Posts by Ali

Today on KPCC we’re profiling George Gascon, one of the three candidates running for Los Angeles County District Attorney. The story is the second in a three-part series; tomorrow we profile incumbent DA Jackie Lacey. Yesterday we profiled public defender Rachel Rossi. The DA race is drawing national attention; it’s the latest chapter in a […]

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is currently responsible for almost one-third of California’s incarcerated population. Black residents in the county are incarcerated at 13 times the rate of white residents, and LA County jails house more inmates than any other jail system in the country. More than 5,000 of those inmates are struggling with […]

A San Francisco cyclist who fatally struck a 71-year-old man in a Castro district crosswalk almost eight years ago has started a social media attack campaign against George Gascón, the man who prosecuted him for felony manslaughter and is now running for the district attorney in Los Angeles. Chris Bucchere set up the Facebook page […]

Few local races have attracted as much national attention as the Los Angeles District Attorney race. The New York Times has described it as the most important D.A. election in the country. Incumbent D.A. Jackie Lacey is seeking a third term in a hotly contested battle in which her main opposition is former San Francisco […]

The story is gruesome and familiar: A predator targeted and violated sex workers, fully confident he would get away with it. In this instance, two women also risked everything to come forward about the attacks they experienced. And one of these women’s social media accounts (and appreciation of classic rap) was key in protecting her […]