(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...
Bruce Lisker: Justice Finally (Maybe) Done….After 24 Years
In the spring of 2005, the LA Times published a piece by Matt Lait and Scott Glover, in which they...
Mob Rule & Health Care Reform
I’ll be blogging more later today about local news. But until then, here are a few snips...
Did Schwarzenegger Cross the Constitutional Line?
Before the storm broke over the resignation of LAPD Chief Bill Bratton,) there was another storm...
BILL BRATTON RESIGNS AS CHIEF – UPDATED
2 p.m. UPDATE: Bill Bratton is leaving to be in business with former LAPD Independent Consent...
Fed Judges Say CA Must Drop Prison Pop by 44,000
On Tuesday, a three-judge federal panel ordered the state to reduce its 150,000 prison population...
Bill Did It. Kim Jong-il pardons Euna Lee & Laura Ling -UPDATED
Here’s the LA Times. Here’s the NY Times. And my smart pal Kevin Roderick already has...