##  In the News

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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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### [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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### [Nithya Raman Has Yet to Address Hasan Piker’s Antisemitism Controversy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33275:nithya-raman-has-yet-to-address-hasan-pikers-antisemitism-controversy&catid=375)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### All Health Care, Like All Politics, Is Local

Written by Andrés Martinez on April 07 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10859:all-health-care-like-all-politics-is-local&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2016/028q.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10839:welcome-to-america-s-new-guilded-age-where-lies-misinformation-and-devalued-dollars-are-the-norm&catid=9)Written by Ken Alpern on April 04 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Welcome to America’s New ‘Gilded Age’: Where Lies, Misinformation and Devalued Dollars are the Norm](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10839:welcome-to-america-s-new-guilded-age-where-lies-misinformation-and-devalued-dollars-are-the-norm&catid=9)

ECONOMIC GOBBLDY GOOK-File these under "for the greater good": worker rights, immigrant rights, and rights of "the little guy.” And then file these u…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e4/028a-e48035ea.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10837:exposed-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-ignoring-members-creating-policy-behind-closed-doors&catid=9)### [Exposed: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Ignoring Members, Creating Policy Behind Closed Doors](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10837:exposed-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-ignoring-members-creating-policy-behind-closed-doors&catid=9)

Written by Jon Queally on April 04 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/027j-ba6ec34d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10821:the-clooney-s-california-fundraisers-for-hillary-a-tale-of-two-economies&catid=9)### [The Clooney’s California Fundraisers for Hillary: A Tale of Two Economies](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10821:the-clooney-s-california-fundraisers-for-hillary-a-tale-of-two-economies&catid=9)

Written by Bill Boyarsky on March 31 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/80/027k-80526d23.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10820:new-veteran-led-campaign-challenges-islamophobia&catid=9)### [New Veteran-led Campaign Challenges Islamophobia](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10820:new-veteran-led-campaign-challenges-islamophobia&catid=9)

Written by Brian Trautman on March 31 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6b/027m-6bb299c0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10818:media-coverage-of-public-health-ain-t-easy-but-lives-depend-on-it&catid=9)### [Media Coverage of Public Health ain’t Easy … But Lives Depend On It](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10818:media-coverage-of-public-health-ain-t-easy-but-lives-depend-on-it&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on March 31 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/95/027n-953e77b8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10817:los-angeles-like-other-blue-green-cities-rethinking-it-s-water-infrastructure&catid=9)### [Los Angeles … Like Other Blue-Green Cities … Rethinking It’s Water Infrastructure](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10817:los-angeles-like-other-blue-green-cities-rethinking-it-s-water-infrastructure&catid=9)

Written by Vincent Lee on March 31 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8f/027r-8f3b98d6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10814:how-sad-no-amount-of-rain-or-snow-will-fix-california-s-water-woes&catid=9)### [How Sad! No Amount of Rain or Snow Will Fix California’s Water Woes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10814:how-sad-no-amount-of-rain-or-snow-will-fix-california-s-water-woes&catid=9)

Written by Bob Huff on March 31 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/29/027s-292f034a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10813:experts-speak-out-here-s-how-border-patrol-must-stop-corruption-and-killing&catid=9)### [Experts Speak Out: Here’s How Border Patrol Must Stop Corruption and Killing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10813:experts-speak-out-here-s-how-border-patrol-must-stop-corruption-and-killing&catid=9)

Written by Andrew Becker on March 31 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3e/027u-3ee7dd9b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10811:admissionsgate-uc-audit-confirms-ca-residents-getting-screwed-by-their-own-college-ed-system&catid=9)### [Admissionsgate: UC Audit Confirms CA Residents Getting Screwed by Their Own College Ed System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10811:admissionsgate-uc-audit-confirms-ca-residents-getting-screwed-by-their-own-college-ed-system&catid=9)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on March 31 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f0/026c-f0aedbae.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10802:charter-schools-have-a-discipline-problem&catid=9)### [Charter Schools Have a “Discipline” Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10802:charter-schools-have-a-discipline-problem&catid=9)

Written by Jeremy Mohler on March 28 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e8/026i-e8524a2d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10798:it-s-not-california-s-big-government-it-s-too-many-small-and-stupid-governments&catid=9)### [It’s Not California’s Big Government, It’s Too Many Small and Stupid Governments](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10798:it-s-not-california-s-big-government-it-s-too-many-small-and-stupid-governments&catid=9)

Written by Joe Mathews on March 28 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cd/026o-cddec144.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10792:numbers-to-die-for-u-s-deaths-from-terrorism-seven-a-year-from-accidents-130-000&catid=9)### [Numbers to Die for! U.S. Deaths from Terrorism: Seven a Year … From Accidents: 130,000](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10792:numbers-to-die-for-u-s-deaths-from-terrorism-seven-a-year-from-accidents-130-000&catid=9)

Written by Juan Cole on March 28 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/88/026p-88955c30.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10791:obama-s-trip-should-close-the-door-on-latin-america-s-tired-anti-american-script&catid=9)### [Obama’s Trip Should Close the Door on Latin America’s Tired Anti-American Script?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10791:obama-s-trip-should-close-the-door-on-latin-america-s-tired-anti-american-script&catid=9)

Written by Andrés Martinez on March 28 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4e/026q-4edf76d5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10790:uc-president-promises-to-monitor-sexual-misconduct-cases&catid=9)### [UC President Promises to Monitor Sexual Misconduct Cases](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10790:uc-president-promises-to-monitor-sexual-misconduct-cases&catid=9)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on March 28 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/025q-23f2f015.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10785:you-may-be-in-california-s-gang-database-and-not-even-know-it&catid=9)### [You May be In California’s Gang Database and Not Even Know It](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10785:you-may-be-in-california-s-gang-database-and-not-even-know-it&catid=9)

Written by Ali Winston on March 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4c/025s-4cf1b412.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10783:schools-aren-t-teaching-kids-to-argue-truth-to-power&catid=9)### [Schools Aren’t Teaching Kids to Argue Truth to Power](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10783:schools-aren-t-teaching-kids-to-argue-truth-to-power&catid=9)

Written by Rachel Burstein on March 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/58/025c-582fdf23.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10780:voting-with-our-feet&catid=9)### [Voting With Our Feet](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10780:voting-with-our-feet&catid=9)

Written by Chris Hedges on March 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c1/025e-c174a0dd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10778:the-source-of-trump-s-no-brainers&catid=9)### [The Source of Trump’s No-Brainers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10778:the-source-of-trump-s-no-brainers&catid=9)

Written by Bill Boyarsky on March 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/41/025m-41fafbfc.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10770:caltrans-is-worst-managed-most-inefficient-it-s-time-to-shift-road-funding-to-counties&catid=9)### [‘Caltrans is Worst Managed, Most Inefficient’ … It’s Time to Shift Road Funding to Counties](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10770:caltrans-is-worst-managed-most-inefficient-it-s-time-to-shift-road-funding-to-counties&catid=9)

Written by John Moorlach on March 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/025n-ad57f47e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10769:california-s-air-and-coast-it-s-a-buyer-s-market-out-there&catid=9)### [California’s Air and Coast: It’s a Buyer’s Market Out There](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10769:california-s-air-and-coast-it-s-a-buyer-s-market-out-there&catid=9)

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