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...
The Meaning of the Supreme Court’s Troy Davis Ruling
Both the LA Times and the New York Times have interpretive stories on the significance of...
Jerry Brown Gets Lead Out & Celebrates Slightly Anxious Dog
And my favorite tweet of the day is: 1. Jerry Brown bragging that he’s gotten the lead...
Social Justice Shorts
(Charts from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s recently signed budget summary.) AS CALIFORNIA...
Derailing Antonio’s Misguided Outrage at Firefighters
You want outrage? Try the pedophile protector and the mayor. Antonio Villaraigosa, showing the wild...
Will Homeboy Really Close It’s Doors?
I know I have been a broken record on this topic. But I honestly cannot imagine a Los Angeles...
Nightline Does the Green Dot/Locke Transformation
One more story about the Locke/Green Dot transformation—-this time on Wednesday’s...
Fourth World Medical Relief Comes to LA…& More
SOME QUICK NOTES ON TWO LA...
Silence for Lily Burk
From the program for Lily Burk’s memorial service at Barnsdall Art Park last Sunday. Comments...
I’m in Boston, Over to Alan Mittelstaedt
Hi everyone. I just arrived in Boston, where I will be for a few days at a journalism...
Short Takes and Updates: Bratton, Cardenas & Lisker
REPLACING BILL BRATTON Christina Villacorte of the City News Service reports that the head of...
The Chino Riot 2: Stupid Reporter Tricks & Possible Solutions
FIRST THE STUPID REPORTER TRICKS—THIS TIME NY TIMES STYLE In case you’ve been living in...
That Saturday Night Riot at Chino’s California Institute for Men
There are now reports that the 11 hour race-based riot that broke out at around 8:30 Saturday night...
Are We Losing the Art of Reading?
One story I want to make sure I draw to your attention before we plunge headlong into the week, is...
Politicizing the Death of Lily Burk
The memorial service for 17-year-old Lily Burk will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday night at Barnsdall Art...