I’m on KNBC’s The Filter tonight at 7:30 p.m. with Fred Roggin. Rather than a short...
Why Schwarzenegger Must Sign AB 12, to Extend Foster Care
It is going to be tempting for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger not to sign AB 12, the bill now...
Coyotes in Woodland Hills, Oh My!
File this under don’t you have anything more freaking substantial to worry about? The Daily...
LAT FOB Coming to USC (Wooo-hooo!!!)
The LA Times Festival of Books is moving to the USC campus this coming spring, after spending all...
Incubating Change: LA Gets in on the Feds’ Promise Grants
Two LA Groups have just received $500,000 in federal grants to help create programs modeled on...
Wednesday Fresh Picks
CNN’S MICHAEL WARE SUFFERS FROM PTSD AND IS HAUNTED BY A POSSIBLE WAR CRIME HE WAS NEVER ABLE...
Republicans Use Fillibuster to Derail Dream Act & Repeal of Don’t Ask….
Why is it that every time the Democrats remember (however briefly) that they have a spinal column...
Homegirl Cafe Coming to LAX
Although prospects had looked bleak for months, when four out of five of LAX’s wildly...
The Supremes, the Border Patrol and the $200 Baby
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...