PBS SoCal has unveiled a new public media project called “To Foster Change” that will...
Judge Rules That Lee Baca Will Now Have Two Trials. (No. We Are Not Kidding.)
THE CASE OF THE MULTIPLYING FEDERAL TRIALS On Friday, government prosecutors filed a motion asking...
Orange County Wraparound Program Slashes Youth Recidivism by Focusing on Mental Health – by Sara Tiano
Manuel Dircio and Jesus Vasquez, both 20, are star alumni of the Youthful Offender Wraparound in...
As Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca’s Trial Approaches….
LEE BACA GOES TO TRIAL Jury selection starts next Tuesday for the federal trial of Leroy Baca, the...
Another Suicide at CIW, Photoshop Tattoo Removal, and LA “Bans the Box”
RASH OF SUICIDES CONTINUES AT TROUBLED CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S PRISON On November 10, 56-year-old...
SCOTUS to Hear Case Challenging Prolonged Detention Without Bond Hearings for Immigrants
On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court is slated to consider whether people held in immigrant detention...
Sec. of Education Calls for Boosts to Prison Education, Pasadena Sued Over Police Body Cam Policy…and More
WITH RELEASE OF STUDY ON LITERACY IN PRISONS, US EDUCATION SECRETARY CALLS FOR POSTSECONDARY...
Two Former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies Sentenced to Prison for Savagely Beating Jail Inmate
AND THAT MAKES 20 CONVICTIONS OF FORMER LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT MEMBERS AS...
Authorities Continue to Search for a Motive for Attacker at Ohio State U Who Injured 11 – UPDATED
OSU ATTACKER WHO SENT 11 TO THE HOSPITAL WORRIED ABOUT BEING STEREOTYPED At around 10 a.m. ET...
Judge Puts Off Decision About Whether Former LA Sheriff Lee Baca Can use an Expert to Introduce Baca’s Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
PUTTING LEE BACA’S MEMORY ON THE WITNESS STAND At a 3 p.m hearing on Wednesday in the...
LA County Supes Take on Hate Crimes
COUNTY TO ADDRESS INCREASE IN HATE-DRIVEN INCIDENTS On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of...
Obama Hits 1,000 Commutations
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama granted 79 more commutations, pushing his clemency total over...
More Cities Join LA in Asserting “Sanctuary” Status Despite Trump’s Plan to Take Away Funding
Last week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said the city would not work...
Scorecard Ranks CA Counties by Kids’ Well-Being
A report from the advocacy group Children Now takes a county-by-county look at children’s...
As Lee Baca’s Trial Approaches, the Fight Heats Up About the Former LA Sheriff’s “Cognitive Impairment”
THE LEGAL FIGHT OVER LEE BACA’S MEMORY Earlier this month, both the defense and the...
43 Percent of Last Year’s Record Number of Exonerees Pleaded Guilty, 17 Percent Confessed
2015 PRODUCED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF EXONERATIONS SINCE WE BEGAN COUNTING Last year was a banner...
Nadine Burke Harris Carries Message about Child Trauma to White House and Back – by Jeremy Loudenback
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a San Francisco pediatrician and researcher who has...
LA Police Commission Spends Full Meeting Discussing Report on Biased Policing
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Commission made an unusual decision to set aside a full meeting...