TWO NOTEWORTHY LASD-RELATED LA TIMES STORIES The LA Times has two worthwhile sheriff’s...
Sex Trafficked Boys Overlooked as Victims….Trials for Sheriff’s Department Members Indicted for Hiding Federal Informant Schedules for May…..Pulitzers…and More
SEXUALLY TRAFFICKED BOYS ARE SEEN AS VICTIMS LESS OFTEN It is heartening that kids who are involved...
Blue Ribbon Commission’s Foster Care Report…Dysfunction-Plagued $840M State Medical Prison…Judge Orders CA to Limit Pepper Spray & Isolation of Mentally Ill Prisoners…LA News Group Backs McDonnell for Sheriff
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL PRISON STRUGGLING WITH STANDARD INMATE CARE STILL CLOSED TO NEW ADMISSIONS In...
At Least 9 Dead in Crash of LA Student Tour Bus, More Injured
We are heartbroken The LA Times has a team covering updates on the tragic crash. Here’s a...
It’s LA Times Festival of Books Weekend!!!
That glorious time has come ’round again: the LA Time Festival of Books is this weekend! ...
Isolation’s Effects on Kids…LAPD Motorcycle Officer Christopher Cortijo Has Died…Dismantled LAPD Dash-Cam Update…What’s Really Blocking Child Welfare Reform…and a New Prison Overcrowding Compliance Officer
CHILD PSYCHIATRIST SAYS LOCKING KIDS IN SOLITARY IS “THE ULTIMATE MESSAGE THAT WE DON’T...
LA Sheriff’s Debaters Finally Start to Draw Blood…. & More
If we are to judge by the last two debates featuring the men who hope to become the next LA County...
LAPD Wilshire Station Shooting, Debunking the “Superpredator,” Breaking the Cycle of Repeat Victimization…and More
GUNMAN OPENED FIRE IN LAPD WILSHIRE STATION, INJURED AN OFFICER An LAPD officer was wounded in a...
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...
Banditos Sexual Harassment Lawsuit – The Suit Itself
Several people asked to see the “Banditos” sexual harassment lawsuit we mentioned in...