CHIEF BECK: OFFICER MISCONDUCT IN ALESIA THOMAS ARREST LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, in a report to the...
Archive - June 2013
Thinking of Nelson Mandela
Former South African president Nelson Mandela, 94, is currently critically ill in a hospital in...
LA Times Tells Supes: Slow Down Already With DCFS Blue Ribbon Commission Selection. WLA Agrees
In a thoughtful editorial in Thursday’s paper, the LA Times editorial board urged the County...
AG Kamala Harris Acts Fast & Asks 9th Circuit to Lift Stay on Gay Marriage
Immediately following the release of the Supreme Court ruling on Prop. 8, court watchers...
The Amazing Wendy Davis & the Texas Fillibuster
On Tuesday, many eyes were trained on the Supreme Court, grieving the savaging of a crucial section...
DOMA Unconstitutional! ….Prop. 8 Dismissed for Lack of Standing……Also The Supremes on Voting Rights…..A Young Father’s Parental Rights.
The New Yorker has a photo of Edie Windsor learning of the decision. MAIN PART OF DOMA IS STRUCK...
Blue Ribbon Commission for Child Protection Approved By LA County Supes
On Tuesday afternoon, the LA County Supervisors voted—three to two—to create a Blue...
Gov. Brown’s New Closed-door Meetings Law, Judge Nash on Broken Foster Care System, and SCOTUS on Affirmative Action
BROWN AMENDS BROWN ACT Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill (AB 246) into law on Monday that will put...
WitnessLA Wins Two 1st Places at So Cal Journalism Awards! (and More Journo Awards News!)
WOOO-HOOO! We were extremely honored (and kinda blown away) when WitnessLA won 1st Place in both...
Thoughts on Gov. Brown’s Battle Over Prison Population, LAPD Report: Dorner Firing Valid…and More
GOV. BROWN’S DEFIANCE OF FEDERAL COURT ORDERS The Atlantic’s Andrew Cohen, in a...