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A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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December 31, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1

December 29, 2025
#NoSafePlace

Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES

December 28, 2025
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
23 Comments

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
8 Comments

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
21 Comments

    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
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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
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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...

Courts • Crime and Punishment • Government • Religion

Uneven Justice

June 16, 2007
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Durham County D.A. Mike Nifong and Cardinal Roger Mahony Oh God, why is it so much easier to...

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Coming Monday: Hey George, Pardon Scooter–Now!!!

June 15, 2007
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Supporters in strange places like WitnessLA.com Ladies and gentleman, cast aside all of your...

Government • Los Angeles Times • National Politics • War on Drugs

L.A.’s Dirty Laundry

June 15, 2007
5 Comments

A double-coupon day for the feds No, this isn’t another post about mayoral hormones. This...

Antonio Villaraigosa

Wear This, Antonio

June 14, 2007
14 Comments

The mayor and some constituents Let’s cut a deal with Mayor Villaraigosa. We’ll grant...

Los Angeles Writers

INTRODUCING…..the one, the only….Alan Mittelstaedt!

June 13, 2007
10 Comments

I’ll be holed up at Bennington College in Vermont for the next two weeks….working on...

Education • LAUSD

And today’s YOU’VE-GOT-TO-BE-KIDDING Award goes to….LAUSD. Again.

June 12, 2007
10 Comments

So, after shelling out roughly a $132 million for a computerized accounting and payroll system...

Courts • Crime and Punishment • Juvenile Justice

NO JUSTICE: The Genarlow Wilson Saga Continues

June 12, 2007
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As of late yesterday afternoon, the fate of 21-year-old Genarlow Wilson was again thrown into a sad...

Courts • Crime and Punishment

Judge Orders Genarlow Wilson Freed – UPDATED

June 11, 2007
7 Comments

IN SOME TRULY HEARTENING NEWS that (hopefully) ends a maddening and tragic two-year legal farce...

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