UPDATE: 2 p.m. Wednesday. The city council has just approved a motion to wrest control of the...
Crime Rate Spikes – The Question is: Why?
Okay, first the facts. The crime rate in LA over the last 13 days has taken a jump, reports New...
Military Veterans, the Supremes & Collateral Damage
A June 2007 Supreme Court case called Bowles v. Russell, had to do with a Mr. Bowles who missed his...
Three Sheriff’s Deputies Charged With Inmate Assault
Blogging will be a bit lighter today while I’m out in the field. In the meantime, the LA...
Earthquake: 7.2 in Baja
In Topanga the motion was dizzying but gentle, like the memory of a rolling sea. Farther south it...
Have a Glorious Easter
The Miracle of & the Betrayal of….NUMMI
After 25 years and 7.7 million cars, Toyota Motors closed its manufacturing plant in Fremont on...
Friday Fresh Picks – Bail, Parole, Students, Hope & More
REVISITING THAT MILLION $ BAIL FOR THE SUPERGRAPHIC OUTLAW If you’ll remember, last month, I...
Immigration Law, the Supremes & 1 Small Step for Sanity
One of the most vexing—and in many cases, heartbreaking—parts of the giant immigration...
Jaime Escalante: RIP – The Art of Imparting Ganas
The best thing I can think to do to honor the remarkable Jaime Escalante—and the other...
Death Penalty, Stupid RNC Tricks & Other Topics
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> On the Filter we discussed: 1. The death penalty for serial...
On KNBC’s The Filter Tonight – 7:30 p.m.
I’ll post the video later, but here’s the link to the online real time channel in case...
4:15 p.m. Tuesday: Working on WLA Site
There may be intermittent weirdness on the site for the next couple of hours while maintenance and...
Fresh Picks
WHY DOESN’T CALIFORNIA SAVE $$$ THROUGH “MEDICAL PAROLE?” Two weeks ago I had...
Art Saves: Poetry & Opera at Juvie
Starting at 4 p.m. on Friday night one large room at Central Juvenile Hall was crammed with around...
Social Justice Shorts
SHOULD THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TAKE OVER PRISON HEALTH CARE? No, I’m not kidding. The AP...
The Rape of American Prisoners
The New York Review of Books has a remarkable two part series on rape in American correctional...
The Evolution of LA’s Parent Revolution
Ben Austin is the executive director of an LA-based organization known as the Parent Revolution...