Cece Woods, Author at The Current Report

When Tragedy Becomes a Talking Point: Charity and the Media’s Continued Efforts Impacts Ongoing Judicial Proceedings

A newly launched foster care initiative created by the Iskander family is being promoted as a legacy project honoring the lives of Mark and Jacob Iskander, who were tragically killed on September

January 7, 2026

News·Rebecca Grossman

After Maduro, Meet Public Enemy #2: Trump Targets Newsom and California’s Corruption Machine

President Donald J. Trump kicked off the new year by ordering a precision U.S. military operation that seized Public Enemy #1 Nicolás Maduro from his own capital in Caracas – an elite

January 7, 2026

News·Politics·Uncategorized

When Procedure Replaces Proof: How Ventura County Family Court Manufactures Custody Outcomes

Ventura County Family Court does not need to falsify evidence to destroy a parent’s relationship with their children. It does not need to make explicit findings of unfitness, danger, or neglect. It

January 7, 2026

Ventura County

Sheriff Luna’s Smoke and Mirrors: Fudging Recruitment Numbers While LASD Deputies Flee to Greener Pastures

Oh, how the mighty have fallen – or, in the case of Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, how they never rose at all. Take a look at LASD’s latest self-congratulatory infographic,

January 5, 2026

LASD·News·Politics

Sheriff Luna’s ‘Remarkable’ Progress? 2025 Was A Year of Repeated Failures, Betrayals, and Needless Tragedies

Sheriff Robert Luna’s recent self-congratulatory claim of “remarkable success” in public safety for 2025 borders on delusion. While Luna celebrates manufactured victories and hollow narratives of accountability, the lived reality across Los

January 3, 2026

LASD·News·Politics

Sheriff Luna’s Smoke and Mirrors: A Superficial Stance on Deputies’ Rights Exposed by Dropped Lawsuit and Silenced Watchdogs

Sheriff Robert Luna built his brand on the promise of integrity, transparency, and protection for the deputies he now commands. But what unfolded this year reveals a sheriff far more concerned with

December 24, 2025

LASD·News·Politics

How Cudahy’s Legacy of Corruption Paved the Way for Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez — and Her Reckless Call to Arms Against ICE

Cudahy has always been a city that promises reform while quietly breeding the next scandal. Now, the small 1.2-square-mile city in Southeast Los Angeles, one of the densest in California and home

December 19, 2025

News·Politics

CONCEALED IN PLAIN SIGHT: How Sworn Admissions, Digital Forensics, and Expert Evidence Were Buried While a Father Lost His Children

The Ventura County court is now under fire for widespread civil rights abuses and a brazen failure of due process that cuts across every corner of its legal system. In one of

December 18, 2025

Ventura County

Two Campuses, One Pattern: Brown University Shooting and Cerritos College Student Extremist Arrested in Terror Plot Expose a Radicalization Crisis

As federal prosecutors detail how a former Cerritos College student leader allegedly crossed the line from rhetoric into operational terror planning, another American campus is grappling with a different but equally sobering

December 18, 2025

News·Politics

Former Cerritos College Student President Busted in Chilling New Year’s Eve Bomb Plot – Inside the Radical ‘Turtle Island’ Cell Targeting LA’s Heart

If anyone is still clinging to the illusion that radical extremism in Southern California is limited to social media rants or fringe online forums, federal authorities just shattered that fantasy. This week,

December 16, 2025

News·Politics