Will Federal Pressure Bring Improvement to LA County Jails?

After decades of excessive force by jailers, abuse of mentally ill inmates and prisoner suicides, LA County has agreed to institute sweeping changes. A federal court will monitor progress to make sure that promised reforms really happen. We’ll ask Sheriff Jim McDonnell if he plans to clean house.

Also, massive brushfires in Northern California create their own weather systems. Firefighters have never seen anything like it. If similar blazes break out in Southern California, are resources available to combat them?

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