## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c4/067m-c43da744.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429) ### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429) August 24 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b0/068d-b0cebc17.jpg) ](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) ### [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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/42/068h-4201345f.jpeg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33266:california-cant-insure-its-homes-now-sacramento-wants-to-insure-the-trees&catid=385) ### [California Can’t Insure Its Homes. Now Sacramento Wants to Insure the Trees](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33266:california-cant-insure-its-homes-now-sacramento-wants-to-insure-the-trees&catid=385) August 27 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/068b-f1afb88d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33262:will-the-mega-merger-of-equity-residential-and-avalonbay-communities-hurt-tenants&catid=429) ### [Will the Mega-Merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Hurt Tenants?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33262:will-the-mega-merger-of-equity-residential-and-avalonbay-communities-hurt-tenants&catid=429) August 27 2026 # IMPORTANT READS --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2020/079e.png) ### Trump Is Pushing the Country to the Brink of Civil War Written by Alon Ben-Meir on September 28 2020. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20479:trump-is-pushing-the-country-to-the-brink-of-civil-war&catid=9) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2b/079s-2b008947.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/079s.png&thumbnail=610,343,&hash=eb1de988) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20478:a-quick-read-for-white-people-who-don-t-consider-themselves-racist&catid=9)Written by Ola Caracola on September 28 2020. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9). ## [A Quick Read for White People Who Don’t Consider Themselves Racist](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20478:a-quick-read-for-white-people-who-don-t-consider-themselves-racist&catid=9) Initially, this warmed my heart — I thought, YES, these are the kind of friends I want to have. All day, I contemplated sharing the same image, but t… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/88/078r-8811b19e.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/078r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2d370e06) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20468:defeating-a-demagogue-a-reminder-from-history&catid=9)### [Defeating a Demagogue: A Reminder from History](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20468:defeating-a-demagogue-a-reminder-from-history&catid=9) Written by Mel Gurtov on September 24 2020. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9e/078e-9e99094b.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/078e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=be85359a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20458:when-men-legally-controlled-women&catid=9)### [When Men Legally Controlled Women](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20458:when-men-legally-controlled-women&catid=9) Written by Jill Richardson on September 24 2020. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e8/077g-e8374da9.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/077g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4e81cece) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20439:jesus-was-a-person-of-color-and-he-was-killed-by-the-police-does-that-matter&catid=9)### [Jesus was a Person of Color, and He was Killed by the Police. Does That Matter?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20439:jesus-was-a-person-of-color-and-he-was-killed-by-the-police-does-that-matter&catid=9) Written by George Cassidy Payne on September 21 2020. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6b/075m-6b85487b.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/075m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=80c5428f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20399:national-in-security-and-the-pentagon-budget&catid=9)### [National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20399:national-in-security-and-the-pentagon-budget&catid=9) Written by Mandy Smithberger on September 14 2020. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5b/074d-5b43339a.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/074d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=75d4bfdf) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20382:trump-disses-troops-but-correctly-labels-2-of-america-s-costliest-wars-unjustified-or-stupid&catid=9)### [Trump Disses Troops but Correctly Labels 2 of America’s Costliest Wars Unjustified or ‘Stupid’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20382:trump-disses-troops-but-correctly-labels-2-of-america-s-costliest-wars-unjustified-or-stupid&catid=9) Written by Dave Lindorff on September 10 2020. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/94/074f-942976d0.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/074f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1fc5c508) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20381:republican-platforms-then-and-now&catid=9)### [Republican Platforms, Then and Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20381:republican-platforms-then-and-now&catid=9) Written by Jim Hightower on September 10 2020. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f9/072e-f9011aa5.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/072e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0e03a3d7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20361:the-weathering-of-black-america&catid=9)### [The Weathering of Black America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20361:the-weathering-of-black-america&catid=9) Written by Tracey L. Rogers on September 03 2020. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5a/071e-5a0c4606.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/071e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d5494718) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20337:we-don-t-know-how-to-warn-you-any-harder-america-is-dying&catid=9)### [We Don’t Know How to Warn You Any Harder. America is Dying.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20337:we-don-t-know-how-to-warn-you-any-harder-america-is-dying&catid=9) Written by Umair Haque on August 31 2020. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0e/071p-0e22f82e.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/071p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f9009144) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20336:all-joe-biden-needs-to-do-to-win&catid=9)### [All Joe Biden Needs to Do to Win](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20336:all-joe-biden-needs-to-do-to-win&catid=9) Written by Lauren Martinchek on August 31 2020. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/de/071g-dea88e2b.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/071g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a034d630) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20335:trump-s-postmaster-general-should-be-returned-to-sender&catid=9)### [Trump’s Postmaster General Should Be Returned to Sender](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20335:trump-s-postmaster-general-should-be-returned-to-sender&catid=9) Written by James E. Varner on August 31 2020. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8b/070e-8be6c4a0.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/070e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ecec92ee) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20326:senior-us-intelligence-official-died-by-suicide-in-june&catid=9)### [Senior US Intelligence Official Died by Suicide in June](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20326:senior-us-intelligence-official-died-by-suicide-in-june&catid=9) Written by Matthew Cole & James Risen on August 28 2020. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0a/068w-0a98c517.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/068w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9bea1ee4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20278:changing-parties-in-the-white-house-won-t-change-the-corruption&catid=9)### [Changing Parties in the White House won’t Change the Corruption](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20278:changing-parties-in-the-white-house-won-t-change-the-corruption&catid=9) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 20 2020. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f5/067h-f56a308e.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/067h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0d9fec50) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20263:why-americans-are-allergic-to-the-truth&catid=9)### [Why Americans Are Allergic to the Truth](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20263:why-americans-are-allergic-to-the-truth&catid=9) Written by Drew Magery on August 17 2020. 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