##  In the News

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### [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

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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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### [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

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Vet Who Sought VA Help Was Told To Come Back In 3 Months … He Killed Himself Instead

Written by Sebastian Murdock on November 16 2017.

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  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2017/092s.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14372:the-cleansing-frenzy-is-weinstein-a-stand-in-for-trump&catid=9)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 16 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [The Cleansing Frenzy: Is Weinstein a Stand-In for Trump?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14372:the-cleansing-frenzy-is-weinstein-a-stand-in-for-trump&catid=9)

The ObamaCare Mandate requires everyone to purchase health insurance or join a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO, like Kaiser Permanente). The rea…

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Written by Tom Jacobs on November 16 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2f/090p-2f8e7d2c.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/090p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=61be2294) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14331:hickenlooper-joins-raimondo-on-pension-reform-more-governors-including-brown-need-to-speak-up&catid=9)### [Hickenlooper Joins Raimondo On Pension Reform … More Governors, Including Brown, Need to Speak Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14331:hickenlooper-joins-raimondo-on-pension-reform-more-governors-including-brown-need-to-speak-up&catid=9)

Written by David Crane on November 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4c/090u-4c4f9682.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/090u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a9ecc360) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14326:xi-s-got-trump-s-number-flattery-will-get-you-everywhere&catid=9)### [Xi's Got Trump’s Number: Flattery Will Get You Everywhere](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14326:xi-s-got-trump-s-number-flattery-will-get-you-everywhere&catid=9)

Written by digby on November 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c1/089g-c18e9ef5.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/089g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9090d136) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14317:taxpayers-that-would-be-you-are-subsidizing-hush-money-for-sexual-harassment-and-assault&catid=9)### [Taxpayers … That Would Be You … are Subsidizing Hush Money for Sexual Harassment and Assault](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14317:taxpayers-that-would-be-you-are-subsidizing-hush-money-for-sexual-harassment-and-assault&catid=9)

Written by Peter J. Henning on November 06 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d5/089r-d598834e.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/089r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=09459ee1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14307:why-are-the-dems-still-fighting-the-battle-of-2016-ask-donna-brazile&catid=9)### [Why are the Dems Still Fighting the Battle of 2016? Ask, Donna Brazile](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14307:why-are-the-dems-still-fighting-the-battle-of-2016-ask-donna-brazile&catid=9)

Written by Richard Eskow on November 06 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/45/089u-454f032e.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/089u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d469ccc7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14304:sexual-harassment-why-do-they-do-it&catid=9)### [Sexual Harassment … Why Do They Do It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14304:sexual-harassment-why-do-they-do-it&catid=9)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on November 06 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/089v-02ea4052.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14303:gop-side-of-the-swamp-nothing-to-write-home-about-either&catid=9)### [GOP Side of the Swamp, Nothing to Write Home About Either](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14303:gop-side-of-the-swamp-nothing-to-write-home-about-either&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on November 06 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/42/088a-42a1b6d4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14300:did-the-election-of-donald-trump-start-a-civilization-war&catid=9)### [Did the Election of Donald Trump Start a Civilization War?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14300:did-the-election-of-donald-trump-start-a-civilization-war&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on November 02 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0f/088p-0fdcb721.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14289:gop-tax-reform-a-new-dose-of-alternative-facts&catid=9)### [GOP Tax Reform: A New Dose of Alternative Facts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14289:gop-tax-reform-a-new-dose-of-alternative-facts&catid=9)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on November 02 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/088s-bacd05ae.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14286:ex-dnc-chief-drops-bombshell-exposes-unethical-clinton-dnc-fundraising-deal&catid=9)### [Ex DNC Chief Drops Bombshell: Exposes 'Unethical' Clinton-DNC Fundraising Deal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14286:ex-dnc-chief-drops-bombshell-exposes-unethical-clinton-dnc-fundraising-deal&catid=9)

Written by Jake Johnson on November 02 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2c/087c-2c6f45cd.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2017/087c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=35b17008) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14279:the-biggest-revelation-of-the-jfk-file-releases-isn-t-in-the-jfk-files&catid=9)### [The Biggest Revelation of the JFK File Releases Isn’t in the JFK Files](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14279:the-biggest-revelation-of-the-jfk-file-releases-isn-t-in-the-jfk-files&catid=9)

Written by Caitlin Johnstone on October 30 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0a/087h-0ac9925e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14275:blacklisting-and-the-power-of-complicity&catid=9)### [Blacklisting and the Power of Complicity](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14275:blacklisting-and-the-power-of-complicity&catid=9)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 30 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/70/087j-70e5682d.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2017/087j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3bb25a5f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14274:cable-news-has-become-so-borrrrrring&catid=9)### [Cable News Has Become So Borrrrrring!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14274:cable-news-has-become-so-borrrrrring&catid=9)

Written by Denyse-Selesnick on October 30 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/40/086v-4089762b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14250:cheers-and-adulation-why-the-25th-amendment-cannot-handle-a-mentally-ill-president&catid=9)### [Cheers and Adulation: Why the 25th Amendment Cannot Handle a Mentally Ill President](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14250:cheers-and-adulation-why-the-25th-amendment-cannot-handle-a-mentally-ill-president&catid=9)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 26 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2f/086x-2fba4f54.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14249:candybars-and-billionaires-this-year-s-real-halloween-horror&catid=9)### [Candybars and Billionaires: This Year's Real Halloween Horror](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14249:candybars-and-billionaires-this-year-s-real-halloween-horror&catid=9)

Written by Bob Lord on October 26 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/58/085x-586c6a6b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14242:does-vietnam-even-matter-any-more-does-ken-burns&catid=9)### [Does Vietnam Even Matter Any More? Does Ken Burns?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14242:does-vietnam-even-matter-any-more-does-ken-burns&catid=9)

Written by Robert Freeman on October 23 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4b/085k-4bf77ff6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14234:raise-your-hand-if-you-knew-america-was-at-war-in-niger-or-176-other-countries-around-the-world&catid=9)### [Raise Your Hand If You Knew America was at War in Niger? Or, 176 Other Countries Around the World](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14234:raise-your-hand-if-you-knew-america-was-at-war-in-niger-or-176-other-countries-around-the-world&catid=9)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on October 23 2017.

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Written by Ivo Welch on October 23 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2c/083b-2cd6bb1f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14188:let-s-be-honest-the-real-fake-news-source-is-at-the-end-of-your-arm&catid=9)### [Let’s Be Honest, the Real Fake News Source is at the End of Your Arm](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14188:let-s-be-honest-the-real-fake-news-source-is-at-the-end-of-your-arm&catid=9)

Written by James Preston Allen on October 16 2017.

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