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Polly Klaas’ sisters are pushing back against laws that were passed in her name after she was murdered in 1993. They want to alter that legacy.
William Shatner’s trip to space at age 90 reawakens dreams for older folks, and young ones too, about venturing toward the final frontier.
Is growing a vegetable garden in the midst of record heat and water shortages virtuous, or an act of self-indulgent waste?
A set of killers from the late 1960s, like RFK’s assassin, were sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. They are tough cases.
Like the American dream, the California dream of fresh starts and fair play is undermined by rules that protect privilege and punish poverty.
A judge blocked the panel from releasing its report unless it included glaring language saying the committee was unlawfully constituted and operated.
District attorneys are elected one to a county, so the power of conservative politics and rural outlooks continues to hold inordinate sway in Sacramento.
The progressive (or 21st century, or reform, or modern) prosecutor movement is not securely tied to gender or race, or even to political party.
Jackie Lacey became L.A. County district attorney in 2012 after winning election to an open seat — a rarity over the last century.
Now is a good time to remember John Casper Cline, who 99 years ago became the only L.A. County sheriff to be thrown out of office by the Board of Supervisors.
