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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.
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William Shatner’s trip to space at age 90 reawakens dreams for older folks, and young ones too, about venturing toward the final frontier.
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Is growing a vegetable garden in the midst of record heat and water shortages virtuous, or an act of self-indulgent waste?
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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.
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Like the American dream, the California dream of fresh starts and fair play is undermined by rules that protect privilege and punish poverty.
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A judge blocked the panel from releasing its report unless it included glaring language saying the committee was unlawfully constituted and operated.
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District attorneys are elected one to a county, so the power of conservative politics and rural outlooks continues to hold inordinate sway in Sacramento.
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The progressive (or 21st century, or reform, or modern) prosecutor movement is not securely tied to gender or race, or even to political party.
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Jackie Lacey became L.A. County district attorney in 2012 after winning election to an open seat — a rarity over the last century.
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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.
