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

January 31, 2026
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The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
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Dying in LA County’s jails: One more death today

January 22, 2026
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A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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Social Justice Shorts

Sunday/Monday Picks

November 2, 2009
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BILL BRATTON AS CHIEF – LOOKING BACK Frank Stolz has a very good three-part series that gives...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Elections

Gavin Bailing, Jerry’s Guy Taping, Antonio Thinking…?

October 31, 2009
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Okay, Gavin Newsom has dropped out of the race for California Governor, for “family”...

LAPD • Radio

On Deadline LA Talking About Choosing the C.O.P

October 30, 2009
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I’ll be on KPFK’s Deadline LA today along with the LA Times’ Joel Rubin talking...

Supreme Court

How 2 SCOTUS LWOP Cases May Affect California

October 30, 2009
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The Daily Journal’s Supreme Court reporter, Lawrence Hurley, has written a very good, very...

LAPD

McDonnell’s USC Visit and a Great Teacher Story

October 30, 2009
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Annenberg grad student, Kevin Grant, has this well-written report of Jim McDonnell’s Tuesday...

Homelessness • LAPD

Owning LA’s Homelessness

October 30, 2009
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Every night, 43,000 people in LA County have no place to...

LAPD • Law Enforcement

Andre Birotte Jr. 4 US Attorney? Please, Let it Be So!

October 29, 2009
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All morning emails have been flying about the fact that, Wednesday night, Scott Glover of the...

Arresting Alex Sanchez • Courts • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • LAPD

Tom Hayden on Alex Sanchez & the Power of Judges

October 29, 2009
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Tom Hayden opens his latest column in The Nation magazine as follows: I never expected to write...

Media

Tonight: “Which Way LA?” plus KNBC’s “The Filter”

October 28, 2009
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I’m on Which Way LA? tonight ( Wednesday night) at 7 p.m. I’ll be discussing the...

Bill Bratton • LAPD

Picking the Chief: 3 Finalists Named & 1 Comes to Class

October 28, 2009
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The timing was perfect. Three weeks ago, when LAPD Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell agreed to speak...

Bill Bratton • LAPD

Picking the Chief of Police: And the 3 Are…….

October 27, 2009
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As any avid LAPD watcher knows by now, the short list of three is: First Assistant Chief Jim...

Bill Bratton • LAPD

List of 3 for Chief of Police to be Announced Today – UPDATED X2

October 27, 2009
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Waiting for the short list. Last we heard, the Police Commission was going to give the mayor its...

American Artists • Writers and Writing

Tod Goldberg Tells Stories

October 27, 2009
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My friend Tod Goldberg is a very funny man who has popularized the term….well, you can find...

Crime and Punishment • Death Penalty • LAPD

Smart Cops, Smart Students…and Wrongful Convictions

October 26, 2009
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Two stories about justice & injustice—and wrongful convictions AN LAPD LIEUTENANT...

LAPD

The LAPD Officially Moves Into Its New Home

October 26, 2009
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> One of my very smart Annenberg grad students, Su Liu, happened...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Wolves

Must Reads: Polanski, Wolves, Tasers & Batons

October 26, 2009
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ROMAN POLANSKI AND SAMANTHA GAILEY: A GIRL’S STARK WORDS STILL ECHO DOWN THE YEARS This is...

LAPD • Los Angeles Times • Media

The Chief’s Race: A Correction & An Apology

October 24, 2009
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I have come to the conclusion that I owe LA Times reporter Joel Rubin an apology. On Friday...

Courts • LAPD • Social Justice Shorts

End of the Week Social Justice Wrap Up

October 23, 2009
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POLICE COMMISSION MAY HAVE THREE CHIEF CHOICES BY TUESDAY—OR NOT According to the LA...

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