Yesterday, Tuesday, January 13, 2026, the third person died in Los Angeles County’s jail system since the calendar year turned. Last year, 46 people died in custody, giving 2025 the highest yearly death count since 2021...
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The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate
Editor’s note: Whatever you do or don’t think about the controversial and complex case...
The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions
Editor’s note: Whatever you do or don’t think about the controversial and complex case of the...
What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1
Editor’s note: Whatever you do or don’t think about the controversial and complex case...
Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES
Six years ago, in February of 2018, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy named Giancarlo...
LASD Oversight Part 3: LA County’s Inspector General has announced his retirement. But he has a lot more to tell us re: The struggle to provide genuine oversight for the nation’s largest sheriff’s department,
As most readers know by now, Max Huntsman, Los Angeles County’s longtime and highly respected...
Intro: Max Huntsman, LA County’s Inspector General, has announced his retirement. And thankfully he’s not going quietly
Max Huntsman, Los Angeles County’s longtime and highly respected Inspector General, has announced...
SUPREMES Remove—at least for now—legal restrictions that prevent Trump administration from making immigration stops based on racial profiling
Approximately a month ago, on, August 7, the Trump administration filed an application for review...
AG Rob Bonta sues LASD for its “inhumane” Jails
Today,—Monday morning, Sept 8—California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a long and...
This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS
Today, Thursday, August 7, the Trump administration filed an application for review by the U.S...
9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order
Okay, here’s the deal. Late last Friday, August 1, 2025, a panel of three judges from the...
Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated
Approximately a week ago, on Monday, July 13, the Trump administration asked the Ninth Circuit...
Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.
As many Los Angeles residents and other WLA readers already know, three members of the Los Angeles...
Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration
On Tuesday, July 8, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, along with the LA County Board of Supervisors...
May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.
It’s already been an unusual July 4 weekend as LA County Parks and Recreation cancelled a...
Three judges from the 9th Circuit weigh in on the Trump v. Newsom battle over CA’s National Guard
On Thursday, June 19th, a three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals put out a...
LA County Pays $2.7 million to teenager who was the victim of “Gladiator” fights at youth hall
A new high-ticket legal settlement has added still more painful details to the ongoing catastrophe...
WitnessLA is a finalist for SoCal Journalism Award!
At WitnessLA, we were very happy to learn that one of our ongoing investigative series made it into...
