A large thank you to LA Times writers Kim Christensen and Garrett Therolf for their well-reported...
Breakfast with the Chief
Chief William Bratton has been making the rounds for a series of good bye meetings and...
All LA Marijuana Dispensaries R Illegal, says Cooley
He said WHAT???? Yes, marijuana clinics need to be regulated, and, yes, the City Council has zero...
Replacing Bratton: Round 2 Has Begun
The process of selecting a new Los Angeles Chief of Police has just entered phase two. The...
Woman Stabbed on UCLA Campus – UPDATED
A woman student was stabbed multiple times and slashed across the throat on Thursday in science lab...
Posts to Come – UPDATED
Late in blogging today. Back shortly. UPDATE: Crazier day teaching and with other work than I...
Did 3 LAPD Officers Lie on the Stand?
On Tuesday, the LA District Attorney’s office charged three LAPD officers with perjury and...
Free Speech and Dog Fighting
Today, Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear a very intriguing and important case on whether videos...
Forget it, Jake. It’s the DWP.
“Can you believe it? We’re in the middle of a drought, and the water commissioner...
Shooting Holes in the Journalists’ Shield Law
On Sunday, both the Washington Post and the New York Times rightly took the Obama administration to...
The Providence Effect: A Murder & an Answer
This is the story of a tragedy in the form of a promising boy’s death-–and a victory...
Polanski Revisted: The Devils & the Details – UPDATED
UPDATE: Steve Cooley tells why he decided to go after Polanski. And the Polanksi filmmaker, Marina...
Texas Gov Perry Upends Willingham Arson Investigation
This is about the Willingham arson story I wrote about early last month, in which three different...
The Lawyer, the Cross & the Supremes
The Los Angeles Daily Journal-–the publication that lawyers and judges read—has an...
Pete Caroll Tweets for Stafon Johnson
A small moment of community in the big city fostered by Twitter that folks are busy...
Ed Chronicles: Yes, But Are They Learning to Read?
Yesterday, a lot of LA’s activist Teachers were emailing and Tweeting a link to the open...
Social Justice Shorts
ARNOLD STEPS IN TO SAVE STATE PARKS—BUT MAYBE NOT FOR THE REASON HE SAYS This past Friday...
Chasing Roman Polanski: A Prosecutorial Reality Check
What can Steve Cooley’s office be thinking? First Deborah Peagler, then Bruce Lisker, and...