“It’s been two months since Angelenos woke up to a completely frightening reality on our city streets,” said Los Angeles City ...

It’s already been an unusual July 4 weekend as LA County Parks and Recreation cancelled a number of celebrations out of ...

On Tuesday, July 8, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, along with the LA County Board of Supervisors ...

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In a new legal claim, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy describes how the Compton Sheriff’s Station has, in the last few years, been permeated by “a violent deputy gang” called the Executioners.

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 ...

LA County Probation Disturbing new lawsuit alleging 16-year-old boy forced to take estrogen in LA juvenile hall as behavior control “medication” points again to urgent need for oversight of nation’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is the first in a multi-part series about racial and economic disparities in LA County’s child welfare system, and the impact family surveillance and separation has on kids and their parents.

For a long time, justice advocates have complained that the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office has repeatedly failed to prosecute members of law enforcement who have broken the law or ...