it slipped my mind that today was Cesar Chavez Day. So since many are taking the day off (and...
Archive - March 2012
MISSING SCHOOL: LAUSD’s Chronic Student Absences & What to Do About Them…Plus Child Dependency Court & Reax to Dizzying Health Care Arguments
Chronic truancy is a daunting problem in districts all over California, but it’s far worse in...
Late in Posting – UPDATED
Back mid-morning. Stay tuned. UPDATE: Well, so much for that “mid-morning” thingy. ...
LASD INVESTIGATIONS: AERO BUREAU – PART 1: THE CONTRACT. Did the Sheriff’s Department Over Pay Drastically for Work and Equipment on Its New Fleet of Helicopters?
EDITOR’S NOTE: A few weeks ago, WitnessLA acquired an LASD internal report that we have...
SCOTUS Healthcare Arguments Today (We Hope), & Thinking About Trayvon Martin
TODAY, MONDAY, SCOTUS BEGINS HISTORIC HEARINGS ON HEALTH CARE—OR MAYBE NOT Say what? Can it...
LASD Sends Case to DA Alleging Aero Bureau Officials Helped Manipulate a Multi-Million $ Helicopter Contract Creating Gigantic Overcharges
Thursday afternoon, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department sent to the Public Integrity...
SCOTUS and…Health Care, Cameras & the Rights of Accused in Plea Bargains
THE SUPREME COURT HEALTH CARE ARGUMENT: “ITS NOT ABOUT THE LAW, STUPID This coming Monday...
Jumped In: Jorja Leap Looks at Gang Violence Through a Very Personal Lens
My friend Jorja Leap has written a wonderful new book called Jumped In: What Gangs Taught Me About...
Sheriff Lee Baca Considers Closing Parts of Men’s Central Jail….and More News
Jack Leonard and Robert Faturechi, of the LA Times report that Sheriff Lee Baca may be planning to...
Foxconn, Apple, This American Life….and Reactions to the Great News Retraction
On January 6, of this year Ira Glass’s This American Life aired a show about the FoxConn...