Is Using A Minotaur To Gore Detainees A Form Of Torture? (Favorite line: “We could use...
Gang Czar Elevated to Mayor’s Chief Of Staff
In a press release sent out late this morning, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced that his...
California Corrections Budget: THE GUTLESS WONDERS
In reporting on the whimpering and pathetic series of encounters, that were formerly known as the...
Sergio Diaz: A New Hat in the Race for LAPD Chief
Up until today, there were four names tossed around by nearly everyone as most likely to be on the...
Social Justice Shorts (Very Short)
LAUSD WILLING TO GIVE OUTSIDERS A CHANCE TO IMPROVE SCHOOLS In a 6-1 vote, the LAUSD board voted ...
Le Lion est Mort
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Like many, I have very mixed feelings about Ted...
Trutanich, Taggers & the Madness of Bad Injunctions
Monday, the LA Times’ Scott Gold reported that, in an interview with new LA City Attorney...
Schools & Prisons, Tra-La: An Update
CORRECTIONS VOTE DELAYED It was hoped—foolishly, as it turns out-–that the California...
The NY Times & Saving Women….To Save Ourselves.
Abbas Be was held captive in a most brutal manner in a Delhi brothel. After she was freed, she...
Prison Reform: Dear CA State Legislature, Grow Some….!
The California Senate passed the governor’s prison reform package on Thursday then, on...
POST GRAD: My Brilliant Niece’s First Movie Opening
Permit me to brag obnoxiously for a moment. (Is this pure nepotism? You betcha! But...
Freeing Deborah Peagler and the Issue of Abuse
On Thursday, parole was granted to a 49-year-old, woman inmate named Deborah Peagler. She has...
Bruce Lisker Shocker: Retrial? – UPDATED
The LA Times reports that the LA District Attorney’s office will retry Bruce Lisker for the...
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CA Corrections Budget: It’s the Sentencing, Stupid.
The corrections budget-cutting battle will begin Thursday in the California legislature, and here...
Barney Frank and Town Hall-ista Chat About Health Care
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> In case you haven’t see it. (I don’t believe...
Governor Goes to Site of Prison Riot – UPDATED
Wednesday, Governor Schwarzenegger will be holding a 10 a.m. press conference at the California...
Locke & The School Test Scores—A First Round Analysis
State test scores assessing California’s schools came out Monday and among the stories to be...