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Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1

December 29, 2025
#NoSafePlace

Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES

December 28, 2025
#Oversight

LASD Oversight Part 3: LA County’s Inspector General has announced his retirement. But he has a lot more to tell us re: The struggle to provide genuine oversight for the nation’s largest sheriff’s department,

December 17, 2025
Environment • State Government

Jerry Brown Talks About Cars, Cows, & Getting Off Greenhouse

July 31, 2008
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When it comes to conspicuous oil consumption and an underregulated greenhouse gas policy, Jerry...

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1st Annual WLA Summer Reading List – UPDATE

July 31, 2008
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The next installment of the WitnessLA All Star Summer reading list will go up on Friday morning or...

American Artists • Books • Literature & Justice • Los Angeles Times • Los Angeles Writers • Media

The 1st Annual WLA Late Summer Reading List: Part 2

July 30, 2008
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Here’s round two of our late summer reading recommendations (which, by the way, have been a...

Los Angeles Times • Los Angeles Writers • Media • Zell

TellZell.com: The Inkstained Retch Speaks Out

July 30, 2008
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TellZell.com—-the homegrown blog that was originally launched to give Times reporters...

Environment

Earthquake….

July 29, 2008
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11:45 a.m. Tuesday. Alrighty then. Let’s just hope that was the quake, not any kind of...

Literature & Justice • Los Angeles Times • Los Angeles Writers • Media • Writers and Writing

The Famous 1st Annual WLA Late Summer Reading List

July 29, 2008
14 Comments

Okay, here’s the deal: The LA Times is being disemboweled. California doesn’t have a...

Los Angeles Times • Media

Zell Hell: The Firings Next Time – UPDATE

July 28, 2008
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UPDATE: Book review editor, David Ulin was on Larry Mantle’s show today, (you can listen...

Crime and Punishment • Elections '08 • Fire • Los Angeles Times • National Politics • Presidential Race • War • Zell

Sunday’s Must Reads

July 27, 2008
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DON’T MISS: In no particular order: WHO KILLED CHANDRA LEVY? The WaPo’s...

Economy • State Government • State Politics

The Lege Counsel Spikes The Governor’s Hostage Plan

July 25, 2008
15 Comments

At least somebody’s got their head screwed on rightside up. Actually, make that two people...

Arts • Los Angeles Times • Los Angeles Writers • Media • Zell

Zell and The Art of Protest

July 25, 2008
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I’m a bit slow on the uptake this morning so didn’t check my email until just...

Homelessness • Street Stories

My Name is Richard. And I’m Homeless. Part VII

July 25, 2008
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Economy • State Government • State Politics

Cruel Political Tricks

July 25, 2008
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Yes, we know California is in the middle of a terrible budget crisis, and we know that Sacramento...

Charter Schools • Education • Green Dot • LAUSD

LAUSD’s Innovation Queen Jumps Ship to Charters – UPDATED

July 24, 2008
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Okay now this is definitely what we call interesting. But before we get to the interesting part...

Education • Green Dot • LAUSD • Los Angeles Times • Media

Unlocking the Story of Locke High School

July 23, 2008
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Don’t miss Steve Lopez’s column today on the changes at Locke High School. This is...

Arts • Los Angeles Times • Writers and Writing

Can the LA Times Book Review Be Saved?

July 23, 2008
10 Comments

With the scheduled July 27 demise of the Sunday LA Times Book Review looming ever closer, this past...

LAPD • Law Enforcement

The LAPD Wants to Try “Soft” Discipline – UPDATED

July 22, 2008
2 Comments

UPDATE: Bratton got what he asked for. The police commission approved the new proposal that will...

Education • Supreme Court

School Desegregation: Is Class is the New Race?

July 21, 2008
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Last June, 53 years after Brown v. the Board of Education, the Supreme Court declared that the...

Los Angeles Times • Media

It’s Sam Zell’s World: We Just Live Here

July 20, 2008
6 Comments

I opened my LA Times fearfully Sunday morning—which is not a relaxing way to approach...

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