Okay, this is a wild one: The So Cal ACLU says that the LA Sheriff’s Department together...
Cruel and Unusual (No, not Paris. The real thing)
While the known world was agog about Paris’ rashes and court sobbing, a genuine instance of...
Feds Say Clean Up or Shut Down for MLK Hospital
Late yesterday, federal health officials told Los Angeles County and Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor...
Shameless: The Battering of Locke High School
English teacher, Bruce William Smith, begins his Op Ed in today’s LA Times this way: “I...
The Empire Strikes Back
(Sigh.) Just read it. I have little to add except a prolonged grinding of teeth. (For those...
Gangsters and Politicians, Part Deux – Bill & Antonio Do DC
So, Chief Bill Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa both testified before the Senate Judiciary...
Cheap Ticket to Tough Guy Status
They’re trying to act all bad. They live in fear of being called weak. They cultivate...
Some Friendly Advice to the Councilmember: Get Over It.
Yesterday, several members of the LAPD’s command staff were worriedly blackberrying each...
Hell Freezes Over, LA Times-Style (UPDATED)
As many of you know, there has been a huge outcry over the graceless firing of much beloved LA...
Please Don’t Cheer the Graduates!
Okay, I’m in the middle of another project, but I simply couldn’t let this AP story...
Arrrrrggggghhhhh. Plots, damned plots and downed servers!
My usually good-as-gold server, Blue Host, crashed Wednesday, Thursday, and most of the day...
More Later Today…..But in the Meantime, A Strange Day for the Supremes
One of the most watched cases making its way toward an argument before the Supreme Court this year...
Crowds, Glass Houses and Basic Cop Math
As we head into a few days of (hopefully) no dramatic LAPD news, here are a few wrap ups on this...
May Day Melee Report – Part 2
Okay, so on Tuesday morning the LAPD—in the person of Chief Bill Bratton and Assistant Chief...
The May Day Commission Report – Part 1
LAPD Chief Bill Bratton is going in front of the Police Commission today to give the first of his...
Gangs, Arnold and Playing Politics
On Friday, Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a “sweeping new” $48 million dollar gang...
In Memorium, 2007
In the year since last Memorial day, Americans have buried 980 more of their sons and daughters...
Happy Weekend….and Beware of the Crazy Hippie Hill People
Posting will be light over the next three days. (Back in full force on Tuesday.) In addition to...