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December 31, 2025
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
Antonio Villaraigosa • Bill Bratton • LAPPL • Unions

Open Letter to Mayor V about the secret police hearing

June 22, 2008
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And book a seat for Bill, too. Dear Honorable Mayor V: I’m one of the few people in Los...

Families • Religion • Unions

THIS JUST IN: God is a Lesbian!

June 21, 2008
3 Comments

And here’s her gay son, Mr. Christ!! Come Judgment Day, many denominations surveyed about gay...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Bill Bratton • Civil Rights • Criminal Justice • LAPPL • Law Enforcement

UPDATE: Mayor V Should Attend Secret Police Hearing

June 20, 2008
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How hard would Obama fight for Romero’s bill if he were mayor of Los Angeles? Hey, you...

Bears and Alligators • Civil Liberties • Courts • DNA • Elections '08 • Free Speech • Presidential Race • Unions • Wolves

Obama the Money Monster

June 20, 2008
17 Comments

We’re surrounded by monsters What a relief that Obama reneged on his pledge to limit his fall...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Bill Bratton • City Government • LAPD • LAPPL • Law Enforcement • Unions

Mayor V Should Attend Secret Police Hearing

June 19, 2008
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Come on, Mr. Mayor, no deep thought needed. Just book the flight to Sacramento. ...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Courts • Journalism

Deadline for Water King

June 18, 2008
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Triton to Water King: You’re taking this all too personally The last couple days have been...

Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • Crime and Punishment • District Attorney

UPDATED: Who let Roger out?

June 16, 2008
8 Comments

Even water tricks won’t remove the stain of Roger’s reign Cardinal Roger “I...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Antonio Villaraigosa • City Government • Environment • Freedom of Information • Journalism • LA County Jail • Media

David Nahai’s wild story about his water bills

June 15, 2008
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Water King and Water Boy huddle right after testy exchange with me over water bills I got a letter...

Business • Journalism • Media

Justice for Wendy McCaw’s Victims

June 15, 2008
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A gathering of Southern California newspaper publishers and their peers. See Wendy, Sam and...

Courts • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Death Penalty

Have Mercy on Susan Atkins

June 14, 2008
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What kind of people are we? For the sake of the values we uphold in a civil society, we should let...

Education • Unions

Weenies of the Week: Bill Clinton and the No-Shows

June 13, 2008
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The Big Labor Puppets should have considered what Martin Luther King Jr. would have done...

American Artists • Los Angeles Times

Zell, the LA Times & Death by a Thousand (Paper) Cuts

June 12, 2008
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On Thursday night I was sitting around with a group of writers who have gathered in Bennington...

American Artists

A High-Octane Poetic Road Trip

June 12, 2008
2 Comments

Just passing the word about a terrific event this coming Saturday, June 14, there’s a great...

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Porn Judge: Stay or Go?

June 12, 2008
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Media • National Politics • War

Scotty Talks (More)

June 10, 2008
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Scott McClellan did his first ever bookstore gig on Tuesday night at Politics & Prose, the...

Gangs • Media • Public Health

13 dead in LA, and California Report Talks About It

June 10, 2008
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The statewide radio magazine, the California Report, is running a multi-part series about what...

Antonio Villaraigosa • City Government • Environment • Freedom of Information • Journalism • LA City Council • Media

DWP’s Water King: “You’re Harassing Me!”

June 10, 2008
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DWP’s Top Shooter and his oversized eight balls at Ivanhoe Reservoir David Nahai should be...

LAPD • LAPPL

Financial Disclosure: LAPPL Says, “Oh Yeah? Make Us!”

June 10, 2008
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More on the ongoing LAPD financial disclosure controversy. For background see here and here and...

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