1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (1055+ words) The Los Angeles federal public defender’s office on Friday joined a renewed effort to oust Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Southern California, accusing the government of “playing shadow games with the most consequential powers a government can wield…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1563+ words) For over a decade, Goodland Guns operated in an unassuming strip mall in Old Town Goleta, where it sold handguns, rifles and ammo two doors down from the bustling original location of the national Habit Burger & Grill chain. The firearms…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (583+ words) The last vote of the night in the Huntington Beach City Council chambers Tuesday was met with loud applause from off-duty police officers on hand. The council voted 4-3 to approve a memorandum of understanding with the Huntington Beach Police Officers…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (449+ words) You’re sued over a debt you don’t recognize. Or you’re facing eviction from the apartment where you raised your kids. The other side has a lawyer. You don’t. For millions of Californians each year, this is how our civil justice…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (970+ words) L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman did something last week few prosecutors ever do — changed his mind in public, swapping out felony charges for misdemeanors in the case of an LAPD officer accused of secretly taping homophobic, racist and misogynistic remarks…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1774+ words) Ezequiel Romo’s gang had plagued Panorama City for decades. Named after Blythe Street — a short thoroughfare flanked by overcrowded apartments — the crew had robbed, stole, peddled drugs and shot up rivals since the 1980s, seemingly untroubled by the city of Los…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (841+ words) America is exceptionally good at sending members of its military into harm’s way. We are far less good at managing what happens when those men and women come home. I recently toured the Vista Detention Facility north of San Diego…...

4+ week, 23+ hour ago   (775+ words) Every protest movement or significant historical undertaking had a moment that started at a public bathroom door. That’s the claim made by Temple University professor Bryant Simon, who spoke with Essential California this week about his latest book, “For Customers…...