##  In the News

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### [Trump World. From Assassination Abroad to Chaos at Home](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395)

August 31 2026

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### [Zuckerberg May Finally Pay a Price for Preying on Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375)

August 27 2026

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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

August 31 2026

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### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327)

August 31 2026

#  GELFAND'S WORLD

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### A Man Who Knows Everything—and Nothing: The Peril of Trump’s Unchecked Confidence

Written by Bob Gelfand on October 13 2025.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31651:a-man-who-knows-everything-and-nothing-the-peril-of-trumps-unchecked-confidence&catid=395)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3f/081e-3fce0d47.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2025/081e.jpg&thumbnail=610,406,&hash=0aea586b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31630:the-view-from-the-balcony-west-side-story&catid=395)Written by Bob Gelfand on October 09 2025. Posted in [GELFAND'S WORLD](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=395).

## [The View from the Balcony: West Side Story](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31630:the-view-from-the-balcony-west-side-story&catid=395)

GELFAND’S WORLD - The L.A. Opera is doing West Side Story. There is no need to summarize the plot or who the characters are. You already know. Everyb…

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Written by Bob Gelfand on October 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c2/079k-c22a8692.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31592:shutdowns-tariffs-and-the-epstein-files-trumps-washington-monument-ploy&catid=395)### [Shutdowns, Tariffs, and the Epstein Files: Trump’s Washington Monument Ploy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31592:shutdowns-tariffs-and-the-epstein-files-trumps-washington-monument-ploy&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on October 02 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/78/078h-78e5fea8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31582:a-report-on-the-la-neighborhood-council-congress&catid=395)### [A Report on the LA Neighborhood Council Congress](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31582:a-report-on-the-la-neighborhood-council-congress&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 29 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bc/077j-bce1f897.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31560:imprison-your-political-opponents-are-you-next&catid=395)### [Imprison Your Political Opponents? Are You Next?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31560:imprison-your-political-opponents-are-you-next&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 25 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/97/076j-97462902.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31542:neighborhood-council-congress-big-donors-buy-speaking-slots-while-key-issues-get-shut-out&catid=395)### [Neighborhood Council Congress: Big Donors Buy Speaking Slots While Key Issues Get Shut Out](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31542:neighborhood-council-congress-big-donors-buy-speaking-slots-while-key-issues-get-shut-out&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ec/075m-ecf2568e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31523:jimmy-kimmel-not-so-live&catid=395)### [Jimmy Kimmel Not So Live](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31523:jimmy-kimmel-not-so-live&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 18 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/074g-37c7c57f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31513:charlie-kirk-paradoxes&catid=395)### [Charlie Kirk Paradoxes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31513:charlie-kirk-paradoxes&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fd/072e-fd201734.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31463:another-gap-in-emergency-preparedness-revealed-by-power-outage&catid=395)### [Another Gap in Emergency Preparedness Revealed by Power Outage](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31463:another-gap-in-emergency-preparedness-revealed-by-power-outage&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 08 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/070j-478fa020.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31434:the-citys-hypocrisy-on-this-labor-day-2&catid=395)### [The City's Hypocrisy On This Labor Day](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31434:the-citys-hypocrisy-on-this-labor-day-2&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 01 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/069r-24139a54.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31408:one-crime-trump-is-ok-with&catid=395)### [One Crime Trump is OK With](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31408:one-crime-trump-is-ok-with&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on August 28 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3d/068h-3d0a1062.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31388:democrats-cant-play-nice-anymore-its-time-to-fight-fire-with-fire&catid=395)### [Democrats Can’t Play Nice Anymore: It’s Time to Fight Fire With Fire](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31388:democrats-cant-play-nice-anymore-its-time-to-fight-fire-with-fire&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on August 25 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/20/066m-20edbd68.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31347:donald-trump-has-become-boring&catid=395)### [Donald Trump Has Become Boring](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31347:donald-trump-has-become-boring&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on August 18 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/064f-8c37bceb.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31310:from-a-banana-republic-to-a-banana-split-how-16-million-melted-into-trumps-sticky-sweet-deal&catid=395)### [From a Banana Republic to a Banana Split: How $16 Million Melted Into Trump’s Sticky Sweet Deal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31310:from-a-banana-republic-to-a-banana-split-how-16-million-melted-into-trumps-sticky-sweet-deal&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on August 11 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/063j-1058f39d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31290:the-war-against-science-continues&catid=395)### [The War Against Science Continues](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31290:the-war-against-science-continues&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on August 07 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3b/062e-3b81fbfe.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31274:rewriting-reality-soviet-style-trumps-jobs-report-tantrum&catid=395)### [Rewriting Reality, Soviet‑Style: Trump’s Jobs Report Tantrum](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31274:rewriting-reality-soviet-style-trumps-jobs-report-tantrum&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on August 04 2025.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on July 28 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/95/058g-951662f1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31196:an-epitaph-for-cbs&catid=395)### [An Epitaph for CBS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31196:an-epitaph-for-cbs&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on July 21 2025.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on July 17 2025.

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