd Amendment…and the National Enquirer
JUDGE DENIES DEPUTY UNION REQUEST TO STOP RELEASES FROM OC JAIL Okay, Superior Court Judge Steven...
An LA Reporter’s War Stories
My good pal, Marc Cooper, has had the excellent idea of weaving the war stories of his younger...
Poisonous Legacy: The Gitmo Suicides & the Uighurs
Barack Obama pledged to close Guantanamo within a year of his inauguration. But Gitmo is still...
The Tomato Rules!
It’s impossible not to delight in someone who is just so fantastically good. ...
LA County Names Donald Blevins New Probation Chief and…Nobody Cares
The LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Donald H. Blevins as the new head of County...
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Federal Judge Rules Facebook Rant is Free Speech
I’m still doing light posting, but here’s a story from the Miami Herald that merits...