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...
Lily Burk….Her Alleged Killer…and 3 Strikes
This morning, the LA Times has introduced some impressive gee-whiz gadgetry with its new Charles...
The LA Times & the Radioactive 27,000
What’s up with the LA Times and their fact checking? Yesterday the Times ran an unsigned...
Radio Alert: WWLA? Tonight at 7:30 p.m. Re: Suzie Pena
Your friendly blogger (that would be me) will again be on Warren Olney’s Which Way LA? show...
Congrats to LA Weekly’s Christine Pelisek for “Grim Sleeper”
Christine Pelisek has done fine work over the past three years on the serial killer that the LA...
Judge Dismisses Suzie Pena Lawsuit – UPDATED
UPDATE: I’ll be on Warren Olney’s Which Way LA? show for a news segment tonight to...
Corrections Cuts, Part 2
Those who are looking to derail the proposed cuts to California’s corrections budget that I...
Seniors and Medical Medical Marijuana
Seniors at what Laguna Woods, the retirement community formerly known as Leisure World, have...
Cutting $$ Out of California’s Prisons – The Real Numbers – UPDATED
There was much quarreling in the past two weeks about the proposed $1.2 billion dollars that is...
Finding the Words to Talk About the Death of a Child
Wednesday’s Fresh Air, featured a poet named Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno who has recently...
I’ll Be On Which Way LA? Tonight RE: Lily Burk & Parole Policy
This evening at 7 p.m, {Actually our segment is on at 7:30 ] I’ll be on Warren Olney’s...
Health Care. What are We doing?
A quick break from reporting on sad LA issues: Yesterday afternoon, I talked at length with one...
Arnold “Line Item Vetos” State Parks Funding – UPDATED
Using the poorly named “line item veto,” Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger managed, with...
The Death of Lily Burk….What We Do NOT Know – UPDATED
After spending way more time than was likely sensible talking on the phone and exchanging emails...
The Death of Lily Burk: What We Know – UPDATED
Here’s what we know about the death of 17-year-old Lily Burk. This terrible thing happened...