Doug McIntyre, radio host, scriptwriter writes about the need to be engaged in the political process.

          Writer K. Lloyd Billingsley explains the California Coastal Commission in terms of water, oil and politics.

        Four months after the Los Angeles Police Department's civilian oversight board scoffed at department figures showing that no officers engaged in racial profiling last year, the department will release its own study today that finds that police departments nationwide rarely substantiate such citizen complaints.