In Monday, special counsel to the LA County Board of Supervisors, Merrick Bobb, issued his...
Lawsuit Says LAUSD is Paying $10 Million Extra for Waste Pick Up
WitnessLA has acquired some interesting documents this week regarding the ongoing dispute around...
Trying Yet Another 14-year-old as an Adult, Dispute Over LAPD Discipline…and More
by Taylor Walker ANOTHER TRAGIC MURDER, ANOTHER 14-YEAR-OLD KID TRIED AS AN ADULT? Los Angeles...
4 Monday Must Reads & 1 Must Watch
with Taylor Walker SUPREME COURT COULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR HUGE NUMBERS OF DEPORTED IMMIGRANTS TO...
LASD INVESTIGATIONS: MOTORCYCLE MADNESS: Did a Sheriff’s Cmdr. use LASD workers as his personal mechanics? by Matt Fleischer
LASD MOTORCYCLE MADNESS by Matthew Fleischer Did a Sheriff’s Department commander have his...
Friday’s Juvenile Justice Must Reads (Plus Bear & Wolf Stories)
by Taylor Walker USING PHOTOGRAPHS TO CHANGE MINDS ABOUT LOCKED UP KIDS The Juvenile-in-Justice...
The 5-Day, No Water DEA Detention, GA Gets Sensible, and Foster Kids Get New Apartment Keys
By Taylor Walker THE 5-DAY NON-ARREST, NO WATER LOCK-UP Some of you may already have seen short...
Dear Cop Whacking Protesters: Occupy Some CommonSense
Although nearly all of LA’s May Day demonstrators and LA’s police, did their respective...
FBI Stings Inept Anarchists, Dim Views of the Supremes, Adult Ed….and More
A song for May Day, 2012, “Jack of All Trades” THE FBI HEROICALLY STINGS, THEN...
SCOTUS Declines to Let Baca Legally Off the Hook in Jail Stabbing Case; So What Does That Suggest for Paul Tanaka’s Legal Future?
On Monday, the US Supreme Court rejected without comment an appeal that could have shielded Sheriff...
4/29/1992 – 4/29/2012: Letters From the New LAPD About Then and Now
Interviews with and essays by some of those in the LAPD who were around in 1992, and were forever...
Death Penalty Initiative Qualifies, DA Candidates Opine (Badly), LA Thinks About April 30, 1992…& Much More
by Celeste Fremon and Taylor Walker While WLA was dark earlier this week, a few things happened...
EDITOR’S NOTE: WitnessLA Will Be on Haitus Until Friday 4/27
WitnessLA is going to be dark for a few days this week while I am in New York City to take part in...
Sheriff’s Department Probes Yet Another Secret Deputy Clique
Secret deputy cliques within the Los Angeles Sheriff’s department have been a problem for the...
The LA Times Festival of Books This Weekend! Just Go!
Today, Friday, Festival of Books weekend begins with the LA Times Book Awards tonight, followed by...
Levon Helm: 1940 – 2012. Godspeed.
To paraphrase what was once written about Raymond Chandler, Levon Helm sang as if pain hurt and...
Juvenile Justice Cuts, Death Penalty Deterrence, The Controversial LA Times Photos….& More
by Taylor Walker IS DEATH PENALTY A DETERRENT? More than three decades after the moratorium...
LA Probation Officers Stop Jobless Kids From Working at Homeboy Industries
WHY HAVE SOME JUVIE PROBATION OFFICERS BANNED HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES? by Matthew Fleischer On first...