A “Tragic” Fall “This is a sad day for our community,” said U.S. District Court...
OP-ED: LA County Nixes Alarmingly Unreliable “Predictive Analytics” Foster Care Scheme—For Now
After Disturbingly High False Positive Rate, Head of LA County’s Office of Child Protection Urges...
LA Examines the Risky Business of “Predictive Risk Modeling”
A Child’s Death in L.A. Elicits More Questions than Answers Los Angeles County, home to the...
Warning Signs Los Angeles Missed That Allowed the LA County Sheriff’s Department to Spin Out of Control
If We Could Do It Over Again Right before former Los Angeles County sheriff Lee Baca was sentenced...
Former Sheriff Lee Baca Sentenced to 36 Months in Federal Prison
Leroy Baca is sentenced. “Alzheimer’s disease is not a get out of jail card,”...
The Serious Business of Sentencing the Longtime Los Angeles County Sheriff
Sentencing the Sheriff At 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 12, former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca will...
Supervisors Vote to Indemnify LASD Members Involved in Jail Beating
Supes vote to pay punitive damages owed by deputies and a captain involved in a jail abuse case...
DCFS Unit Never Distributed $70,000 in Toys to Foster Kids and Mishandled Other Donations
LA County’s Children’s Trust Fund Unit (CTFU) failed to distribute $70,000 worth of...
Hefty Traffic Tickets Lead to Suspended Licenses, Lost Jobs, and Even Lock-up for Poor and Minority Californians
California traffic courts frequently suspend driver’s licenses of those who are unable to pay...
Los Angeles County’s Youth Probation Camps Have a Problem With Graduating Kids (But It’s Not What you Think)
Kids in LA County’s Youth Probation Camps Are Proud of Their Diplomas So, how do we help them...
LA Sheriff’s Deputy Gets $1.275 Million in Whistleblower Settlement Involving Paul Tanaka & Expanding Jail Sentences
Refusing Paul Tanaka & the Weird Case of the Magically Lengthening Jail Sentences On...
Bill Aims to Bar Jails Contracting with ICE from Receiving Funds for Expansion
On Monday, the California Senate passed SB 630, a bill that aims to block local jails from...
LA Supervisors Honor Loyola Project for the Innocent
During Tuesday’s board meeting, LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas presented a scroll to...
Supes Approve Pilot to Provide Foster Kids with Transportation to School
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted in favor of launching a...
SCOTUS Will Not Hear Fatal Anaheim Police Shooting Case
On Monday, the US Supreme Court chose not to hear a case involving a controversial fatal...
Inspector General Says LASD Must Release More Data to the Public
At the Civilian Oversight Commission’s monthly meeting last Thursday, LA County Inspector...
April 29, 1992: The Storm Before the Storm—and the Task of Making It Home
The following personal recollection represents only one tiny shard of the day that is forever...
Five Films To See About The LA Riots
Five documentaries, each coming from a slightly different perspective, delve into the civil unrest...