Just after the new school drop out figures were released on Wednesday, the Daily News ran an Op Ed...
Deputy Chief Charlie Beck ….REDUX
In this morning’s LA Times, Joel Rubin reported what we reported a week ago, namely Deputy...
My Name is Richard. And I’m Homeless. Part VI
As the homeless capital of America, Los Angeles County has 73,000 homeless men and women; 10,000...
Drop In, Drop Out
On Wednesday, the state released its newly compiled dropout statistics, gathered using a new...
California’s $252,000 Kids
Before you read this, please sit down and do not consume any kind of food or beverage that might...
The LA Times: “Rightsizing” the Public Trust
The mood among my friends at the LA Times is bleak and growing bleaker. Some buyout/firing notices...
It’s the Recidivism Rate, Stupid!
THE BEST SUNDAY READ REPORT When a man (or a woman) is paroled from a California state prison, he...
And While We’re On the Subject of Crime and Sensible Behavior…
….be sure to read Rob Greene’s smart unsigned editorial in Sunday’s LA Times...
Changing the World……70 Blocks at a Time
While bad news is never difficult to find, I can tell you exactly where to go tonight for a dose of...
The LA Times: Dulling the Edge of our Fright – UPDATED X 2
The past ten days has produced a dank flurry of ever more disheartening LA Times/Sam Zell news. ...
My Name is Richard. And I’m Homeless…… Part V
NOTE: This is part of a continuing series on long-time WitnessLA commenter, Richard LoCicero...
MLK-Harbor Hospital—the Enabling Continues
Let us get one thing straight at the outset of this conversation: Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor is...
ON BEING BLUE: A Cop Talks About Cops – Part II
Deputy Chief Charles Beck is the head of LAPD’s Detective Bureau. That means when the story...
The LAPD and Delay Tactics (Mine, Actually.) – UPDATED
UPDATE: The Jerry Brown news conference this afternoon was to announce a large and, it appears...
Does School P.E. Matter? (Correct Answer: Yes, of Course.)
For years, LAUSD has not enforced state laws requiring an average of 20 minutes per day of physical...
Truth and Gitmo
If you believe the U.S. military is doing a dandy job figuring out exactly who is the enemy and who...
ON BEING BLUE: A Cop Talks About Cops – Part I
Whenever I post anything that’s marginally critical of the LAPD specifically, or law...
Searching for Justice In All the Wrong Places
(No. None of these photos have to do with the articles listed below. They’re from this past...