WitnessLA is on vacation today due to tech-related matters beyond our...
I just arrived in West Glacier, MT, where the mountains and rivers are gorgeous but the Internet hook-up is temporarily nonexistent. Back up tomorrow.
View ArticleUTLA Blocks LAUSD’s Hopes for Race to the Top $$…The Advantages of NOT...
WANT FEDERAL $$$ FOR LA SCHOOLS? TOUGH, SAYS THE LA TEACHER’S UNION The Los Angeles Unified School District hoped to get $40 million in federal Race to the Top grant money with a 150-page grant...
View ArticleThe Affect of 2 Violent Crimes on Two Young Men….Plus Women & Weed
THE AFTERMATH OF BULLETS & THE DANGEROUS DECISION THEY REQUIRED On Sunday, the LA Times ran the first part of Molly Hennessy-Fisk’s remarkable two part series. Part 2 followed on Monday. (The...
View ArticleOverwhelming Grief
“”A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted…” - Jeremiah 31:15
View ArticleWitnessLA is Taking a Christmas Break – Back January 4
As longtime WLA readers know, we usually put up a string of Christmas videos at this juncture, and invite suggestions of additional musical items from anyone who cares to give them. But, given the...
View ArticleProsecutorial Overreach and Why We Have to Care About the Life & Death of...
Ever since the news leaked out that cyber wunderkind and activist, Aaron Swartz, had hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment this past Friday, a growing number of people have felt compelled to write...
View Article40 Years of Roe…..Coroner Says Man Killed by Deputies Shot in...
40 YEARS OF ROE V. WADE MARKED WITH RALLIES AND COUNTER RALLIES IN SF AND ELSEWHERE THere were rallies marking the 40′s anniversary of Roe v. Wade all over the county this past weekend. Matthai...
View ArticleHonoring Officer Michael Crain of the Riverside PD, with Grief and Gratitude
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Flogging Molly’s song below was the first piece of music played under the montage honoring the life of Michael Crain, a much-beloved officer, ex-Marine, husband and father of two, a...
View ArticleEat Pizza, Donate Money to Families of 2 Fallen Police Officers
Next week, Monday-Thursday—February 25-28—California Pizza Kitchen has kindly offered to give 20 percent of your dinner check, drinks included, to the families of Riverside Police officer Michael...
View ArticleIs the Right to Counsel Becoming a Myth? ….R.I.P. Anthony Lewis….Prepping for...
IS OUR RIGHT TO COMPETENT LEGAL COUNSEL IF WE NEED IT A MYTH? Every week I get a couple of calls from gang members or former gang members who are locked up in county jail or state prison. These collect...
View ArticleStraight Talk About Sex Offenders & Their Ankle Monitors…Are the LAPD’s...
WHAT TO DO ABOUT SEX OFFENDERS WHO SNIP THEIR ANKLE MONITORS? ROB GREENE AT THE LA TIMES STARTS A SMART & INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION In the last month or so there’s been a string of news stories...
View ArticleLate in Posting Today. Check Back Soon
Still slowed by an unscheduled hard drive crash. Posting a little later today. Check back
View ArticleWaiting 4 SCOTUS On Prop. 8 & DOMA…..Oakland Commits to Ambitious School...
HOW WILL THE SUPREMES RULE ON GAY MARRIAGE? WILL THEY BE BRILLIANTLY GAME-CHANGING OR DINOSAURISHLY GHASTLY? OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN? HERE’S ONE RUMOR-LADEN SPECULATION While we wait for the Supreme...
View ArticleThinking of Nelson Mandela
Former South African president Nelson Mandela, 94, is currently critically ill in a hospital in Pretoria. where he has been attempting for some time to fight off a recurring lung infection. Now Mandela...
View ArticleDEVASTATING: 19 Firefighters Killed Sunday Night in AZ Wildfire…and Other News
As many of you may have heard by now, 19 firefighters were killed Sunday night battling an out-of-control wildfire, located about 80 miles northwest of Phoenix. The 19 were members of a team of...
View ArticleHappy Independence Day!
The Boss at Fenway Park on August 15, 2012, singing with with Ken Casey of the glorious American Celtic punk band, the Dropkick Murphys Barring breaking news, we at WitnessLA are taking the four-day...
View ArticleHappy (Slightly Belated) Thanksgiving
We hope your day was filled with warmth, love and friendship. We are grateful for your company. Photo of wild turkeys from Texas Parks and Wildlife
View ArticleNelson Mandela: July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013
….During my lifetime I have dedicated my life to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a...
View ArticleWitnessLA is Going Dark During the Holidays… (Mostly)
WLA will be (mostly) dark during Christmas week and New Year’s week. By “mostly,” I mean…if there is breaking news or something we simply cannot ignore, naturally, we will make an appearance. So cruise...
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