In a decision that some found unexpected, on Wednesday, March 5, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, along...
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AG Bonta announces indictments of 30 probation officers for facilitating gladiator fights in troubled youth hall…but there’s more
This afternoon, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the unsealing of a grand jury...
A Violence-Prevention Helpline for Those Who Want to Change Gains Ground in California
Jacquie Marroquin spent much of her childhood living in fear of her father. A child of...
Facing the Inferno 2025 – Trump’s cuts to federal wildfire crews could have ‘scary’ consequences
President Donald Trump’s moves to slash the federal workforce have gutted the ranks of wildland...
FACING THE INFERNO 2025 – Why did the EPA choose to sort toxic waste in an irreplaceable wildlife sanctuary?
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires that caused such damage and heartache in Los Angeles County have...
Facing the Inferno 2025 – Incarcerated Firefighters Deserve a Raise
For their essential work saving lives, homes, & communities, they're paid $1.12 per hour.
Facing the Inferno 2025 – Locked up During Hughes Fire Evacuation
The Hughes Fire is now the third-largest wild fire in Southern California.
At the last possible moment Biden commutes sentence for Leonard Peltier
In the last few minutes of his presidency, Joe Biden unexpectedly commuted the sentence of Leonard...
Preview: Facing the Inferno, 2025
Like many Angelenos, WitnessLA Editor, Celeste Fremon, and Assistant Editor Taylor Walker have...
Opinion: As a Former Attorney for Domestic Violence Survivors, Here’s Why Restorative Justice Gives Me Hope
Fresh from law school, one of my duties involved representing people who had been in violent...