Late afternoon on Wednesday, Assistant Managing Editor David Lauter, who oversees state and local...
Must Reads – Thursday
PRISON FRENZY AND DRUG WAR A HUGE DRAG ON THE ECONOMY A NEW REPORT SAYS Denver Westword writes of a...
Is the LA Times Coverage of DCFS in Danger of Endangering Kids?
The headline above may sound a bit alarmist, but a growing number of those knowledgeable about...
Race and Gender Affects Treatment of Parole Violators
On Sunday, the LA Times reported that the U.S. Justice Department believes that the Los Angeles...
CA Supremes Rule That Illegal Immigrant Students May Pay In State Tuition
At approximately 10 a.m. Monday, the California Supreme Court handed down a unanimous ruling...
First All Female Class of Community Intervention Workers Graduates
On Friday night, LA’s Professional Community Intervention Training Institute, headed by Aquil...
Is the LAPD Working Hard Enough to Root Out Racial Profiling?
After the federal consent decree, which was put in place in 2001, was lifted from the LAPD last...
Harris Holds Slim Lead for 4th Day…As the Counting Continues
After Steve Cooley had been lodged in the lead for most of last week, by Friday when a bunch of...
Must Read (and Watch): the Friday Edition
WHAT KILLED AIYANA STANLEY-JONES? Former NY Times Pulitzer winner, Charlie Le Duff, writes about...
Happy Veterans Day, With Deep Gratitude
To those who have served, and those who still serve.
Must Reads: Thursday
ANNENBERG’S GENEVA OVERHOLSER TALKS ABOUT KEITH OLBERMANN, JOURNALISTIC BIAS AND ALL THAT...
The Anne Factor: Or Why Jerry Will Be Different This Time
The Daily Beast has a brand new profile of soon to be California First Lady, Anne Gust Brown, and...
Wednesday Must Reads: Crime & Consequence
VIDEO TELLS DIFFERENT STORY ABOUT 2008 FATAL SHOOTING BY FEDERAL MARSHAL The LA Times’ Scott...
Tuesday Must Reads – The Education Version
UC BOARD MAY RAISE FEES—AGAIN The LA Times Carla Rivers reports: Faced with flagging state...
Rainy Monday – Light Posting This Morning
WitnessLA is taking the morning off due to a personal task. Back tomorrow in full...
A.G. Nail Biter Central: Cooley Now Takes Lead Over Harris
Well, it ain’t dull. As of this morning, Steve Cooley has pulled ahead in the...
Settlement of Landmark Lawsuit Charging LA County Probation With Failure to Educate Locked-Up Kids
On Thursday of this week, the ACLU of So Cal, Public Counsel, the Disability Rights Legal Center...
Can We Keep Our State Parks Healthy Post Prop 21’s Crash & Burn?
On Tuesday, voters rejected Prop. 21, the ballot measure that would have added $18 to most vehicle...