## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dc/073e-dc8fd595.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398) ### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398) September 10 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e3/073d-e3d00328.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33338:quid-pro-no&catid=378) ### [QUID PRO NO](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33338:quid-pro-no&catid=378) September 10 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cd/073i-cdc83c87.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33330:cd3-doesnt-need-another-promise-it-needs-a-councilmember-who-can-deliver&catid=401) ### [CD3 Doesn’t Need Another Promise It Needs a Councilmember Who Can Deliver](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33330:cd3-doesnt-need-another-promise-it-needs-a-councilmember-who-can-deliver&catid=401) September 10 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0b/073m-0bb59950.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33339:from-democrat-to-independent-one-voters-break-with-las-left&catid=396) ### [From Democrat to Independent: One Voter’s Break With LA’s Left](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33339:from-democrat-to-independent-one-voters-break-with-las-left&catid=396) September 10 2026 # GELFAND'S WORLD --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2023/044j.jpg) ### LA City Council: Emergency Un-Preparedness Written by Bob Gelfand on June 01 2023. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27035:la-city-council-emergency-un-preparedness&catid=395) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a3/043n-a399c853.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2023/043n.jpg&thumbnail=610,407,&hash=cf866119) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27023:a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-memorial-day&catid=395)Written by Bob Gelfand on May 29 2023. Posted in [GELFAND'S WORLD](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=395). ## [A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Memorial Day](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27023:a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-memorial-day&catid=395) GELFAND’S WORLD - When it came to the Debt Ceiling, none of my fellow Americans seemed to be all that worried. Sure, the Republicans were engaging in… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bd/041h-bd3eb871.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26980:fire-flood-explosion-and-the-highway-110-escape-route&catid=395)### [Fire, Flood, Explosion, and the Highway 110 Escape Route](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26980:fire-flood-explosion-and-the-highway-110-escape-route&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on May 22 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e1/040s-e1d9c375.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26967:oh-great-another-rule-ncs-in-open-revolt&catid=395)### ["Oh Great, Another Rule" – NCs in Open Revolt](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26967:oh-great-another-rule-ncs-in-open-revolt&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on May 18 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b3/039i-b359a2cc.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26941:tone-deaf-done-s-authoritarian-streak-and-the-report-on-hsdnc-scandal&catid=395)### [Tone-Deaf DONE’s Authoritarian Streak and the Report on HSDNC Scandal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26941:tone-deaf-done-s-authoritarian-streak-and-the-report-on-hsdnc-scandal&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on May 15 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/038m-231175ce.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26922:my-notes-and-comments-on-current-topics-in-gelfand-s-world&catid=395)### [My Notes and Comments on Current Topics in Gelfand’s World](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26922:my-notes-and-comments-on-current-topics-in-gelfand-s-world&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on May 11 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/83/036i-838d15a3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26896:king-charles-iii-is-so-boring-he-puts-hypnotists-to-sleep&catid=395)### [King Charles III is So Boring He Puts Hypnotists to Sleep](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26896:king-charles-iii-is-so-boring-he-puts-hypnotists-to-sleep&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on May 04 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/035p-c98b67c4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26877:trump-criminal-trials-americans-are-ready&catid=395)### [Trump Criminal Trials: Americans Are Ready](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26877:trump-criminal-trials-americans-are-ready&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on May 01 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b6/034h-b6f6567a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26849:the-big-brain-drain-in-the-red-states&catid=395)### [The Big Brain Drain in the Red States](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26849:the-big-brain-drain-in-the-red-states&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on April 27 2023. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9e/027k-9ea28669.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26731:the-political-repercussions-from-the-trump-indictment&catid=395)### [The Political Repercussions from the Trump Indictment](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26731:the-political-repercussions-from-the-trump-indictment&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on April 03 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/49/026p-490667f4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26711:first-former-american-president-to-be-indicted&catid=395)### [First Former American President Indicted](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26711:first-former-american-president-to-be-indicted&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on March 30 2023. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/023n-2d779bce.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26652:does-he-or-doesn-t-he-get-indicted&catid=395)### [Does He or Doesn't He . . . Get Indicted?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26652:does-he-or-doesn-t-he-get-indicted&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on March 20 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/45/022r-45d65f87.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26635:the-la-city-council-makes-brainwashing-its-new-policy&catid=395)### [The LA City Council Makes Brainwashing Its New Policy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26635:the-la-city-council-makes-brainwashing-its-new-policy&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on March 16 2023. 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