Frank Stoltze
I came to L.A. as a very young reporter on New Year’s Day, 1991. Two months later, four LAPD officers were caught on videotape beating Rodney King. A year later, the night before the riots/rebellion broke out, I was in the Nickerson Gardens housing project in Watts at an extraordinary rally of rival gangs that had brokered a truce.
Today, I cover Civics and Democracy in L.A. As we face perhaps the greatest threat to democracy since the Civil War, I seek to engage with communities and examine the hurdles to becoming involved in the political process. I cover the various social and political movements seeking to improve the lives of Angelenos. I also cover anti-democratic forces.
And after all these years, I still need to figure out the best donut shop in L.A. The best torta. The best (not fanciest) coffee. Best of all I get to meet the smartest, most interesting people and bring their voices to you.
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Prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered their opening statements Wednesday. Both sides stressed their version of what was in Ridley-Thomas’ mind during his dealings with the USC School of Social Work. -
The county is sending out vote-by-mail ballots now for the April 4 election.
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The report to the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission says the cancer "must be excised" immediately.
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The union's list includes calls for loud parties, welfare checks, and non-criminal mental health issues.
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Tests on DNA from semen found in the victim's mouth proved Maurice Hastings did not commit the crime.
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Each of the five L.A. County supervisors represents more people than the entire populations of 13 states.
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Rob Bonta says Riverside's department has had large numbers of deaths in custody, use of force in custody, and deaths by firearms.
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City councilmembers' racist and homophobic remarks were recorded at a meeting about redistricting. Now a group of six scholars wants to devise an independent redistricting process.
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Whitesides also served as NASA chief of staff during the Obama administration.
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Raquel Beltran, general manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, had defended the push to fund a sheriff's foundation event after nine of the 11 board members of the Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council quit over it. Now she's out of the job.
