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Reality Bites: LAPD Interim Chief Choi Dances on KFI

June 4, 2024 2:09 pmJune 4, 2024 2:54 pm

According to John Kobylt of KFI, no sitting Los Angeles Police Department chief – permanent or interim – had ever appeared on his – even when paired with the recently retired Ken Champeau – show until Monday. There is a...

Two More Judges Endorse Nathan Hochman

May 31, 2024 10:03 amMay 31, 2024 10:42 am

More than half of the people who ran against George Gascon in the March Los Angeles District Attorney primary have now endorsed his November opponent, Nathan Hochman. Retired judges Craig Mitchell and David Milton today endorsed Hochman over Gascon. Both...

Intentional Denial: California Has Become a ‘De Facto’ State

May 30, 2024 3:05 pmMay 30, 2024 3:05 pm

The high cost of housing, the lawless streets, the cities being a wasteland of the wasted, schools that teach kids how not to think but to just obey and repeat, the utility infrastructure teetering on the edge of collapse while...

Hatami Says Hochman: Another Deputy DA Backs Nathan Hochman

May 29, 2024 2:23 pmMay 29, 2024 2:23 pm

The man running to oust George Gascon from his district attorney’s perch has received yet another endorsement from one of Gascon’s current employees. Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami today endorsed Nathan Hochman to become the next Los Angeles County District...

CalOSHA Slams LASD: Mobile Firing Range Explosion Caused by Negligence

May 29, 2024 11:44 amMay 29, 2024 11:44 am

In a not at all surprising move, the state’s occupational health and safety administration (CalOSHA) has stated that the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department was negligent in the death of one deputy and the injury of another caused by failing to...

Newsom, Biden, and the Doors of Perception

May 28, 2024 3:55 amMay 28, 2024 3:56 am

“You know, if you just did a better job you wouldn’t have to hire me to fix your image,” said the public relations exec to the new client. That quote is beyond apocryphal as no PR person – typically an...

UCLA Strike – You May Need Therapy

May 28, 2024 2:55 amMay 28, 2024 2:56 am

It has not been a good few weeks for UCLA. While the students at their crosstown sister school – California State University, Los Angeles – have kept on working, taking classes, getting degrees – you know, college stuff – a...