Cece Woods, Author at The Current Report

The Global Threat Hits Home: LA’s Race for a Unified Defense

As Los Angeles prepares to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games, the security landscape has shifted from theoretical planning to a high-stakes race against real-world threats. For

March 12, 2026

LAPD·News·Politics

Days After Homemade Bomb Arrests, Another Suspicious Package Triggers Alarm Near NYC Mayor’s Residence

Only days after two young men were arrested for allegedly attempting to detonate homemade bombs outside the New York City mayor’s residence, another unsettling discovery has surfaced in the same neighborhood, a

March 11, 2026

National·News

Failed Bomb Plot Near NYC Mayor’s Residence Raises Questions About Radicalization and a Possible Larger Attack

What unfolded outside New York City’s Gracie Mansion over the weekend could have easily become one of the deadliest domestic terror attacks in recent years. Instead, it ended as a narrowly avoided

March 10, 2026

National·News

LASD Bombshell: Tattooed Assistant Sheriff Myron Johnson Exposes Discriminatory Promotion Process

In a revealing courtroom appearance during the federal trial of Benjamin Torres v. County of Los Angeles on March 4, 2026, Assistant Sheriff Myron Johnson, a 38-year veteran of the Los Angeles

March 10, 2026

Deputy Gangs·LASD·News·Politics

An $80 Million Lawsuit Shakes Harvard-Westlake: Allegations of Assault, Hazing, and a Culture of Silence

In Los Angeles, few institutions carry the quiet influence of Harvard-Westlake School. With tuition approaching $50,000 a year and a reputation as one of the nation’s most elite college preparatory schools, the

March 10, 2026

News

After Parent Complaint, Medically Fragile Student Forced Out of LAUSD Program as Superintendent Carvalho Spearheaded Retaliation

A troubling sequence of events involving a medically fragile student enrolled in Los Angeles Unified School District’s Carlson Home Hospital School is raising serious questions about whether a parent’s complaint triggered a

March 9, 2026

News·Politics

LASD Executives Admit Tattoo-Linked Promotion Process Is “Not Fair” as Chief Testifies Deputy Gangs Don’t Exist

Editor’s Note 3/9/26: The judge dismissed the case. It will not move forward to re-trial. A Los Angeles County jury’s inability to reach a unanimous verdict in the high-profile lawsuit Benjamin Torres

March 9, 2026

LASD·News·Politics

Disaster by Design: How California Quietly Stripped Mobile Home Owners of Their Rights After Wildfire

By any honest measure, what happened to mobile home owners after the November 2018 Woolsey Fire was not an accident. It was a foreseeable outcome, and the legislative record proves it. Earlier

March 5, 2026

FireWire·Investigations·News

LADWP Chief Resigns as Court Ruling Exposes Utility to Billions in Liability Over Palisades Fire

A major legal setback for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has been followed almost immediately by a leadership shakeup at the top of the agency, raising new questions

March 4, 2026

FireWire·News·Palisades Fire·Politics

Karma Comes Calling: LA County Approves $1.5 Million Settlement in Hatami Case, Closing a Chapter on the Gascón Era

On March 3, 2026, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors quietly approved a $1.5 million settlement in the case Jonathan Hatami v. County of Los Angeles, et al. The decision appeared as Agenda Item 68 and

March 4, 2026

News·Politics