Jim Crogan

It’s not easy finding a terrorist in L.A. You’d think that out of 767 people in custody across the country for their possible ties, however thin, to al Qaeda or some other Osama support group, one of two might have roots here. The FBI, of course, has said very little......

It is obvious material for conspiracy buffs: Did Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols really act alone, or was some larger terrorist outfit behind the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building? In Oklahoma City, an investigative reporter began asking the question long before the September 11......

Photo by Ted Soqui On the night of January 19, 1999, four off-duty L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies had just rolled into Tam’s Restaurant in Lynwood from a Kings hockey game when they were allegedly confronted by an angry customer. A fight ensued, and the restaurant manager called the Sheriff’s Department......

More than two years after a pair of LAPD officers were suspended for allegedly planting drugs on homeless men, LAPD Chief Bernard Parks finally ordered an audit of all arrests made by the officers during their tenure with the department. The Chief’s order was met with guarded optimism by critics......

Hoping to get a bed for the night, Abner Thomas headed off to grab an early spot in line outside the downtown Midnight Mission. As he walked down Winston Street through L.A.’s Skid Row district, the lanky Thomas spied some men playing craps on the sidewalk. Unbeknownst to the gamblers,......

A relaxed but determined Richard Ceballos sips his java inside a Pasadena coffeehouse and reflects on life as a whistle blower. An 11-year veteran of the L.A. County District Attorney‘s Office, Ceballos has earned a reputation as a tough, ethical prosecutor. Now he is suing two of his supervisors and......

Spraying with a can of green paint, 19-year-old Christopher Rebolledo seemed to have been caught red-handed tagging a warning to a rival crew on the side of a motel on April 3, 1999. L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies David Auner and James Best said the young man was read his rights,......

The legislative session in Sacramento is shaping up to be another contentious one when it comes to public records and the rights of journalists. In this war over words, California is again expected to be a leading battleground for national issues. In Sacramento, the biggest obstacle to opening up records......

I was lying on my bed, watching the tube. Suddenly, the awful sound of a crash shattered my channel-surf-ing mood. No screech of brakes. No blaring horn. Just a loud, dull bang. I threw down the remote and ran out the front door. I looked up and down the street......