The Supreme Court will soon decide whether or not to hear a case in which US Border Patrol agents...
Sunday/Monday Must Reads
UH, OH. SCALIA SAYS THE CONSTITUTION DOESN’T COVER SEX BIAS (OR BIAS AGAINST SEXUAL...
Remembering Smiley: When Bullets are Reduced to Dust
I notice that a lot of people have been checking WitnessLA for information on Irvin Panameno. (You...
Should Judges Consider the Costs of Sentencing?
Missouri thinks judges should— that the strategy can favorably impact the state’s...
The Shooting: Seven Years Later
Seven years ago today, on the night of September 17, 2003, Michael Domaloan, 21, and Felix Quiroz...
City Controller Audits What LA Has Done With the Stimulous $$
Thursday, City Controller Wendy Greuel released findings on her audit of how the City of Los...
The Filter – Must We Humilate Teachers to Talk about Merit-based Evaluations?
/> Here’s the video of Wednesday’s segment of The Filter. We ended up talking about...
Alex Sanchez Update: Hearings and Delays – UPDATED
Thursday there is a new hearing in the Alex Sanchez case. I’ll tell you a lot more about it...
LA County Sups Vote Homeboy Industries $1.3 Million…With Curious Strings
On Tuesday morning, The LA County Board of Supervisors voted to okay a $1.3 million grant for...
New Thoughts About That $578 Million RFK Complex
I visited the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools complex on Monday afternoon and had something of...
Posting Later This Morning About the 1st Day of School at RFK..
…So check back, at midday or so, for that and other news. PS: I surprised myself...
MONDAY’S Must Reads (and Listens)
ACLU SUES 30 CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVER “PAY TO LEARN” POLICIES Dear...
The OTHER Shooting in the Rampart District: The Story of Irvin Panameno
Thursday night, it was quieter around the Rampart police station than it has been the rest of this...
WWLA on Which Way LA? KCRW 89.9, Tonight at 7 pm
I’ll be discussing the LAPD’s handling of the aftermath of the fatal shooting by an...
Does America’s Prison Policy Harm Democracy?
Political scientists Vesla Weaver and Amy Lerman have recently completed a study that looks at the...
Chief Charlie Beck is Booed and Heckled at Westlake Community Meeting
On Wednesday night LAPD Chief Charlie Beck addressed a very angry crowd of about 300 at the John...
Follow the Gang Money, Part 2: The Interventionists – by Matt Fleischer
EDITOR’S NOTE: With 1,076 known gangs and 80,757 gang members in Los Angeles County...
An LAPD Officer-Involved-Shooting and the Case for Less-the-Lethal Weapons – UPDATED
THE LAPD OIS AND A VERY UPSET COMMUNITY On Sunday about midday, some LAPD officers responded to a...