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How the 9th circuit told the U.S. President NO regarding POTUS’s plan to keep CA from counting 20,000 of our state’s votes.

October 26, 2026
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Op-Ed: The Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas Is Not a Joke: Representative Democracy Is at Stake

October 9, 2026
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WitnessLA Comes to Substack

October 7, 2026
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A quick look at how SCOTUS ruled in favor of Democracy, then our nation went to war, and the president threatened the Supremes

March 18, 2026
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Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
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Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
City Attorney • City Government • Courts • Foster Care • LA City Council • LA City Government • LA County Board of Supervisors • Probation

County Sups: $400K Death Payout, City Council: Vote on Trutanich Grand Jury

June 29, 2010
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TRUTANICH’S GRAND JURY Tuesday the City Council is tentatively scheduled to discuss SB 1168...

Probation

Interview on the Ongoing Probation Debacle Coming Late Today

June 28, 2010
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An interview with LA County Supervisor about the LA County Probation mess, how he thinks it should...

Media • Parole Policy • Writers and Writing

LA Press Club Honors Parole Series

June 28, 2010
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At the LA Press Club Awards held in the Crystal ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel Sunday night, Arnold...

Crime and Punishment • Medical Marijuana

One of Pot Dispensary Workers Killed, Son of LA Labor Leader, Julie Butcher

June 25, 2010
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Awful. Andrew Blankstein and David Zahniser report for the LAT: ‘No reason for anyone to die...

Antonio Villaraigosa • City Budget • City Government • Gangs

Following the Gang Money: Where are the City’s GRYD Evaluations?

June 25, 2010
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Really, all we’re asking for is a little of the much promised transparency and...

City Attorney • Courts

California District Attorneys Say…um…NO to Trutanich’s Grand Jury Bill

June 25, 2010
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City Attorney Carmen Trutanich’s quest to acquire his own personal Grand Jury continues. ...

LA County Board of Supervisors • Probation

Probation Nightmare – Part 4: Sups Divide as 1 Calls for Fed Oversight

June 24, 2010
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It’s been around a week since the last unpleasant revelation surfaced about LA...

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More Posting Later Today

June 23, 2010
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In the meantime, here are a few things to check: AND WHAT DID THE COUNTY SUPS MANAGE TO ACCOMPLISH...

Art and Culture • Literature & Justice • Media • Women's Issues • Writers and Writing

LA Mag Gets LA Women Together

June 22, 2010
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Monday night, Los Angeles Magazine held a gathering they called a Women’s Leadership...

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Stupid Boycott Tricks

June 22, 2010
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I too despise AZ’s loathsome immigration law—SB 1070—which makes it a state crime...

Courts • Death Penalty

A Judge’s 5 PM Rule, Sentencing 4 Child Porn, & Librarians Read 2 Mayor

June 21, 2010
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WAS IT JUDICIAN MISCONDUCT WHEN A TEXAS JUDGE CLOSED THE DOOR (LITERALLY) ON A LAST MINUTE DEATH...

Life and Life Only

Happy Father’s Day

June 20, 2010
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For fathers (and uncles and step-dads and foster dads and compadres) everywhere. (Nevermind that...

Courts • Criminal Justice • Law Enforcement

The Mehserle Trial – Why is LA So Uninterested?

June 18, 2010
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On Thursday, a friend who works for works for public radio in San Francisco emailed me and asked if...

Bears and Alligators • Life and Life Only

Rescuing the Miracle Dog – Part 2

June 17, 2010
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Milagro is the name that former public defender Elie Miller gave to the injured stray dog she was...

Juvenile Justice • Probation

LA County’s Broken Juvenile Probation System – Part 3: Credit Card Frenzy

June 16, 2010
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When I was on Which Way LA? on Monday, I mentioned that we had not come close to seeing the...

Death Penalty • Immigration & Justice • Prison Policy • Supreme Court • Uncategorized

The Supremes Rule on Deportation Law, Death Penalty Deadlines and More

June 16, 2010
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It’s already been a very productive week for the US Supreme Court, and a surprisingly...

Bears and Alligators • Life and Life Only

Rescuing the Miracle Dog – Part 1

June 15, 2010
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The dogs above are both creatures who need homes. (For contact information, scroll to the end.) But...

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On Which Way LA Monday Night at 7 p.m. (Tonight)

June 14, 2010
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I’ll be on Warren Olney’s Which Way LA? tonight (Monday) at 7 p.m. together with LA...

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