It wasn’t your usual book party. For one thing, Monday night’s book launching event...
LA Rolls Out an Are-U-Ready-to Get-Out-of Gangs? Test….& other Must Reads
This month LA’s Gang Reduction and Youth Development office (GRYD)—which runs the...
Should Jail Commission Let Deputies—Present & Former—Testify Secretly?
There continues to be discussion about whether the LA County Supervisor appointed Citizens...
Photo (we think) of OR7 AKA “Journey” First Wolf in Calif. Since 1924
This week the saga continued of the 2-year-old male gray wolf who wondered across the state line...
Teachers’ Union Attacks Lynwood Parent Group— Parents Fight Back
This week there was yet another instance of a teachers union using disinformation and fear tactics...
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...
Posting Later Today (Okay, I lied. Tomorrow.)
Neck deep in another project so late and light in posting. Check back. UPDATE: See, I really...
Imprisoned for 18 Years, the West Memphis 3 Are Freed by the Power of Movies
Eighteen years ago, three West Memphis teenagers were falsely accused of the 1993 murders of a trio...
At $120 Million a Year, Can California Afford the Death Penality?
During his 8 years in office, former Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti had no problem...
Killing Wolves, LAPD Used Private Security “Shirts”…& More LASD News
WLA STORY ON UNDERSHERIFF PAUL TANAKA GETS MORE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND SUPERVISORS TO COME...