Cece Woods, Author at The Current Report

At the Brink of Silence: L.A. County’s Oversight Commission, Sheriff Luna’s Health Questions, and the Battle for Power

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ latest communications policy is drawing fire from watchdogs who call it a deliberate attempt to muzzle the Civilian Oversight Commission and other watchdog bodies. Critics

September 23, 2025

LASD·News·Politics

What Did and Didn’t Happen in the Rebecca Grossman Case: Politics, Perception, and a Pattern of Misconduct – A Politically Convenient Target

The prosecution of Rebecca Grossman has become one of the most controversial cases in Los Angeles County in recent memory, not only because of the tragic deaths of two young boys, but

September 18, 2025

LASD·News·Politics·Rebecca Grossman

NEW Just a Deputy Letter: Faith, Duty, and Why the Status Quo Has to Go

I have watched the reaction to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and it tells me something we do not want to admit. We are normalizing contempt and calling it politics. Political violence is evil.

September 18, 2025

LASD·News·Politics

What a Wicked Web He Weaves: Downey Council Member Under Fire After Mocking Charlie Kirk’s Assassination on Social Media

Downey City Council member Mario Trujillo is no stranger to controversy, but his latest scandal may be the one that defines his political career, and possibly ends it. A longtime ally and

September 12, 2025

News·Politics

Bass, Villaraigosa, and the Politics of Fire: Failures, Influence, and Backroom Deals

The Palisades Fire exposed devastating weaknesses in Los Angeles leadership, with Mayor Karen Bass at the center of mounting criticism. Residents accused her administration of failing to act decisively as flames spread, citing delays

September 10, 2025

Fire Season·News·Politics

Strong for Sheriff? More Like a Weak Candidate Incapable of Restoring the LASD to it’s Former Glory

As Los Angeles County braces for another bruising race for Sheriff, one candidate stands out for all the wrong reasons: Eric Strong. Once positioned as a reform-minded alternative within LASD, Strong’s record

September 10, 2025

LASD·News·Politics

What did and Didn’t Happen in the Rebecca Grossman Case: How Politics, Suppression, and Media Shaped a Murder Conviction

The story of Jacob and Mark Iskander’s deaths on a September evening in 2020 was, at its core, a family tragedy. But what unfolded in the press, online, and courtroom over the

September 3, 2025

News·Politics·Rebecca Grossman

What Did and Didn’t Happen in the Rebecca Grossman Case: The Media Mythmaking and Mob Mentality Fueled by Outrage, Not Evidence

From the moment Rebecca Grossman’s name emerged as one of the drivers involved in the September 29, 2020 tragedy that claimed the lives of Mark and Jacob Iskander, the mainstream media abandoned

August 25, 2025

LASD·News·Rebecca Grossman

A New Wave of Dissent Inside LASD – ALADS Under Fire, Deputies Say Union Leadership Has Failed Them

The Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS) is facing its most serious reckoning in decades. What started as a trickle of anonymous letters from frustrated rank-and-file deputies has now erupted into

August 23, 2025

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NEW Just a Deputy Letter Slams Sheriff Luna’s Hollow “Leadership Philosophy”

The anonymous movement within the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) known as “Just A Deputy” has once again spoken out, this time with one of the most searing critiques yet of Sheriff

August 21, 2025

LASD·News·Politics