Last month, the Feds criticized the Los Angeles Police Department for not doing enough to root out...
Elizabeth Edwards: 1949-2010 – Rest in Peace
She was smart—although, as it turned out, not in choosing husbands. She was brave, electing...
Opening Up Dependency Court for the Safety of Kids
On Tuesday the LA County Board of Supervisors will vote on its state legislative agenda for the...
Prop 8’s Arguments, California’s Prisons, & Criminalizing School Breakfast
THE 9TH CIRCUIT HEARD THE PROP 8 ARGUMENTS, AND IT LOOKS GOOD FOR DAVID BOIS AND TED OLSON It is...
Columbia University Finally Gets a Grip Re: WikiLeaks
A few days after administrators from Columbia University’s School of International and Public...
Watch Prop 8 Being Argued Live on C-Span
C-SPAN is offering live coverage of the Prop 8 arguments before the 3-judge panel of the 9th...
Prop 8 Hits the 9th Circuit on Monday
Much attention will be focused on the drama unfolding in a federal courtroom in San Francisco...
Senority-Based Teacher Layoffs: When Quality & Kids Don’t Matter
On Sunday, the LA Times ran a devastating story that illustrates the real cost of the state’s...
The New Homelessness: Rodger Jacobs – Part 3
On Sunday, the Las Vegas Sun has published Part 3 of LA writer/essayist/documentary filmmaker...
The Filter: Can Judge Stephen Reinhardt Be Impartial on Prop 8?
We discussed four topics, but the meatiest was the issue about Judge Stephen Reinhardt being asked...
On NBC’s the Filter, Tonight at 7:30 p.m.
I’m on KNBC’s The Filter tonight at 7:30 p.m. with Fred Roggin—this time during the...
Son of Riverside Chief of Police Sergio Diaz is Found Dead
The son of Riverside Chief of Police, Sergio Diaz (formerly a Deputy Chief of the LAPD) was found...
Breaking the Kid Lock-up Cycle, Expo Line Fiasco, LAPD Policy Fights & More
HOW DO WE KEEP LAWBREAKING KIDS FROM RETURNING TO LOCK-UP? LA COUNTY SUP MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS AND...
Ronni Chasen Murder Suspect Kills Self
The Ronni Chasen murder case gets weirder and weirder (and sadder and sadder) At around 6 p.m...
WikiLeaks Quote Contest, Lying Witnesses, and Strugging for Health Care
JAMES FALLOWS AT THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY HAS A CONTEST FOR THE BEST WIKILEAKS QUOTE No, he’s not...
How Will the Supremes Rule on CA’s Prison Pop Case?
Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court heard the much anticipated arguments on the case that will decide...
The New Homelessness: Rodger Jacobs & The Myth of Solid Ground
It was late September when we last checked with LA journalist/author/essayist Rodger Jacobs who...
Monday Must Reads
TEN YEARS AFTER BUSH V. GORE December marks the tenth anniversary of Bush v. Gore. (Ah, but how...