by Jonathan Miller | Apr 8, 2015 | press
For some, the Santa Barbara News-Presshas been a scary place to work during the last 10 years. Under the ownership of Wendy McCaw and a relentless stream of firings, quittings, and union-busting, its once-active newsroom has mostly been whittled down to a skeleton...
by Jonathan Miller | Mar 8, 2015 | press
The Carpinteria Community Church routinely ignored and covered up reports of sexual abuse committed by one of its youth ministers, a lawsuit filed Tuesday claims. Read full PDF here Read full article on The Santa Barbara Independent
by Jonathan Miller | Feb 10, 2015 | press
Two years ago, Chief Ralph Martin took charge of an embattled Santa Maria Police Department after its former chief was forced to step down in the wake of an officer’s death and a vote of no confidence by his troops. Read full PDF here
by Jonathan Miller | Feb 9, 2015 | press
The city of Santa Maria should not have fired Lt. Dan Ast from his job with the Santa Maria Police Department, according to an arbitration hearing officer who recommended that he be reinstated. Read full PDF here Read original article on the...
by Jonathan Miller | Jan 27, 2015 | press
Nearly 100,000 pages from the Boy Scouts of America’s so-called “perversion” files – documenting the alleged sexual abuse of scouts by adult volunteers – will play a key role in a civil trial that began on Monday in Santa Barbara, California. Read...
by Jonathan Miller | Jan 27, 2015 | press
A California man suing the Boy Scouts of America over sexual abuse suffered at the hands of a volunteer Scout leader was so scarred by the incident that he once threw up outside a restaurant when he saw someone who looked like the man, he testified in the opening day...