Cece Woods, Author at The Current Report

The Digital Frame-Up: How the FBI and Contra Costa DA Turned a Police Whistleblower into a Federal Target

Editor’s note: Read part 2 here. When Antioch Police Officer Devon Wenger exposed misconduct inside his department in 2021, he believed that truth would protect him. Instead, it became the weapon used

October 12, 2025

News·Politics

The Fix Was In: A Six-Year Pattern of Judicial Bias in MMA Fighter Amir Rahnavardi’s Ventura County Case

When Judge Henry Walsh branded Muay Thai world champion and father of three, Amir Rahnavardi, a domestic violence perpetrator, it wasn’t based on evidence, it was built on bias. There were no

October 10, 2025

Investigations1·Ventura County

Law and Disorder: DA Hochman Teams Up with Anti-Police Council Member to ‘Fight Crime’

In one of the more bizarre political pairings Los Angeles has seen in recent memory, District Attorney Nathan Hochman and Los Angeles City Council member Ysabel Jurado stood shoulder to shoulder on

October 7, 2025

Investigations·News·Politics

Civil Trial Over Tyler Skaggs’ Death Puts the Angels Under a Harsh Light – And Could Ignite New Pressure on Arte Moreno to Sell

On October 6, 2025, jury selection will begin in Orange County Superior Court in the wrongful-death suit filed by the family of Tyler Skaggs, the Angels pitcher who died in a Southlake,

October 2, 2025

News·Sports

What Did and Didn’t Happen in the Rebecca Grossman Case: Jury Misconduct Allegations and a Shadow Network of Influence

Further investigation into the Rebecca Grossman trial is raising more questions about whether Grossman was truly convicted by a jury of her peers, or by a network of activists and prosecutors who

October 2, 2025

News·Politics·Rebecca Grossman

Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Slashes DA’s Budget by $24 Million – Another Stab in the Back to Public Safety

Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors has once again shown where its loyalties lie – and it isn’t with the residents demanding safer streets. On August 26, 2025, District Attorney Nathan Hochman

October 2, 2025

News·Politics

From Malibu Mansions to a Mexican Manhunt: The Rise and Fall of Tech Company Founder Bernhard Fritsch

When the jury in Los Angeles convicted Bernhard Eugen Fritsch in April 2025, it was not simply the fall of a tech entrepreneur — it was the collapse of an illusion. The

October 1, 2025

News

Palisades Fire Rebuilds on Track to Take 9-16 Years to Complete – Malibu Rebuilding Ambassador Exposes City Hall Derailing Fire Victims

The removal of Abe Roy, the Malibu’s Rebuild Ambassador after the Palisades fire, has become a flashpoint that exposes the deeper dysfunction and political maneuvering obstructing recovery. The announcement blindsided residents and

October 1, 2025

FireWire·News·Politics

DOJ Sues Sheriff Robert Luna and LASD for Systematically Blocking Gun Rights

In a first-of-its-kind affirmative lawsuit to protect gun owners, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff Robert Luna on

September 30, 2025

LASD·News·Politics

LA County “Leadership” and the Art of Whitewashing Wildfires

Los Angeles County wants you to believe it is learning lessons from January’s wildfire disaster. Last week, officials quietly released an “After-Action Highlights and Recommendations” report, drafted by the McChrystal Group, that

September 26, 2025

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