The finalists for the LA Times Book Awards were announced on Tuesday. (The full list is...
Archive - February 2012
NEW RULES: Supes to Vote on Campaign Contributions From Employees & Baca Reconfigures LASD Disciplinary Board
MOLINA PROPOSES A NEW RULE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT LA COUNTY MANAGERS AND HIGHER-UPS FROM ASKING FOR...
Tuesday Must Reads: Solitary Confinement, Citizen’s United & Criminal Lying
INSIDE THE GRAY BOX – THE INCONVENIENT FACTS ABOUT SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN AMERICA Right now...
Appeals Court Says Child Dependency Court Stays Open
Those wishing to slam shut the Children’s dependency court where foster care and family...
Friday…..Quick Takes
SHOOTOUT…AMONG FEDERAL AGENTS IN LONG BEACH? At first I thought I read the LA Times headline...
NYT’s Anthony Shadid, Dead in Syria…Grace and Courage Personified
At 8:24 p.m. Thursday night, after hearing about the death of two-time Pulitzer winning New York...
Big Discrepancies in Sentences for Teenage Killers, Juvie Prisons….and More
Once again in California, those in the state with any kind of experience and/or knowledge of...
LASD Sgt. Says Colleague Pulled a Gun on Him, Was Shielded by Higher Ups
Sergeant Mark Moffett, a 23-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, loved ...
LAPD’s New Impound Policy Will Be Approved Tues: So is it Legal?
Chief of Police Charlie Beck’s proposed changes to the LAPD’s automobile impound policy...
More on Opening LA’s Child Dependency Courts–& the Push to Close Them
There is a strong movement afoot to slam closed the door that Judge Michael Nash unlocked last week...