Cece Woods, Author at The Current Report

The $1.7 Billion Ghost: Inside the Federal Failure to Stop Malibu’s Most Connected Fugitive

When federal fugitive Bernhard Eugen Fritsch lost his appeal on April 23, 2026 under the fugitive disentitlement doctrine, the ruling officially transformed one of Malibu’s most bizarre corporate collapses into something even more serious:

May 14, 2026

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Ashes, Evictions, and $90 Million Dreams: How Sacramento’s SB 1093 Could Finish Off California’s Coastal Mobile-Home Communities

Senator Ben Allen is calling it a “fix.” Sacramento insiders are branding it “progress.” But for many displaced mobile-home residents, SB 1093 looks less like recovery and more like a legislative cleanup

May 14, 2026

News·Palisades Fire·Politics

INSIDE THE COLLAPSE OF LASD: How Budget Disasters, Failed Leadership, and Board Policies Crippled the Nation’s Largest Sheriff’s Department

What is unfolding inside the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is no longer a staffing problem. It is a full-scale operational collapse years in the making. The nation’s largest sheriff’s department is

May 12, 2026

Alex Villanueva 2026·Investigations·LASD·News·Politics

The Marie Antoinette Machine: Inside Gavin Newsom’s Last-Ditch California Power Play

California is collapsing under the weight of political arrogance, insider protection, and a ruling class that increasingly behaves as though accountability is optional. As working Californians struggle under crushing housing costs, rising

May 12, 2026

Gavin Newsom·News·Politics·Spencer Pratt

Sheriff Luna Feeds LASD Deputies to the Wolves: LA Superior Court Judge Greenlights OIG’s External Witch Hunt on Deputy “Gangs”

In a ruling that unions call a partial but dangerous victory for civilian oversight, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant handed the politically charged Office of the Inspector General

May 9, 2026

Investigations·LASD·News·Politics

The Games, Part II: The Novela

In “The Games,” one reality was laid bare about the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The system is not failing. It is operating exactly as it has been allowed to operate. Power

May 5, 2026

LASD·News·Politics

The Trojan Horse Sheriff: Robert Luna’s Anti-Law Enforcement Endorsement Machine Exposed – Why True Blue Voices Are Flocking to Alex Villanueva Instead

Sheriff Robert Luna’s glossy 2026 endorsement page reads exactly as you’d expect, packed with labor unions, business chambers, Democratic clubs, and every member of the Board of Supervisors. Nothing surprising there. But

April 30, 2026

LASD·News·Politics

The Donor-Funded Defense Machine: Eric Swalwell, Rob Bonta, and California’s Campaign Cash Loophole

In California politics, campaign money is supposed to be held in trust for one purpose: electing candidates and supporting legitimate political, legislative, or governmental activity. But two high-profile Democrats, Eric Swalwell and

April 30, 2026

Investigations·News·Politics

EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: Sheriff Robert Luna and County Lawyer Jason Tokoro Caught in a Tangled Web of Contradictions in Ben Torres’ Federal Retaliation Case

In a stunning display of courtroom gaslighting, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna and his high-priced outside counsel Jason H. Tokoro of Miller Barondess LLP, have painted a picture of a perfectly

April 25, 2026

Investigations·LASD·News·Politics

The Closed Door Endorsement: How ALADS Is Quietly Sidelining Its Own Membership

Unions are built on a simple premise. The members fund it. The members are the voice. The leadership carries that voice forward. That is the structure deputies in Los Angeles County have

April 23, 2026

LASD·News·Politics