Memorial Day weekend is our national day of remembrance. It is also the weekend that the...
NBC’s The Filter: School Strippers, A Controversial Scholarship, & More
I was on NBC’s The Filter on Wednesday night. As usual, we talked very speedily about a list...
80 to Life: Sentencing Tedi Snyder – UPDATED
UPDATE: Tedi Snyder will be sentenced today, Friday, in division 120 on the 13th floor of the...
Arizona’s Immigration Law and It’s Affect On Policing
On Wednesday, LAPD’s Chief Charlie Beck, and Chiefs of Police from Houston and Philadelphia...
Support WLA’s Investigative Reporting—For Free
As most of you know, WitnessLA has embarked on a partnership with Spot.Us.com called the LA...
Desperate for Expungement: When a Record Keeps You From Work
Even before the economic downturn, 60 percent of all employers surveyed on the topic said that they...
Dear Meg Whitman: Please Check Your Math
In the competition between Republican gubernatorial candidates to win the...
The Morality of “24”
After 8 seasons, Monday night was the last night of the series, “24.” Most times, no...
Homeboy Review Opening Party, Tuesday at 7 p.m.
A very cool reading and party starring a group of talented Homeboy poets and featuring a short talk...
School Reform, Teachers’ Unions and “Nixon in China”
It used to be that it was conservatives who railed about public schools— asking for vouchers...
Three Strikes Reform and the Race for AG
IF STEVE COOLEY wins the Republican primary for attorney general, on almost every issue — most...
Fr. Greg Boyle, Homeboy…and the ‘No Matter What-ness’ Factor
“If we lose hope, then we will be unable to give hope.” Former gang member, now senior...
Finishing a Project…..and Eagles
Posting later today. In the meantime, watch the eagles of Hornby Island on the real time eagle cam...
After LWOP: The Solitary Life of Ian Manuel
THE GOOD NEWS: Monday’s Supreme court decision declared Life Without Parole for juveniles...
UC Berkeley Loses Mind, Asks Freshmen for DNA
Hi Freshman! Welcome to the University! Now give us your DNA! Usually, UC Berkeley helps induce...
City Budget Approved With Some Resistance
The Los Angeles City Council approved much of mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s proposed budget on...
What Monday’s Historic Juvenile LWOP Case Means
THE BROAD STROKES On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down an historic ruling stating that...
SCOTUS Rules on Both: Sexual Preditors and LWOP Kids
Two important criminal justice rulings came down from the Supremes today. (More details on both...