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

August 7, 2025
#Justice

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
City Government • Education • Gangs • LAUSD

The Mayor, the Kids….and the Absurd Politics of City Pools

July 31, 2007
22 Comments

On Tuesday afternoon, July 31, thirty-five kids in bathing suits, plus their parents, showed up at...

Life and Life Only • Los Angeles Writers

Jeremy & Theresa: Sadly Dispelling the Faux Death Theories ***UPDATED -X 2***

July 31, 2007
3 Comments

The AP has reported this afternoon that, the NYPD has now confirmed that the body found by a New...

Education • Green Dot • LAUSD

Green Dot’s Steve Barr Does Forbes …and Maybe Chicago

July 30, 2007
9 Comments

Barr and baby Zofia during the 2005-06 Jefferson High takeover bid Green Dot’s national...

Prison • Prison Policy

SEX and Violence…..in Prison: An Official Report

July 30, 2007
4 Comments

Okay, now that I have your attention…. I’m on a book-related deadline until Thursday...

Courts • Crime and Punishment • Gangs • Juvenile Justice

Gangs and the Terrible Politics of Snitching

July 30, 2007
24 Comments

Agustine Lizama and his long-time girlfriend On Sunday, the New York Times ran an interesting and...

Crime and Punishment • Prison • Prison Policy • State Government

NOT AGAIN! The Governator Vetoes the Prison Sunshine Bill

July 27, 2007
9 Comments

Corcoran State Prison Honestly, there is no excuse for this action. None. Zero. Zip. Late...

Life and Life Only • Los Angeles Times • Los Angeles Writers • Media

Kevin Roderick on Blogging Theresa Duncan

July 27, 2007
13 Comments

Jeremy and Theresa photo by Bret of Yo Venice News of the sorrow-producing deaths of blogger...

National Politics • Supreme Court

The Supremes….and Buyers’ Remorse

July 27, 2007
25 Comments

Someone might have done well to have reminded Arlen Specter a year or two ago that certain items...

Crime and Punishment • LAPD • Police

New LAPD Union Head

July 26, 2007
1 Comment

Baker….and new guy, Sands The word just went out mid day on Thursday that Bob Baker, the...

City Government • Courts • Crime and Punishment • Government • National Politics • Prison • Prison Policy • Public Health • State Government

The Return of Alan M, the Hinchey Amendment, a Ploy to Cripple Charter Schools, and other Thursday News

July 26, 2007
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Furious local constituent expresses self 1. THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS about our treasured pal...

Education • Supreme Court

The Supremes, Schools and Consequences

July 26, 2007
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It still remains to be seen what the fallout will be from the twin Supreme Court decisions known...

Medical Marijuana • State Government • War on Drugs

Feds launch Dispensary Raids Just After LA City Council Passes Preliminary Med Pot Vote – UPDATED

July 25, 2007
44 Comments

This morning, City Councilman and former cop, Dennis Zine held a press conference prior to...

Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • Courts • Crime and Punishment • Health Care • Prison • Prison Policy

Will Judges Finally Put a Lid on California Prisons?

July 25, 2007
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Folsom Prison Federal Judges Thelton E. Henderson and Lawrence K. Karlton have absolutely HAD IT...

Education • Green Dot • LAUSD

Green Dot – the East Coast Take

July 24, 2007
8 Comments

Graduate and family from Green Dot’s Animo Inglewood High School, where 80 percent of the...

Crime and Punishment • Prison • Prison Policy • State Government

Prison Town USA – UPDATED

July 24, 2007
4 Comments

“In the 1990s, at the height of the prison-building boom, a prison opened in rural America...

Crime and Punishment • National Politics • State Government • War on Drugs

The DEA versus Los Angeles: The Politics of Medical Marijuana

July 22, 2007
18 Comments

A medical marijuana collective on Ventura Blvd. still stays open In 1996, Proposition 215, the...

Life and Life Only • Literature & Justice • Los Angeles Writers

Theresa Duncan was 40….A Talent Removed

July 22, 2007
9 Comments

Much is being written about the suicide of multi-talented Venice filmmaker, writer, and blogger...

Courts • Immigration & Justice • Juvenile Justice • LASD

Genarlow Wilson Update….and Other Social Justice News

July 22, 2007
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IN THE ONGOING GENARLOW WILSON CASE, the Georgia Supremes heard argument for and against...

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