While the flow of revelations about the ghastly state of LA County’s juvenile probation...
LAPD Gets Out Ahead of the Problem in Video-Captured Tasing
The above video shows a belligerent man being tased Sunday night by an LAPD officer, and...
County Sups: $400K Death Payout, City Council: Vote on Trutanich Grand Jury
TRUTANICH’S GRAND JURY Tuesday the City Council is tentatively scheduled to discuss SB 1168...
Interview on the Ongoing Probation Debacle Coming Late Today
An interview with LA County Supervisor about the LA County Probation mess, how he thinks it should...
LA Press Club Honors Parole Series
At the LA Press Club Awards held in the Crystal ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel Sunday night, Arnold...
One of Pot Dispensary Workers Killed, Son of LA Labor Leader, Julie Butcher
Awful. Andrew Blankstein and David Zahniser report for the LAT: ‘No reason for anyone to die...
Following the Gang Money: Where are the City’s GRYD Evaluations?
Really, all we’re asking for is a little of the much promised transparency and...
California District Attorneys Say…um…NO to Trutanich’s Grand Jury Bill
City Attorney Carmen Trutanich’s quest to acquire his own personal Grand Jury continues. ...
Probation Nightmare – Part 4: Sups Divide as 1 Calls for Fed Oversight
It’s been around a week since the last unpleasant revelation surfaced about LA...
More Posting Later Today
In the meantime, here are a few things to check: AND WHAT DID THE COUNTY SUPS MANAGE TO ACCOMPLISH...
LA Mag Gets LA Women Together
Monday night, Los Angeles Magazine held a gathering they called a Women’s Leadership...
Stupid Boycott Tricks
I too despise AZ’s loathsome immigration law—SB 1070—which makes it a state crime...
A Judge’s 5 PM Rule, Sentencing 4 Child Porn, & Librarians Read 2 Mayor
WAS IT JUDICIAN MISCONDUCT WHEN A TEXAS JUDGE CLOSED THE DOOR (LITERALLY) ON A LAST MINUTE DEATH...
Happy Father’s Day
For fathers (and uncles and step-dads and foster dads and compadres) everywhere. (Nevermind that...
The Mehserle Trial – Why is LA So Uninterested?
On Thursday, a friend who works for works for public radio in San Francisco emailed me and asked if...
Rescuing the Miracle Dog – Part 2
Milagro is the name that former public defender Elie Miller gave to the injured stray dog she was...
LA County’s Broken Juvenile Probation System – Part 3: Credit Card Frenzy
When I was on Which Way LA? on Monday, I mentioned that we had not come close to seeing the...
The Supremes Rule on Deportation Law, Death Penalty Deadlines and More
It’s already been a very productive week for the US Supreme Court, and a surprisingly...