…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...
On Labor Day, Thinking of Those Many Who Are Out of Work Today
Live at the Stambaugh Theatre in Youngstown, OH on January 12, 1996.
CA Legislature Says NO to Paroling Lifer Kids, but Court Says “Not So Fast..”
For exactly zero discernibly logical reason—except for out-and-out spinelessness—the...
DOJ Sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio for Claiming He’s the King of the World
Okay. You’re right. That’s not exactly how the unprecedented lawsuit filed on Thursday...
Humanitarian Aid at the AZ Border, Not Littering, Says 9th Circuit
Thursday brought another very welcome moment of appeals court sanity when the 9th Circuit Court of...
Twitter Breaks Story on Discovery Channel Gunman
I continue to be astonished when reporter/editor colleagues tell me with a roll of their eyes that...
Herman Atkins and the Weight of Innocence
INNOCENCE FACT OF THE DAY: Before exoneration, 54 DNA exonerees claimed ineffective defense...
The New Homeless: Rodger Jacobs and a Tale of Two Cities
Today, LA Weekly’s J. Patrick Coolican writes about the startlingly divergent reactions to...
The Suicide, The Virginia Quarterly Review….and the Media
A highly respected American literary magazine, The Virginia Quarterly Review, announced Tuesday...
LAUSD Audit Alleges Nearly $3 Million in Fraud at Canoga Park Charter
In case you missed it, this story on the $3 Million in fraud and mismanagement accusations leveled...
Tweet or DIE! (Says CBS Radio News)
Okay, on Monday when CBS radio head, Harvey Nagler sent out the memo to all of the network’s...