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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
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...

Bears and Alligators • Life and Life Only

Happy 4th of July

July 4, 2007
1 Comment

Loup-Loup, the wolf dog, chasing random horses on a ranch outside Butte Montana. NOTE: The...

Courts • Crime and Punishment • Government • National Politics

You, Me, Paris and SCOOTER, Part 2 – The Legal Blowback – UPDATED

July 4, 2007
19 Comments

Actions have consequences. And for the last 24 plus hours, defense attorneys and sentencing mavens...

Education • Green Dot • LAUSD

The New Monica Factor

July 3, 2007
5 Comments

New Los Angeles Board of Education President, Monica Garcia. This afternoon, Monica Garcia was...

Courts • Crime and Punishment • Government • National Politics • Prison

You, Me, Paris and SCOOTER

July 2, 2007
18 Comments

“Equal justice under law is not merely a caption on the facade of the Supreme Court building...

Antonio Villaraigosa • City Government • Education • LAUSD

LAUSD and Control Issues

July 2, 2007
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And while we’re on the subject of LAUSD and it’s….little problem…when it...

Education • LAUSD

The School That LAUSD Tried to Kill

July 2, 2007
5 Comments

PART ONE: GRADUATION This past Saturday, June 30, twenty-two very excited capped-and-gowned high...

Civil Rights • Courts • Crime and Punishment • Education • Free Speech • Government • National Politics • Prison • Supreme Court

Friday Wrap-Up – Some of the Week’s GOTTA READ ‘EM Stories – UPDATED

June 29, 2007
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1. WWJKD? It’s been a big week for the Supremes. On Tuesday, the court handed down four...

City Government • Life and Life Only • Literature & Justice

Okay, everyone on your feet…and let’s hear some applause for Alan M!

June 28, 2007
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Blogfather, Marc Cooper and guest blogger, Alan Mittelstaedt at a PEN USA Awards dinner After ten...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Bill Bratton • City Government • Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • Crime and Punishment • Freedom of Information • LAPD • LASD • State Government

The Secret Police

June 27, 2007
4 Comments

I Snubbing Devin’s memory: Legislators fail to learn the lessons of a 13-year-old’s...

Antonio Villaraigosa • City Government • Los Angeles Times • Media

The Antonio and Rocky Show: Winners, losers, but who’s the producer? UPDATE**

June 25, 2007
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    Betting on a knock-out: When Rocky falls, watch Antonio loyalists, Wendy and Jack...

Antonio Villaraigosa • City Government • Los Angeles Times • Los Angeles Writers • Media

A Toast to Dave

June 21, 2007
20 Comments

Nice suit, David: The mayor ducks out of Saturday’s press club dinner at the Biltmore with...

Government • Health Care • Los Angeles History

A Prescription for County Supervisors UPDATE***

June 20, 2007
11 Comments

You gotta wonder how much L.A. County supervisors really want to save Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor...

City Government • Media

Rocky in the Driver’s Seat

June 19, 2007
9 Comments

Rocky, steal this page from a California Department of Insurance report for a winning campaign...

Families • Life and Life Only

Farewell, Monty’s

June 18, 2007
19 Comments

Soon-to-be the empty Monty’s Here’s some breaking news off the social-justice and...

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