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#NoKings

Judge knocks down the “No Secret Police Act,” but gives the go-ahead to CA’s “No Vigilantes Act.” Here’s the deal.

February 10, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
#NoKings

The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying in LA County’s jails: One more death today

January 22, 2026
#DangerousJails

A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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December 31, 2025
Foster Care

Why Doesn’t DCFS Have Numbers for Kids Who Have Died in Foster Care?

October 12, 2010
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On Tuesday morning, the County Board of Supervisors will vote on a motion introduced by Mark...

LA County Board of Supervisors • Probation

It’s October, and LA County Juvenile Probation is Still Wrecking Kids

October 11, 2010
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Two Op Eds in Sunday’s LA Times very eloquently and urgently called for sweeping changes in...

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Elections • LAPPL

Jerry Brown, “Whoregate” and Manipulating the Facts

October 9, 2010
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The reporting on…um….Whoregate has been less that stellar, particularly I’m sorry...

Art and Culture • Life and Life Only • Writers and Writing

Thinking of You, John. Happy 70th. Miss you still.

October 9, 2010
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NOTE: It’s impossible to select only seven John Lennon songs and feel good about it. After...

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The High Cost of Bigotry & The Death of a California Boy

October 8, 2010
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Seth Walsh was 13 when on September 19, 2010, he hung himself from a tree in the backyard of the...

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Elections • LAPD • LAPPL • Media

Jerry Brown, the “Whore” Remark, and Campaign Theater

October 8, 2010
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As you may or may not have heard by now, a voice mail recording was released Thursday afternoon by...

California Supreme Court • Education • Immigration & Justice • LGBTQ • The Filter

The Filter: Immigration and Tuition, and Moral Insanity of Senators

October 7, 2010
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Here is the video for Wednesday night’s segment of The Filter with Fred Roggin. On this show...

Life and Life Only • Writers and Writing

Me & Freeways….on Madeleine Brand’s Show, KPCC, 9 a.m., Thursday

October 7, 2010
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I’m on the 9 a.m. Madeleine Brand Show on KPCC, 89.3 FM, today, Thursday, where I’ll be...

Immigration & Justice • LGBTQ • The Filter

On KNBC’s The Filter Tonight at 7:30 p.m.

October 6, 2010
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I’m on KNBC’s The Filter tonight at 7:30 p.m. with Fred Roggin. (Actually, my segment is on...

California Supreme Court • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Immigration & Justice • Innocence • LA County Jail • LASD • Marijuana Laws • Media

Wednesday Must Reads

October 6, 2010
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THIS WEEK SCOTUS DECIDES WHETHER A MAN EXONERATED OF CAPITAL MURDER CAN SUE THE PROSECUTOR WHO HID...

American Artists • Art and Culture • Writers and Writing

Cormac McCarthy and Gambling on the Nobel – UPDATED

October 5, 2010
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Just to confirm everyone’s suspicions that writers are an odder group than the rest of the...

Campus Violence • LGBTQ

Why Did So Many of Our Boys Kill Themselves Last Month?

October 5, 2010
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The nine young men listed below are members of a tragic fraternity. They were all tormented...

LA County Jail • LASD • Social Justice Shorts

Quickie Must Reads

October 5, 2010
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HUNDREDS OF CALIFORNIA PROSECUTORS COMMITTED MISCONDUCT WITH NO SANCTIONS ACCORDING TO NEW...

American Artists • Media

Jon Stewart Unplugged: “I’m less upset by politicians than the media.”

October 5, 2010
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Jon Stewart was on Fresh Air on Monday night, with Terry Gross. The show was taped last Wednesday...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice

How Should We Punish Cyber Bullies When Suicide Results?

October 4, 2010
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When the body of the young Rutgers student, Tyler Clementi, was fished out of the water north of...

Elections • Immigration & Justice

Jerry and Meg and Immigration – UPDATED

October 4, 2010
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UPDATE: Monday, 11:17 am, it was announced this morning that Tuesday’s radio debate between...

Must Reads

Friday Wrap Up: Drugging Kids, Health Reform, the LAPD and More

October 1, 2010
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AMERICAN JUVENILE FACILITIES NEEDLESSLY DRUGGING LOCKED-UP KIDS, INVESTIGATION SAYS In a year-long...

Immigration & Justice

Allred: Whitman’s Huz Made Notes on the “Never Received” SSA Letter

September 30, 2010
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Whitman’s statement that she and her husband never got the 2003 letter from the Social...

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