News & Commentary

By Daniel TorresWhen you join the U.S. Marine Corps, you are taught to “leave no man behind.”I lived and breathed those words while serving as an infantryman in the First Battalion, 7th Regiment in Iraq.These days, however, that maxim holds a very different meaning.

Representation matters – and there is a severe representation crisis in California.

California made historic strides last summer with the passage of AB 1522, the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, a law providing three paid sick days to workers across the state. Now, Los Angeles is preparing to double down on that landmark legislation with a new ordinance that, when enacted this summer, will allow workers to earn six paid sick days.

By Lida Dianti

 By Benjamin GrushLos Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Michelle King is expected this month to present a plan designed to help students who may be affected by stepped-up immigration

A federal jury needed little time last week to convict two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies for beating an inmate with mental illness and filing false reports to cover up the assault. Convictions stemming from the scandalous abuse in the jails have become commonplace – 21 current or former L.A. County Sheriff’s Department members have now been convicted.