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#NoKings

Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
#NoKings

The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying in LA County’s jails: One more death today

January 22, 2026
#DangerousJails

A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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December 31, 2025
Environment • Native American

Saving San Onofre

September 17, 2008
1 Comment

Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Transportation Corridor Agency and a very long list of California...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race

OOOPS.

September 16, 2008
5 Comments

For one incautious millisecond this morning in an interview with St. Louis KTRS Radio, prominent...

LAPD

May Day Melee…..Accountability?

September 16, 2008
3 Comments

THE OTHER SHOE DROPS FOR MAY DAY While the LAPD has yet to actually release the details the Daily...

Education • Elections '08 • Presidential Race

It’s Education, Stupid (plus a few other things, like the Economy)

September 16, 2008
11 Comments

Okay, admittedly the main issue is for voters right now is ….you know….the fact that...

Elections '08 • FBI • Immigration & Justice • Law Enforcement • National Politics • Presidential Race

MORNING MUST READS: PALIN & CHENEY

September 15, 2008
40 Comments

In addition to the TRULY HIDEOUS AND INCREDIBLY UNNERVING financial news (with more yet to come)...

American Artists • American Voices • Writers and Writing

David Foster Wallace, 1962 – 2008: Brilliance Has Left the Building

September 14, 2008
2 Comments

Impossibly talented. Crazily original. Hilarious. Soulful. Deeply moral. Incandescently...

Los Angeles County

Death on Rails – UPDATED – The Text Message

September 13, 2008
5 Comments

UPDATE: CBS KCAL News has reported that the engineer was likely texting a teenager, but Metrolink...

Elections • Presidential Race

NOW STARRING……Gunslinger Gidget – UPDATED

September 13, 2008
7 Comments

I get it. I really do. I understand the appeal of Repub VP candidate Sarah Palin: It’s...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race

PALIN & GIBSON PART 1: Cramming for the Test

September 12, 2008
27 Comments

I’ve been posting so much about election issues, of late, and so little about local issues...

Education • Public Health • State Government • State Politics

California Budget Blues

September 12, 2008
4 Comments

Still no budget in our fair state….and real consequences are starting to result. For...

Elections '08 • Immigration & Justice • Presidential Race

Americans, Elections and Service

September 12, 2008
5 Comments

Last night, McCain and Obama were each questioned for an hour on CNN about the importance of...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race

Three Questions for Sarah Palin

September 11, 2008
40 Comments

Tonight, Thursday night, ABC anchor Charlie Gibson is set to air the first of his interview...

Uncategorized

September 11, 2001-2008

September 11, 2008
4 Comments

(New Yorker cover by Art Spiegelman [And just in case it’s not clear: the white scrawl is...

Prison Policy • State Government

MUDFIGHT! Schwarzenegger v. the CCPOA

September 9, 2008
20 Comments

Okay, I promised myself I would NOT, repeat not blog any more until I got home, but this story...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Gangs

Taking a River Break, But in the Meantime: LA GANGS & MLK-HARBOR

September 8, 2008
4 Comments

LA GANGS, PARKS….AND THE CRIME RATE: According to the LA Times, Antonio Villaraigosa says...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race

Sunday Must Reads: McCain/Palin v. Obama/Biden

September 7, 2008
35 Comments

This morning, there are a lot of local issues worth our attention, which I’ll get to shortly...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race

McCain’s Night: The Selling of the POW’s POV

September 4, 2008
106 Comments

6:25-ish Okay, suffice it to say that Tom Ridge was honorable with his speech, and told some good...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race

Sarah Palin Night at the Republican Convention – UPDATED X 2

September 3, 2008
53 Comments

UPDATE: Keep in mind as you think about the warm and fuzzy parts of the Palin speech that the good...

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