A few days ago, Sheriff Lee Baca gave an interview to the Finish-American publication based in Los...
The Push for Clemency for Former Radical Judy Clark….and Related Topics
The cover story in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine is a profile of Judy Clark, one of a...
Sheriff’s Deputy Charged With Accepting $20 Grand in Bribes to Smuggle Contraband into Men’s Central Jail
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was charged today, Friday, with agreeing to accept...
Dangerous Jails – Part 4 – Coming Early Next Week (Really.)
{CLICK TO ENLARGE] Early next week we’ll post the much-promised next installment of Matt...
Arresting Alex Sanchez: Part 10 – Judge Manual Real is Removed
On Wednesday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals made the surprising decision to remove ...
The Lifelong Price of a Felony Conviction—& the Cost to the Rest of Us
For vast numbers of Americans who have been convicted of a felony, the punishment has no end...
Bad Prosecutors, Bad Pardons, Bad Law…& More
SCOTUS REVERSES MURDER 1995 CONVICTION OF NEW ORLEANS MAN—ANOTHER CASE OF BAD PROSECUTOR...
Molina Lobs the G-Word at Baca, Accusations of Evidence Tampering & More LASD News
To be exact, Supervisor Gloria Molina tossed two G-words in Sheriff Baca’s direction during...
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Throws a Book Party for Connie Rice
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...