It’s already been an unusual July 4, weekend as LA County Parks and Recreation cancelled a number of celebrations out of concern for potential ICE raids. Organizers for the Gloria Molina Grand Park ...

The matter came to the Ninth after District Judge Charles Breyer issued a temporary restraining order requiring the president to return control of approximately 4,000 California National Guard troops ...

On Thursday, March 20, 2025, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna attended the monthly meeting of the county’s Sheriff’s Civilian Oversight Commission—or COC. The sheriff was scheduled to give a ...

The “crisis” facing Foster Family Agencies is an opportunity for real reform Recent developments in California and New York make it clear: Foster care is now known to be so harmful to children—and ...

A decision by the California Supreme Court sheds rare light on how family police agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) like the Los Angeles County Department of Children and ...

Together, families of color made up at least 84.2 percent of the families whom DCFS decided needed intervention. Meanwhile, white kids comprised 20.2 percent of the county’s children, but made up 10.8 ...

On Tuesday, September 13, after hearing about persistent, inhumane conditions at Los Angeles County’s jail intake center, the LA County Board of Supervisors used a spur-of-the-moment motion to ...

At approximately 7 a.m. Wednesday morning, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived at the home of LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl with a warrant to search her house. According to Kuehl, the ...

For a little over six months, kids accused of some serious crimes in Los Angeles County have the opportunity to avoid incarceration, court, and convictions through a special youth diversion program ...

As we speed toward Tuesday, June 7, the day of California’s primary election, it may be useful to delve into a recent series of events that demonstrate how Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva ...

On June 7, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on a new motion co-authored by Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Janice Hahn, that when it passed early on Tuesday afternoon, will ...

A series of modern lynchings It may be jarring to see that word – lynching – used to describe Arbery’s Feb. 23, 2020, killing. But many black people have shared with me that his death – followed in ...