(SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS MORNING’S BREAKING NEWS UPDATE) Stellar USC grad student, Emily Henry...
Dangerous Jails – Part 6 – What Really Happened to Henry?
When we last left 59-year-old Henry Reid, (the former director of UCLA’s Willed Body Parts...
Maybe California isn’t Ungovernable…Just Ungoverned.
The LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzick has a an angry and interesting column in today’s...
Social Justice Shorts
WILL OBAMA LET TROY DAVIS BE EXECUTED? Tuesday’s London Telegraph says Barack Obama may have...
Those Horrid Ballot Measures: It’s Over
Just at midnight, Sec. of State Debra Bowen tweeted that 76.1% of the votes were in and counted...
1A-1F….Those Annoying 6 Ballot Measures, Part 2
YES, THESE ARE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATIONS Okay, well, they are reasonably recommend-ish anyway, Or at...
1A-1F….Those Annoying 6 Ballot Measures, Part 1
Okay, very late tonight I may, or may not, have actual recommendations on those six pesky ballot...
Dangerous Jails – Part 5: Should Punishment = Peril?
How do you know if an incarcerated family member is really in danger? With all the ominous tales...
Earthquake
Early news: 8:39 p.m.: 5.0 centered close to Inglewood and Lennox: News at USGS. Didn’t...
Why “Let’s Just Move On” Won’t Work
One of the things I’ve learned in nearly 20 years of writing about street gangs, is that for...
The Reasons NOT to Put LA’s Adult Ed on the Chopping Block
You think the cuts to K-12 schools are bad? Wait until I tell you about adult education. Thursday...
The OVC Gang Injunction: Using a Tool Badly – Part 2
(OC Weekly columnist Gustavo Arellano standing in front of mural by artist Emigdio Vasquez, which...
Posting Later Today…. Meanwhile Torture (Again) – UPDATED
UPDATE: Okay, there has been much news today, but now that I’ve waited this long, I’m...
Social Justice Shorts – Education Edition
COURT ORDER STOPS TEACHER WALKOUT Last week the district went to court to stop the district’s...
The OVC Gang Injunction: Using a Tool Badly – Part 1
(NOTE: PART 2 COMING THURSDAY) In late March of this year, Orange County District Attorney Tony...
What Will We Do About the Matter of Torture?
As the once-taciturn Dick Cheney gallops from cable news show to cable news show yammering about...
DANGEROUS JAILS – Part 4: Triage
When we last left off with “Alfonso Trujillo,” the man with the injured knee who was an...
Is Empathy Right 4 SCOTUS?
Ever since Barack Obama identified empathy as one of the qualities essential for his Supreme Court...