Tuesday morning I attended the presentations of projects by the brand new class of 21 candidates...
Prison Without Walls
The September issue of Atlantic Magazine contains an article that every state...
A Teacher’s View of the LA Times’ Educators Analysis
EDITOR’S NOTE: I was glad to see the LA Times’ analysis of teacher performance...
Department of Justice Not Happy With Progress at Juvenile Probation Camps
In Tuesday’s LA County Board of Supervisor’s meeting, the Sups will very likely approve...
FOLLOW THE GANG MONEY: Part 1 – by Matthew Fleischer
EDITOR’S NOTE: The article below is Part One of WitnessLA’s two-part investigation...
LA Times Grades Teachers, UTLA Wants to Pop the Messenger
On Sunday, the LA Times published an excellent analysis of how and it what ways some teachers help...
Friday Must Reads
MITRICE RICHARDSON FINALLY SADLY FOUND Thursday was the day that the LA County Office of...
The Reforms of Mississippi’s Most Notorious Prison – Coming to a Jail Near You
In the August issue of Governing Magazine, John Bunton (author of the excellent, LA Noir) has...
Back in Town, Blogging Begins Tomorrow, 8/12
OF WOLVES AND MEN (AND WOMEN AND DOGS) I arrived back in LA on Tuesday night after 3 days of ...
Follow the Gang Money: The Controller’s Report
On Tuesday, City Controller Wendy Greuel released her audit of the effectiveness of the...
WitnessLA is Going on Vacation – 7/15 to 8/11
Here’s the deal: this past year, I was supposed to be putting the finishing touches on the...
The 1st LA Justice Report is Funded: Story Coming in August
Thanks to 88 fantastic people, the first LA Justice Report story is fully...
Why Won’t LA County Probation Fire Its Bad Officers? A Case In Point
WitnessLA has obtained county documents indicating that a deputy probation officer (DPO) working...
The Death of Zac Champommier – Part 2: The Witness
A great deal of controversy, shock and confusion has surrounded the death of 18-year-old Zac...
Education Monday: Fighting Over Ed Funding
SHOULD OBAMA VETO SCHOOLS FUNDING BILL IF RACE-TO-THE-TOP $$ ARE SNIPPED? In its Monday editorial...
When You Are Too Young to Choose (But Have to Anyway)
We first met Nina Montoya when she was a senior at Venice High School where, in English teacher...
Cutting Summer School Classes Cuts more than Education
As we who live in LA County are aware, LAUSD has been driven to drop the notion of summer school...
Mehserle/Oscar Grant Verdict: Involuntary Manslaughter – UPDATED
The verdict was reached at around 3:15 p.m. It was announced in LA at around 4:05 p.m. In this...