Thursday there is a new hearing in the Alex Sanchez case. I’ll tell you a lot more about it...
Archive - September 2010
LA County Sups Vote Homeboy Industries $1.3 Million…With Curious Strings
On Tuesday morning, The LA County Board of Supervisors voted to okay a $1.3 million grant for...
New Thoughts About That $578 Million RFK Complex
I visited the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools complex on Monday afternoon and had something of...
Posting Later This Morning About the 1st Day of School at RFK..
…So check back, at midday or so, for that and other news. PS: I surprised myself...
MONDAY’S Must Reads (and Listens)
ACLU SUES 30 CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVER “PAY TO LEARN” POLICIES Dear...
The OTHER Shooting in the Rampart District: The Story of Irvin Panameno
Thursday night, it was quieter around the Rampart police station than it has been the rest of this...
WWLA on Which Way LA? KCRW 89.9, Tonight at 7 pm
I’ll be discussing the LAPD’s handling of the aftermath of the fatal shooting by an...
Does America’s Prison Policy Harm Democracy?
Political scientists Vesla Weaver and Amy Lerman have recently completed a study that looks at the...
Chief Charlie Beck is Booed and Heckled at Westlake Community Meeting
On Wednesday night LAPD Chief Charlie Beck addressed a very angry crowd of about 300 at the John...
Follow the Gang Money, Part 2: The Interventionists – by Matt Fleischer
EDITOR’S NOTE: With 1,076 known gangs and 80,757 gang members in Los Angeles County...