This week there was yet another instance of a teachers union using disinformation and fear tactics...
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Welcome to 2012: Deeper HACLA Probes, MT Challenges Citizens United & More
CITY CONTROLLER WENDY GREUEL GOES AFTER FREE-SPENDING HOUSING AUTHORITY’S HIDDEN NON-PROFIT...
WitnessLA Going on a Christmas Break – Back January 4
As noted below, we’re saving our next Jails/LASD story until we come back. I will run early...
DANGEROUS JAILS….Next Installment after the Break
Matt Flesicher’s next report in his series for WitnessLA on the dysfunction inside the Los...
California Prison Pop. Dropped by 8,000—So, Do We Have a Crime Wave Yet?
NOTE: LIGHT POSTING TODAY—DUE (HAPPILY) TO HOLIDAY SLOWDOWN….BUT…. NEW...
FRIDAY WRAP UP: A Questionable LA Times Story Gets Legs, KCET has More HACLA Dirt, Plus More on 3-Strikes
IN ITS AWARD-WORTHY INVESTIGATIVE SERIES, KCET’S SO CAL CONNECTED GOES DEEPER INTO THE...
RIP Christopher Hitchens: Too Soon! Too Soon!
Did he often infuriate us? Oh, hell yeah. But Christopher Hitchens wrote with great power...
DANGEROUS JAILS: Help Needed with Sheriff’s Department Reporting
9:50 PM UPDATE: Amazing! In Just a few hours you all came through, and Matt’s next story...
Jails Commission Adds 2 More Members—One a Strong Jails Reformer
The special Jail Violence Commission ordered by the LA County Board of Supervisors has added its...
Is a Federal Consent Decree Coming for LA’s Juvie Probation Camps?
THE LATEST DOJ REPORT FUELS RENEWED SPECULATION THAT A FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE MIGHT BE IN THE...