##  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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### [EXCLUSIVE: John McKinney Warns City Hall. Enforce the Law. Demand Accountability.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33241:exclusive-john-mckinney-warns-city-hall-enforce-the-law-demand-accountability&catid=401)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Humpty Trumpty

Written by Christopher Brauchli on June 19 2017.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13445:humpty-trumpty&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049u.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13434:who-s-secretly-buying-trump-properties&catid=9)Written by Digby on June 19 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Who’s Secretly Buying Trump Properties?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13434:who-s-secretly-buying-trump-properties&catid=9)

 Since President Trump won the Republican nomination, the majority of his companies’ real estate sales are to secretive shell companies that obscur…

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Written by Michael N. Cohen on June 15 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0f/048t-0f6af138.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/048t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8daf228b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13412:sarah-palin-didn-t-shoot-gabby-giffords-bernie-sanders-didn-t-shoot-steve-scalise-and-other-no-brainers&catid=9)### [Sarah Palin Didn't Shoot Gabby Giffords, Bernie Sanders Didn't Shoot Steve Scalise, and Other No-Brainers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13412:sarah-palin-didn-t-shoot-gabby-giffords-bernie-sanders-didn-t-shoot-steve-scalise-and-other-no-brainers&catid=9)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 15 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e0/047p-e028d146.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/047p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7beed836) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13393:sort-of-kind-of-maybe-executive-privilege&catid=9)### [Sort of, Kind of, Maybe Executive Privilege?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13393:sort-of-kind-of-maybe-executive-privilege&catid=9)

Written by Michael N. Cohen on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6a/047r-6a848de6.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/047r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=11760f78) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13391:trump-says-qatar-funds-terror-here-s-his-record-of-trying-to-get-qater-to-fund-him&catid=9)### [Trump Says Qatar Funds Terror … Here’s His Record of Trying to Get Qater to Fund Him](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13391:trump-says-qatar-funds-terror-here-s-his-record-of-trying-to-get-qater-to-fund-him&catid=9)

Written by Clayton Swisher on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8f/046c-8f3d2ff1.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/046c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=665cc806) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13385:a-life-without-parole-sentence-not-the-death-penalty-for-hitler&catid=9)### [A Life Without Parole Sentence – not the Death Penalty – for Hitler](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13385:a-life-without-parole-sentence-not-the-death-penalty-for-hitler&catid=9)

Written by Stephen Cooper on June 08 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/25/046g-2536c2eb.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/046g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=209b117b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13382:can-we-find-a-cure-for-the-infected-body-politic&catid=9)### [Can We Find a Cure for the Infected Body Politic?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13382:can-we-find-a-cure-for-the-infected-body-politic&catid=9)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on June 08 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a5/046s-a574c811.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/046s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2d70fe41) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13374:stop-saying-that-muslims-invented-terrorism&catid=9)### [Stop Saying That Muslims Invented Terrorism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13374:stop-saying-that-muslims-invented-terrorism&catid=9)

Written by Ben Carrington on June 08 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e6/045g-e6bb2a23.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/045g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9e02eda5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13362:cosby-racially-targeted-that-pass-ran-out-long-ago&catid=9)### [Cosby Racially Targeted? That Pass Ran Out Long Ago](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13362:cosby-racially-targeted-that-pass-ran-out-long-ago&catid=9)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on June 05 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d7/045l-d79c4b29.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/045l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d88ff615) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13357:kathy-griffin-bill-maher-different-1st-amendment-lessons&catid=9)### [Kathy Griffin, Bill Maher: Different 1st Amendment Lessons](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13357:kathy-griffin-bill-maher-different-1st-amendment-lessons&catid=9)

Written by Daniel Guss on June 05 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/04/045o-04f02fa1.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/045o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0fb29ed0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13354:really-who-s-the-bigger-hate-monger&catid=9)### [Really, Who’s the Bigger Hate Monger?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13354:really-who-s-the-bigger-hate-monger&catid=9)

Written by Michael Cohen on June 05 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/70/044g-704bb1a9.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/044g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a7d098d5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13334:just-shut-up&catid=9)### [Just Shut Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13334:just-shut-up&catid=9)

Written by David Bell on June 01 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ea/044k-ea669271.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/044k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=dd5bc1b6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13331:leaked-regulation-shows-trump-plans-to-allow-insurers-to-refuse-to-cover-birth-control&catid=9)### [Leaked Regulation Shows Trump Plans to Allow Insurers to Refuse to Cover Birth Control](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13331:leaked-regulation-shows-trump-plans-to-allow-insurers-to-refuse-to-cover-birth-control&catid=9)

Written by Francie Diep on June 01 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fe/044r-fed82233.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/044r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=406924e5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13325:the-real-meaning-of-covfefe&catid=9)### [The Real Meaning of Covfefe!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13325:the-real-meaning-of-covfefe&catid=9)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 01 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9c/044w-9cf7078a.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/044w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b607a50e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13321:who-is-the-real-leader-of-the-free-world&catid=9)### [Who is the Real Leader of the Free World?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13321:who-is-the-real-leader-of-the-free-world&catid=9)

Written by Doug Epperhart on June 01 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f8/043i-f8f24f97.png&src=images/stories/May-2017/043i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7e801f3c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13313:killing-children-is-always-terrorism&catid=9)### [Killing Children is Always Terrorism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13313:killing-children-is-always-terrorism&catid=9)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on May 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c2/043k-c21564cb.png&src=images/stories/May-2017/043k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f1889bb9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13311:memorial-day-true-respect-for-those-who-gave-their-lives-is-to-learn-from-our-mistakes&catid=9)### [Memorial Day: True Respect for Those Who Gave Their Lives is to Learn from Our Mistakes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13311:memorial-day-true-respect-for-those-who-gave-their-lives-is-to-learn-from-our-mistakes&catid=9)

Written by Kevin Basl on May 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2f/043l-2fbbbaa3.png&src=images/stories/May-2017/043l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a2201289) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13310:montana-elects-a-thuglican-to-congress&catid=9)### [Montana Elects a Thuglican to Congress](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13310:montana-elects-a-thuglican-to-congress&catid=9)

Written by Michael Cohen on May 29 2017.

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Written by Michael Cohen on May 25 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ca/042o-cad4c836.png&src=images/stories/May-2017/042o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5bcc015b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13287:looking-at-memorial-day-through-2017-lens&catid=9)### [Looking at Memorial Day Through 2017 Lens](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13287:looking-at-memorial-day-through-2017-lens&catid=9)

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