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LOS ANGELES

Homelessness, Numbers and Rhetoric

LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles Fails Its Own Again: The Red Barn Pet Food Store Story

STATE WATCH

Will He Or Won’t He? SB 79 Sent To Governor To Sign Or Veto

POLITICS

SB 79 Vote Should be Null and Void

GELFAND'S WORLD

Charlie Kirk Paradoxes

POLITICS

Why Los Angeles Doesn’t Need an Engineer as Mayor

VOICES

County Board of Supervisors to Weigh County-Wide Eviction Moratorium Amid Mounting Pressure

NEIGHBORHOOD

Venice NC to Stay at Westminster School — Illegal RV Ticketing on Washington Blvd Up for Vote

POLITICS

De-Register, De-Register, De-Register

VOICES

In the Shadow of Extremism: Charlie Kirk, Political Rage, and the Perils of Certainty

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

Scanning Fans and Power Plays

ANIMAL WATCH

Pit Bull by Any Other Name is Just as Deadly

Ernest Hemmingway

VOICES

To Comfort the Afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable

VOICES

How Student Loans Became America’s Financial Catastrophe

VOICES

RIP, Charlie Kirk—You Never Feared Death, And In Death You Were Proven Right

WORLD WATCH

Recognition Without Action Is Meaningless

LA WATCHDOG

Convention Center: Too Damn Risky

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ANIMAL WATCH

ANIMAL WATCH

Vote for L.A.’s Hero Dog in the American Humane Hero Dog Awards

ANIMAL WATCH

“Rescue” Pit Bulls? One Kills Autistic Child, Two Are Attacked By Mountain Lions In Ca Yard

ANIMAL WATCH

Pit Bull Attacked and Stabbed in Long Beach, CA, During Dispute with Homeless

NEIGHBORHOOD

NEIGHBORHOOD

The Turning Point: How Hawthorne Fought for the Heart of Its City

NEIGHBORHOOD

From Numbers to Neighborhoods: Making Safety Real for Every Angeleno

NEIGHBORHOOD

Beach Access, Pagodas Drive Discussion At Venice Oceanfront Walk Committee Meeting

CLIMATE

CLIMATE

Clean Solar Outshines Filthy Oil

CLIMATE

Why I’m Going All-Electric As I Remediate My Home From Toxic Ash

CLIMATE

If Trump’s EPA Derails Climate Change Policies, Los Angeles' Future May Be Stolen

VOICES

VOICES

The Hidden Power of Voice in Presentations and How to Use It Effectively

VOICES

Charlie Kirk’s Toxic Legacy of Hatred and Division

VOICES

A Life Cut Short, A Voice That Endures: Remembering Charlie Kirk

LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES

Convention Center’s Spiraling Expansion And Renovation: Burning Up The Taxpayers` Money

LOS ANGELES

California Has 48 Hours to Deliver on Electricity Affordability

LOS ANGELES

Who Investigates City Hall When the Police Chief Serves at the Mayor’s Whim?

LGBTQ

LGBTQ

Harvey Milk: A Pride Month Salute to a Pioneer of Equality

49 people killed, 53 others injured at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida,

LGBTQ

Gay Pride or Gay Prize?

LGBTQ

California Hotels And Cafes Remain Friendlier To LGBTQ+ Community

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POLITICS

POLITICS

Push for Prop 50 Turns Anger Into Action, Launches Sunday

POLITICS

SB 79 Poised to Ruin VALLEY Neighborhoods!

POLITICS

Should Today's Political Leaders Study Homer?

STATE WATCH

STATE WATCH

SB 79 Marks Historic Victory for California YIMBY Movement: Legalizing Homes Near Transit

Jack Lemmon using adding machine in a scene from the film 'The Apartment', 1960. As we come to Labor Day 2025, the once-invincible white collar economy is beginning to shatter. (Photo by United Artists/Getty Images)

STATE WATCH

Labor Day 2025: Navigating The White Collar Crack-Up

STATE WATCH

SB 79, The Fraud Which Keeps On Destroying

LA WATCHDOG

LA WATCHDOG

Texas Redistricting a Response to California Gerrymandering

LA City Controller, Kenneth Mejia

LA WATCHDOG

Controller Mejia’s Charter Reform Recommendations Doomed

LA WATCHDOG

Hotel Developers Want to Pick Our Pockets

GELFAND'S WORLD

GELFAND'S WORLD

Another Gap in Emergency Preparedness Revealed by Power Outage

GELFAND'S WORLD

The City's Hypocrisy On This Labor Day

GELFAND'S WORLD

One Crime Trump is OK With

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

Four Abstentions and a Golf Bundle

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

Storytime with Staffer B

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

Harris-Dawson–Yaroslavsky Skidoo

PLANNING WATCH LA

PLANNING WATCH LA

Homelessness Crisis: Too Few Homes or Too Much Poverty?

Homeless tents in front of expensive high-rise hotels and apartments in Downtown Los Angeles

PLANNING WATCH LA

Mystery solved: Why LA Spends So Much Money On Homelessness And Gets Lousy Results

PLANNING WATCH LA

2028 Olympics: Why Should Los Angeles Host The Games?

PALM SPRINGS AREA

PALM SPRINGS AREA

Shrinking Salton Sea Puts 500,000 at Risk as Report Warns of Worsening Air Pollution Crisis

PALM SPRINGS AREA

Palm Springs Airport Expansion: Boon or Boondoggle?

PALM SPRINGS AREA

City Launches Annual Brush Clearing Program As Fire Season Approaches

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

What Algorithms Really Know About You & The Awesome Power of Doing Nothing

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

Why You Are Predisposed to Worry & How Fonts Influence Our Feelings

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

How Great Innovators Think & Turning Anger Into Strength

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

How Do You Create Happiness? & Why Dogs Behave the Way They Do

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

The Psychology of Lying & The Race for Outer Space

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

Unlocking Your Primal Intelligence & The Tug-of-War Between Competition and Cooperation

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IMPORTANT READS

IMPORTANT READS

What Truck Has the Best Resale Value in 2025

IMPORTANT READS

When Credit Holds You Back: Simple Loan Options That Don’t Require a Score

IMPORTANT READS

Exploring Cash Advance Loans: Use Cases, Alternatives, and More

WORLD WATCH

WORLD WATCH

Recognition Without Action Is Meaningless

WORLD WATCH

‘No Safe Place Left’ as Israel Moves to Ethnically Cleanse Nearly 1 Million Gazans

WORLD WATCH

How Asian Culture Continues to Have an Influence on Casinos

420 FILE

420 FILE

SMOK Novo 5 Not Hitting: What’s the Problem?

420 FILE

What to Know About Traveling with Blunt Wraps on Flights

420 FILE

What to Look for When Buying THC Gummies Online

WELLNESS

WELLNESS

Searching for Answers: How the World Transformation Movement Offers a New Way to Understand Ourselves

WELLNESS

L.A. Isn’t Full of Narcissists—It’s Full of People Trying to Heal

WELLNESS

How to Choose the Right Drug Rehab for Lasting Recovery

GUEST WORDS

GUEST WORDS

The Complete Guide to Trusted iGaming Comparison Sites in 2025

GUEST WORDS

How Review Sites Shape User Trust Online

GUEST WORDS

$134 Million for What? Los Angeles Deserved Better

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