It’s already been an unusual July 4 weekend as LA County Parks and Recreation cancelled a...
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Three judges from the 9th Circuit weigh in on the Trump v. Newsom battle over CA’s National Guard
On Thursday, June 19th, a three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals put out a...
LA County Pays $2.7 million to teenager who was the victim of “Gladiator” fights at youth hall
A new high-ticket legal settlement has added still more painful details to the ongoing catastrophe...
WitnessLA is a finalist for SoCal Journalism Award!
At WitnessLA, we were very happy to learn that one of our ongoing investigative series made it into...
The Case of the Vanishing Editor
While Assistant Editor Taylor Walker has been once more looking into the painful and ongoing issue...
Probation Moving Incarcerated Kids Out of “Unsuitable” Juvenile Hall After Court Approval, But Oversight Commission Says Simply Relocating Kids Won’t Solve Root Problems
The Los Angeles County Probation Department began moving kids between youth lockups this week, as...
Undocumented: The Price of the Promised Land
This past Saturday, April 26, when the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books opened its doors at the...
WLA Editor leading writers panel Saturday at LA Times Festival Books
On Saturday and Sunday this coming weekend, April 26 and 27, 2025, the Los Angeles Times is holding...
LASD Oversight Part 2: The struggle to provide genuine oversight for the nation’s largest sheriff’s department continues, while the new sheriff opens “criminal” investigations on those he dislikes.
The case of Diana Teran As described in Part 1 of this series, it was a controversial set of...
LA County Supes Order “Transparency in Planning During Probation’s Ongoing Crisis”
On Tuesday, April 1, four of the five Los Angeles County Supervisors expressed their displeasure...