## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) August 07 2025 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) August 03 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064j-ae16d9b9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) ### [Be Prepared to Protect Our Democracy in November From a Trumpian Plot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) August 13 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/063e-bbfe3056.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) ### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/99/081j-99b7b945.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/081j.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=bb6fa73b)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11920:on-corporations-their-minions-and-the-perversion-called-mandatory-arbitration&catid=9) IMPORTANT READS ## [ On Corporations, their Minions and the Perversion Called ‘Mandatory Arbitration’ ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11920:on-corporations-their-minions-and-the-perversion-called-mandatory-arbitration&catid=9) EASTSIDER-I am old enough to have grown up in and around labor unions and the union-management collective bargaining system, a system that today is largely broken, even as the 1/2 of 1% grow obscenely rich and the rest of us are beggared i… ### More Coverage - [Exposed: Guess Whose $$ are Behind Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson! Would You Believe the Koch Brothers?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11890:exposed-guess-whose-are-behind-libertarian-candidate-gary-johnson-would-you-believe-the-koch-brothers&catid=9) - [Vote Pact Report: The Debate’s Biggest Liar? Lester Holt!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11887:vote-pact-report-the-debate-s-biggest-liar-lester-holt&catid=9) - [Trump Win or Lose: Will the GOP Survive?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11886:trump-win-or-lose-will-the-gop-survive&catid=9) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ff/081s-ffe2af24.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/081s.png&thumbnail=610,319,&hash=b05eece8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11913:amid-men-yelling-indistinctly-at-vp-debate-shards-of-substance&catid=9)IMPORTANT READS ## [Amid ‘Men Yelling Indistinctly’ at VP Debate, Shards of Substance](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11913:amid-men-yelling-indistinctly-at-vp-debate-shards-of-substance&catid=9) DEBATING THE DEBATES-The vice-presidential debate Tuesday night was rated by some commentators as generating more heat than light. At times, that certainly seemed true when watching Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence hurl charges… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/56/079v-56b788ef.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/079v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7162c29a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11890:exposed-guess-whose-are-behind-libertarian-candidate-gary-johnson-would-you-believe-the-koch-brothers&catid=9)### [Exposed: Guess Whose $$ are Behind Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson! Would You Believe the Koch Brothers?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11890:exposed-guess-whose-are-behind-libertarian-candidate-gary-johnson-would-you-believe-the-koch-brothers&catid=9) ELECTION 2016--Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party presidential candidate, is currently having a moment with younger voters. Presumably thi… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/db/079c-db447d2a.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/079c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=bbce209e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11887:vote-pact-report-the-debate-s-biggest-liar-lester-holt&catid=9)### [Vote Pact Report: The Debate’s Biggest Liar? Lester Holt!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11887:vote-pact-report-the-debate-s-biggest-liar-lester-holt&catid=9) DEBATING DEBATES-Before the face-off between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, many were pleading for Lester Holt (above left), the NBC anc… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ff/079d-ff01aea9.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/079d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ca5f3532) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11886:trump-win-or-lose-will-the-gop-survive&catid=9)### [Trump Win or Lose: Will the GOP Survive?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11886:trump-win-or-lose-will-the-gop-survive&catid=9) NEW GEOGRAPHY--Whether he loses or, more unlikely, wins, Donald Trump creates an existential crisis for the Republican Party. The New York… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d4/079f-d48d3575.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/079f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b6ca5b3f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11884:teleprompter-donald-vs-poker-faced-clinton-this-could-be-a-done-deal&catid=9)### [‘Teleprompter Donald’ vs. Poker-faced Clinton: This Could be a Done Deal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11884:teleprompter-donald-vs-poker-faced-clinton-this-could-be-a-done-deal&catid=9) EPPERHART ON POLITICS--I, along with about 84 million or so of my fellow Americans, myself Monday evening watching the Democrat and Republi… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c5/078a1-c52f3a4d.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078a1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3472a585) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11868:why-young-middle-class-don-t-give-a-damn-about-this-election&catid=9)### [Why Young Middle Class Don’t Give a Damn about This Election](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11868:why-young-middle-class-don-t-give-a-damn-about-this-election&catid=9) TRUTHDIG-As I interview blue-collar workers about their jobs, their futures and their struggles with an unequal economy, I’m struck by how… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/22/078p1-22be34f4.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078p1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a009e06a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11855:better-brush-up-on-your-russian-declensions-the-cold-war-is-back&catid=9)### [Better Brush Up on Your Russian Declensions … the Cold War is Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11855:better-brush-up-on-your-russian-declensions-the-cold-war-is-back&catid=9) TRADE WINDS--I never stood a chance. Of course Russia would seduce me. It was the early 1980s and Robert Massie had just published his riv… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6b/077a-6b6fcdba.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7b72879c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11850:what-to-do-when-you-hate-both-major-presidential-candidates-reach-for-your-johnson&catid=9)### [What to Do When You Hate Both Major Presidential Candidates: Reach for Your Johnson!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11850:what-to-do-when-you-hate-both-major-presidential-candidates-reach-for-your-johnson&catid=9) ELECTION 2016--For those of us struggling to pull ourselves from our summer distractions, and who are now confronting this November's elect… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f2/078c-f25fb071.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a0012b32) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11830:which-is-it-hispanic-or-latino&catid=9)### [Which is It, Hispanic or Latino?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11830:which-is-it-hispanic-or-latino&catid=9) LATINO PERSPECTIVE--Here in the United States September is Hispanic Heritage month, and I like to talk about what it means to be Hispanic o… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/75/078e-75a2c123.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0def688c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11829:what-clinton-and-trump-must-do-to-win-the-debates&catid=9)### [What Clinton and Trump Must Do to Win the Debates](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11829:what-clinton-and-trump-must-do-to-win-the-debates&catid=9) URBAN PERSPECTIVE-There’s been a fierce debate about presidential debates. The debate is whether they really do make or break a presidentia… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0c/075b-0cae54f8.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=84b4dac0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11816:what-did-the-5-trillion-iraq-and-afghanistan-wars-get-us&catid=9)### [What Did the $5 Trillion Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Get Us?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11816:what-did-the-5-trillion-iraq-and-afghanistan-wars-get-us&catid=9) INFORMED COMMENT--A Brown University political scientist estimates that as of 2016, The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars have cost the American ta… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c7/075g-c7547cec.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7b72091a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11812:tweets-twits-and-mainstream-media-sheesh&catid=9)### [Tweets, Twits, and Mainstream Media - Sheesh!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11812:tweets-twits-and-mainstream-media-sheesh&catid=9) EASTSIDER-Full disclosure: I’ve always been a news junkie. Until lately, when I stopped watching for a week because it was all the same stu… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/48/074b-48086297.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/074b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=021f63a5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11796:why-is-amazon-still-selling-agatha-christie-s-ten-little-niggers&catid=9)### [Why is Amazon Still Selling Agatha Christie’s “Ten Little Niggers?”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11796:why-is-amazon-still-selling-agatha-christie-s-ten-little-niggers&catid=9) URBAN PERSPECTIVE-Let’s get one thing out of the way. When I ask Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: Why Amazon is still listing on its site for sale Ag… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cd/074n-cda7f365.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/074n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6f0e7245) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11786:if-trump-wins-you-lose&catid=9)### [If Trump Wins, You Lose](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11786:if-trump-wins-you-lose&catid=9) EDITOR’S PICK--Donald Trump has a zero percent chance of winning California in November, according to the reigning expert in presidential p… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f2/073q-f2635e95.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/073q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=523619e4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11760:challenging-hate-our-protest-tradition-and-why-we-must-cherish-it&catid=9)### [Challenging Hate: Our Protest Tradition and Why We Must Cherish It](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11760:challenging-hate-our-protest-tradition-and-why-we-must-cherish-it&catid=9) GUEST WORDS-As this election season comes to a full boil, we should remember the importance of civil disobedience to our history. It is one… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ab/072a-ab8e5eab.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/072a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7de4c0df) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11753:the-national-anthem-slavery-and-the-meaning-of-liberty&catid=9)### [The National Anthem, Slavery and the Meaning of Liberty](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11753:the-national-anthem-slavery-and-the-meaning-of-liberty&catid=9) AT LENGTH-Francis Scott Key, the author of the National Anthem for these United States of America, came from a prominent legal family in Fr… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cf/072f-cfed1ca4.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/072f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ea867b71) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11748:labor-day-the-big-lie-vs-the-big-hope&catid=9)### [Labor Day: The Big Lie Vs. The Big Hope](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11748:labor-day-the-big-lie-vs-the-big-hope&catid=9) ALPERN AT LARGE--Watching the government pundits, I suppose we're all supposed to be singing that song, "Everything is Awesome" from the Le… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c8/072h-c88f103c.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/072h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2e69dc6c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11746:i-cannot-take-nate-parker-rape-allegations-lightly&catid=9)### [I Cannot Take Nate Parker Rape Allegations Lightly](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11746:i-cannot-take-nate-parker-rape-allegations-lightly&catid=9) EDITOR’S PICK-Twenty-four years ago I was raped at gunpoint in the cold, dark backroom of the Payless shoe store where I was then working… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9e/072i-9ec2719a.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/072i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=74a0c50f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11745:hillary-clinton-should-step-aside-before-the-bombshell&catid=9)### [Hillary Clinton Should Step Aside — Before the Bombshell](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11745:hillary-clinton-should-step-aside-before-the-bombshell&catid=9) EDITOR’S PICK--By most accounts and most polls, Hillary Clinton is headed for a landslide victory over the know-nothing/believe-in-nothing… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fb/071j-fb703758.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/071j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=12298291) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11732:might-doesn-t-make-right-how-rape-culture-plays-into-football-culture&catid=9)### [Might Doesn’t Make Right: How Rape Culture Plays Into Football Culture](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11732:might-doesn-t-make-right-how-rape-culture-plays-into-football-culture&catid=9) UNRAVELING RAPE-Over the last year, two serious threats students face on college campuses have made headlines. 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