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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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Retired LAPD Assistant Chief Al Labrada Joins The Current Report as Law Enforcement Contributor

Los Angeles, CA – The Current Report announces that retired Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Alfred “Al” Labrada has joined the publication as a contributor, bringing more than three decades of

March 7, 2026

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

More LAUSD Whistleblowers Come Forward with Evidence of Escalating Retaliation After Demanding Compliance

The events that unfolded at a Los Angeles Unified School District campus over a two-year period reveal a pattern that cannot be explained by coincidence, miscommunication, or isolated conflict. What emerges instead

March 4, 2026

Investigations·LAUSD·News·Politics

Under Carvalho, LAUSD’s Virtual School Collapse, Hidden Funds, and Whistleblowers Warned by the OIG They Would Be Threatened and Silenced

For more than two years, educators inside the Los Angeles Unified School District say they exhausted every formal channel available to them. They documented concerns, filed complaints, alerted oversight bodies, and warned

February 28, 2026

Investigations·LAUSD·News·Politics

Justice Outside the Courtroom: The Role of Independent Investigative Reporting in High-Profile Cases

In American courtrooms, justice is supposed to unfold on the public record. Motions are filed, evidence is introduced, witnesses testify under oath, and judges issue rulings in open court. Yet in many

February 21, 2026

News·Politics

Statement in Response to a Coordinated Smear Campign Targeting Independent Investigative Reporting Via Julie Cohen, Justice for Mark and Jacob Iskander Facebook Page

In response to the targeted smear campaign launched by Julie Cohen on the Justice for Mark and Jacob Iskander Facebook page regarding my coverage of the Rebecca Grossman case:I am an independent

February 21, 2026

News·Rebecca Grossman

No Kings at LAWA: How an Appointed Executive Is Attempting to Rewire Power at LAX

For the second time in as many months, John Ackerman, the appointed General Manager of Los Angeles World Airports, has advanced a proposal that would significantly expand his personal authority while narrowing

February 18, 2026

News·Politics

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