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A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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December 31, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1

December 29, 2025
#NoSafePlace

Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES

December 28, 2025
Death Penalty

Governor Pushes Back Execution, 9th Circuit Chides Judge

September 28, 2010
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Governor Schwarzenegger has pushed back the execution of convicted murderer Albert Greenwood Brown...

Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • Consumer Affairs • FBI • Freedom of Information

FBI Wants to Wiretap the Internet (It’s Worse Than You Think)

September 28, 2010
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As you may or may not have heard, the FBI is now very worried that bad guys are texting and...

Homelessness • Writers and Writing

The New Homeless: Rodger Jacobs, Part 2 – Moving

September 27, 2010
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On Sunday, the Las Vegas Sun ran the second installment of the story of LA writer, Rodger Jacobs...

Must Reads

Monday Must Reads (3 Quickies)

September 27, 2010
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AN LAUSD TEACHER RATED “LESS EFFECTIVE” BY LAT APPEARS TO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE A...

Art and Culture • Arts

GLOW Santa Monica Happening Tonight, 9/25

September 25, 2010
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The event known as GLOW Santa Monica will take place Saturday night, from dusk ’till dawn (7...

Immigration & Justice

Colbert in Congress: The Press Corps is Unamused

September 24, 2010
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Members of the Washington D.C. press watched as Stephen Colbert testified before a congressional...

The Filter

The Filter: Critical Mass, RVs and Conspiracy Theories

September 24, 2010
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Here’s the latest segment of NBC’s the Filter in which Fred Roggin asks attorney Leo...

Arresting Alex Sanchez • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • FBI

Details of Latest Alex Sanchez Hearing

September 24, 2010
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For those of you following the Alex Sanchez case, Tom Hayden has a story in the Nation that gives...

Education

The Investor’s Club: Are UC Regents Spinning Public Funds into Private Profit

September 24, 2010
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Spot.Us has sponsored an 8-month in-depth investigation by journalist Peter Byrne into the...

International Issues • International Politics • Media

The Dangerous Profession: Reporters and Bloggers in Iran and Cuidad Juarez

September 24, 2010
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The frightening announcement came this week that Iran’s best known journalist/blogger ...

The Filter

On The Filter Tonight at 7:30 pm Talking Cyclists, Conspiracy Theories & Facebook

September 23, 2010
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I’m on KNBC’s The Filter tonight at 7:30 p.m. with Fred Roggin. Rather than a short...

Foster Care • State Government • Uncategorized

Why Schwarzenegger Must Sign AB 12, to Extend Foster Care

September 23, 2010
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It is going to be tempting for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger not to sign AB 12, the bill now...

Bears and Alligators

Coyotes in Woodland Hills, Oh My!

September 23, 2010
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File this under don’t you have anything more freaking substantial to worry about? The Daily...

Los Angeles Times

LAT FOB Coming to USC (Wooo-hooo!!!)

September 22, 2010
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The LA Times Festival of Books is moving to the USC campus this coming spring, after spending all...

Families • National Issues

Incubating Change: LA Gets in on the Feds’ Promise Grants

September 22, 2010
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Two LA Groups have just received $500,000 in federal grants to help create programs modeled on...

Media • Middle East • War

Wednesday Fresh Picks

September 22, 2010
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CNN’S MICHAEL WARE SUFFERS FROM PTSD AND IS HAUNTED BY A POSSIBLE WAR CRIME HE WAS NEVER ABLE...

Immigration & Justice • LGBTQ

Republicans Use Fillibuster to Derail Dream Act & Repeal of Don’t Ask….

September 21, 2010
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Why is it that every time the Democrats remember (however briefly) that they have a spinal column...

Homeboy Industries • LA City Council • LA City Government

Homegirl Cafe Coming to LAX

September 21, 2010
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Although prospects had looked bleak for months, when four out of five of LAX’s wildly...

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