The Los Angeles City Council voted 10-2 in favor of paying a $1.5 million settlement to the family...
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Appeals Court Panel Considers Whether Lower Court Judge Prematurely Released Gardena Police Shooting Video
On Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether Federal Judge Stephen V. Wilson...
LASD Custody Assistant Charged with Assault for Allegedly Allowing Beating to Occur
A Los Angeles County jail guard, Jonathan Grijalva, has been charged with assault for allegedly...
The Delicate Balance Between Curbing Crime and Over-Policing in South LA
As the Los Angeles Police Department strives to improve tenuous relations with the city’s...
LA’s Failure to Implement Foster Care Mandates Could Cost California $1.8 Billion in Federal Education Funds
Today, Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors will consider a motion aimed at speeding the...
Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Bias-Fraught & Harmful Says New Report
When California’s controversial ballot proposition Prop. 57 passed this past November, the...
D.A.’s Investigator Assaulted & Unlawfully Detained by LA County Sheriff’s Deputies According to New Lawsuit
DA’S INVESTIGATOR FILES CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT Maurice Lallemand is a retired member of the Los...
Teacher Tells of Repeated Calls to DCFS Prior Death of Gabriel Fernandez
An elementary school teacher, Jennifer Garcia, testified that she contacted an LA County social...
Computer Glitches Trouble LA’s Foster Care System and Alameda’s Court System
DCFS MISSES PAYMENTS TO FOSTER YOUTH, PARENTS, CAREGIVERS WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS The LA County...
Therapeutic Youth Lock-up Included in CA Budget Proposal
California Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2017-2018 includes money for a...