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Still Failing After All These Years
As anyone with even a passing acquaintance with public education knows, these days even schools get...
The Mother of All Education Reports
The fact that California’s once-shining public educational system is pretty much in the...
Un-Social Promotions
This week, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a Nine-Point Anti-Dropout Plan for...
This L.A. Democrat is a ‘New Testament kind of guy’ — and one of California’s most powerful voices on criminal justice
By Alexei Koseff, CalMatters The man — tall and gaunt, slightly bedraggled, carrying a plastic...
Deconstructing the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas – Part 4: The Trial Penalty
On Monday, August 21, Mark Ridley-Thomas and his team of defense attorneys will come before U.S...
Deputy Gangs hearing #6: harassment of witnesses & whistleblowers continues
One of the main themes of last Friday's hearing was the pattern of attempted intimidation and...
Civilian Oversight continues to probe the toxic world of deputy gangs despite Sheriff Villanueva’s “tsunami of obstruction”
It’s been a scandal-filled week for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the...
New LASD Whistleblower tells of the sheriff’s budget manipulations, rigged promotions, & an alarming array of other forms of corruption
A new whistleblower lawsuit against the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department in general, and Sheriff...
LA Dem’s endorse Luna over Villanueva, while Supes vote 4 to 1 to ask county voters to give the board authority to remove the sheriff
This past Tuesday, July 12, was not the greatest of days for Sheriff Alex Villanueva. First, the...