LA WATCHDOG - In November, the City issued its Five Year Capital and Technology Improvement Program that outlined over 650 infrastructure projects with a project cost of $9.2 billion.

VOICE IN THE CHEAP SEATS - Abortions were, are, and will always be controversial.  This is because honest people on both sides of the issue can never agree.

GELFAND’S WORLD - Donald Trump did not preserve and defend the Constitution. He purposely endangered not only the public, but the Constitution itself. 

MY THOUGHTS - I’ve been sifting through both comments and facts regarding the Supreme Court decision on Roe v Wade trying to find what kind of punishment men…otherwise known as the impregnators…will suffer if they are responsible for a pregnancy. 

PLANNING WATCH - Los Angeles does not have a shrinking and mediocre urban forest by chance. 

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - “At the end of the day, most people are not corrupt at City Hall, no matter how cynical we are,”

THE VIEW FROM HERE - The Democrats not only killed Roe v Wade, but they have also mortally wounded all forms of Liberty. 

THE EASTSIDER - Recently, I’ve made a number of train trips to and from Los Angeles and New Mexico.

GUEST COMMENTARY - In releasing its two decisions last week that reversed Roe and New York City’s concealed firearms ban, the Supreme Court not only performed the judicial act of yelling fire in a crowded room. 

YOUR TAX BILL - Let’s start with the premise that taxation is largely arbitrary.

GUEST COMMENTARY - With the Supreme Court’s expected decision to overturn Roe v. Wade threatening to severely curtail women’s reproductive rights, it might seem an odd moment to report good news about male birth control.

UNHOUSED - In California, homelessness is a long-running crisis. And it is a human tragedy for an estimated 160,000 unhoused people.

GUEST COMMENTARY - When I awoke to a notification that SCOTUS had overturned Roe v. Wade last Friday, like many Americans, my heart sank.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - The man accused of murdering Nipsey Hussle had his trial put on hold today after he wasn’t present in court for unknown reasons.

EDUCATION WATCH - The U.S. Supreme Court has consistently banned school-sponsored prayer in public schools.

JAN 6 COMMITTEE - Trump White House insider and January 6 Committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson provided startling and compelling evidence that Donald Trump deliberately set out to incite an insurrection at the Capitol.

SCOTUS - The Dobbs opinion overturning Roe. v. Wade is another marker on the road to where Republicans and the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative super-majority are taking the country.

MID TERMS - Armageddon comes November 8. Pundits and progressives have been warning Democrats for months that if they don't change course and achieve significant legislation promised in 2020, they will go down in flames on election day, along with our democracy.

GUN VIOLENCE - The spate of mass shootings we've witnessed over the past few weeks has jolted our minds and broken our hearts.

OUR RIGHTS - The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade — and with it, half a century of constitutional precedent.

CA SENATE BILL 54 - The legislative path to reducing plastic waste in California became significantly clearer on Tuesday when the Assembly Natural Resources Committee voted 9-0 to approve a bill that targets the production of single-use plastic packaging and foodware in the state over the next decade.

GUEST WORDS - In the Lents neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, residents gathered at a public forum last June to voice their concerns about the city’s growing population of homeless individuals.

CLIMATE WATCH - Last year, worldwide energy-related CO2 topped 36B tons. That’s a new world record. 

GUEST COMMENTARY - Roe v. Wade was just overturned, which marks an overplayed fear among the left side of the political spectrum, ironically during a Democratic Biden administration.