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Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
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Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
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The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
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Dying in LA County’s jails: One more death today

January 22, 2026
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A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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Education • LAUSD • NCLB • State Government

Drop Out Rates—Holding Schools Accountable

July 18, 2007
10 Comments

Yesterday’s LA Times editorial pointed to a dirty little secret—no, make that a dirty...

Homelessness • Juvenile Justice • LAPD

Teach Your Children Well: The Teenagers & the Homeless

July 16, 2007
14 Comments

I’m normally against throwing the book at adolescents, legally speaking, when they break the...

Courts • Crime and Punishment • Government • National Politics • Supreme Court

Equal Justice and the Scooter Factor

July 16, 2007
5 Comments

George, Mr. President, sir….and Scooter (may I call you Scooter?)…..meet Victor Rita. ...

Gangs • Literature & Justice • Los Angeles Writers

Poets of the Street, Chapter Two – UPDATED

July 16, 2007
13 Comments

Poet Joseph Holguin I happen to love poetry. By that I mean that I buy books of poetry on a...

Crime and Punishment • LA County Jail • Prison Policy • Sheriff Lee Baca

Baca’s Big Move

July 13, 2007
4 Comments

Okay, I’ve been threatening to be more critical of Sheriff Lee Baca for his running of the...

Courts • Freedom of Information • Juvenile Justice

Prosecutors Gone Wild

July 12, 2007
22 Comments

Okay, where did we last leave off? Oh, right. Earlier this week, David McDade, the Georgia...

Gangs • Literature & Justice • Los Angeles Writers • Street Stories

Poets of the Street

July 12, 2007
25 Comments

Gera and Tin Tin….writing. Last year, my novelist friend, Leslie Schwartz, and I managed to...

Education • Green Dot • LAUSD

“REFORM THIS!”

July 11, 2007
9 Comments

At Tuesday’s LAUSD school board meeting, the first since the newly-elected Reform Three, plus...

National Politics • Public Health

The Doctor, the Politicians….and the Attempted Murder of Science

July 10, 2007
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Civil Liberties • Crime and Punishment • Education • Homelessness

Genarlow Wilson: SEX, LIES and PROSECUTORS – UPDATED (AGAIN)

July 10, 2007
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At each step in the now-infamous Genarlow Wilson legal saga, Douglass County prosecutor, David...

Education • LAUSD

A Wonder of the World—and Not in a Good Way

July 9, 2007
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After the new 7 Wonders of the World were unveiled on Saturday, on Sunday the Daily News opined...

Crime and Punishment • Environment • Gangs

Nothing Stops a Bullet Like……Lead Abatement??? – UPDATED

July 9, 2007
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UPDATE: FREAKONOMICS‘ guru, Stephen Levitt, weighs in on the lead controversy HERE. And...

Families • Government • Literature & Justice • National Politics • War

Words From Another War

July 6, 2007
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One last thought before we head into the weekend. This is from a column that was syndicated...

Education • LAUSD • National Politics

Is There Life After LAUSD? Evidently, Yes.

July 6, 2007
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(Happy Friday! Light posting until I finish a pesky deadline due on Monday…..) But in the...

Crime and Punishment • Gangs

G-Dog…..the Movie – UPDATED

July 5, 2007
10 Comments

Joe Aleman, one of those featured in the film, “Father G and the Homeboys,” was shot in...

Crime and Punishment • Prison • Prison Policy • State Government

Pat Nolan’s Prison Conversion

July 5, 2007
11 Comments

It’s an old joke: A conservative is a liberal who got mugged. Turns out it works the other...

Antonio Villaraigosa • City Government • Families • Free Speech • Los Angeles Times • Media • National Politics

10 Questions for Ace Smith

July 5, 2007
14 Comments

Object:Clinton’s man in California a pro at digging up...

City Government • Education • LAUSD

The New Monica Factor – Part II

July 5, 2007
4 Comments

Both the LA Times and the Daily News has a rundown of the choice and the swearing in of new LAUSD...

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