A couple's devastating encounter with Lee Baca's COPS HIT deputies
Jeremy Marks will not face felony chargeThe felony prosecution of Jeremy Marks has been abandoned by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, which had accused the teen of "attempted lynching" -- a bizarre charge that drew national attention because Marks touched nobody. But he had ... More >>
Camera-wielding student's mother demands probe of LAPD raid
Swam2dayWe get it: You like your news with a side of sexyHow better to determine the Top 10 news items of the year in our wonderfully fucked-up, always aggravating but certainly never boring City of Angels than by raw click count? The following stories may not be the most important of the y ... More >>
Lydia GrantJeremy Marks, center,, with his brother and his mom Rochelle Pittman. His lawyer Mark Ravis is in ballcap.Jeremy Marks, a Verdugo Hills High School student jailed for eight months for "attempted lynching" after he used his cell phone camera to videotape a campus police officer stri ... More >>
Mother slams District Attorney for throwing book at teen with cell phone camera
Christmas miracle as Bay Area Google engineer pays $50,000 to spring student from jail
Jeremy Marks, Verdugo Hills High School student Jeremy Marks' weapon was his cell phone. He used it to videotape Los Angeles Unified School District campus cop Erin Robles after she struck another student who tussled with her when she challenged the kid for smoking a cigar or joint at an MTA ... More >>
The L.A. County Sheriff's Department has confirmed there are 20 cases of swine flu among prisoners at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic. According to Associated Press, LASD spokesman Steve Whitmore said Wednesday that the first flu case was confirmed two weeks ago at the Men's Central Jail ... More >>
Community leaders and the sheriff talk peace and the riots’ cause
Luis’ lawyer loses faith, and neighbors want the Aguilars out
Lee Baca’s Khaki Revolution
A prison diary
