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

While Assistant Editor Taylor Walker has been once more looking into the painful and ongoing issue of moving LA County’s young people between various youth lock-ups, each of these environments clearly ...

Here’s the deal. On Tuesday, December 17, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on a last minute motion, 71A, which was introduced by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Hilda Solis. The ...

Recent developments in California and New York make it clear: Foster care is now known to be so harmful to children—and there is so much abuse in foster care—that agencies providing it are becoming ...

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 ...

Thursday, April 11, was not a cheering day for those who care about the young people in the care of Los Angeles County Probation On Thursday morning during a hearing in a Sylmar juvenile courtroom, ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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.

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 ...

It’s been a scandal-filled week for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the LASD’s leader, Alex Villanueva. Yet, apart from this week’s panoply of search warrants, and other disturbing ...