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This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
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9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
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
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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...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Board of Supervisors • LA City Council • Los Angeles Times • Media

Mayhill, your check (should be) in the mail

June 9, 2008
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It’s so nice to see Mayhill Fowler score two of the biggest stories of the campaign season...

American Voices • Media

THE SNIPER RETURNS!

June 9, 2008
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You all already know the vexingly bad news about former LA Citybeat news editor Alan...

Criminal Justice • Education • LAUSD

Sex Education…..Again

June 6, 2008
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Yesterday it came to light that Foshay Learning Center in South LA was faced with another...

Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • Los Angeles County

The High Cost of Phoning Home

June 5, 2008
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When activists complained to the Los Angeles County Supervisors that the collect calls that inmates...

Prison • Prison Policy • State Politics

Finally, A Prison Overcrowding Proposal (That Might Work)

June 4, 2008
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After months and months and months (okay, years) of battling over how to reduce the disastrous...

FBI • Gangs • LAPD

Gangs, Cops and the Feds

June 4, 2008
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Yesterday, NPR’s Mandalit del Barco and Dina Temple-Raston wrapped up and excellent four-part...

Elections '08 • Native American • Presidential Race

This Was the Moment….History Was Made

June 3, 2008
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As we all have seen, Obama went over the top and has the delegates to be the (presumptive) nominee...

Courts • Elections • Elections '08 • Los Angeles County

Last Minute Voting Tip

June 3, 2008
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It was just pointed out to me that voters should be sure take a good look at Deputy DA Serena...

Elections '08 • Immigration & Justice • Presidential Race

The Candidates & The Great Immigration Panic

June 3, 2008
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As the day of the very last democratic presidential primaries dawns with an absurd amount of the...

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