GUNMAN OPENED FIRE IN LAPD WILSHIRE STATION, INJURED AN OFFICER An LAPD officer was wounded in a...
Archive - April 2014
LASD Female Deputies Dispute Claims in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
In an open letter released over the weekend, female deputies from Los Angeles County...
Tricking Teenagers into Breaking the Law, Inmate Allowed to Sue Baca Personally, TX Gov. Perry and PREA, and an ALADS Story Update
RIVERSIDE COUNTY’S PENCHANT FOR UNDERCOVER HIGH SCHOOL DRUG STINGS In 2012, Jesse Snodgrass...
Peter Matthiessen: May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014…Into the Mystery
Impassioned non-fiction-writer, novelist, naturalist Peter Matthiessen died on Saturday at 86 of...
U.S. Attorney André Birotte Tapped by Obama to be Fed. Judge—& Why This is Cheering News
U.S. ATTORNEY ANDRE BIROTTE NOMINATED BY POTUS TO BECOME FEDERAL JUDGE On Thursday afternoon the...
LA Foster Girls Get Ready for Prom with Help from Glamour Gowns, California Leasing More Private Prison Space, Enforcing PREA, and Children of Re-entry
CASA’S GLAMOUR GOWNS GIVES LOS ANGELES GIRLS IN FOSTER CARE THE FULL PROM TREATMENT Glamour...
WitnessLA on “Which Way LA?” Wednesday Night Talking Union Big Bucks Power Plays….& More
I’m on Which Way LA? with Warren Olney Wednesday night at about 7 pm on KCRW FM. If you...
Opposing Factions in LASD Deputy Union Mud Wrestle for Power with Big $$$ at Stake
ALADS—THE LASD DEPUTY UNION—IS IN THE MIDST OF A HUGE TUG OF WAR WITH THE FATE OF $2.5...
Saving Kilpatrick, LA County to Request More $$ for Foster Kids’ Lawyers, Stop-and-Frisk, Sheriff’s Dept. Values…and More
MORE ON THE CAMP KILPATRICK SPORTS CAMP STORY Late last month, WLA posted a three-part story about...
Class for Incarcerated Teen Dads, Status-Offending Girls and Trauma, and “Holistic” Indigent Defense
PROGRAM TEACHES PARENTING SKILLS TO TEEN FATHERS IN LOCK-UP A prison class in California, called...