In the meantime, Sheriff Luna has declined to identify those who died until all family members can be notified. But Luna ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

In May of 2022, WitnessLA reported in detail about how Walton was retaliated against for her unwillingness to go along with the provably false story that then Sheriff Villanueva told regarding a ...

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.

(If you’ve not yet read Part 1 you can find it here.) Two weeks ago, at 9:58 a.m. on Monday, June 26, U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer entered her 7th floor courtroom at the United States ...

Training for a Culture of Kindness by Laurie Udesky When a young person enters the de-escalation room in the Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility, they’ll find dimmed lights, bottles of lavender ...

On May 30, of this year, the conviction of former President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney prompted a renewed discussion on the importance of the rule of law in the U.S. A reminder of ...