##  In the News

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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

August 17 2026

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### [Democrats Finally Tell Iowa and New Hampshire: You Don’t Go First Anymore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395)

August 20 2026

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### [California’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning Sacramento Can’t Ignore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378)

August 17 2026

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### [A Prisoner, A Peacemaker, and Israel’s Defining Choice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33231:a-prisoner-a-peacemaker-and-israels-defining-choice&catid=375)

August 20 2026

#  IMPORTANT READS

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  [### My Antepenultimate Column for 2015

Written by Bob Gelfand on December 22 2015.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10115:my-antepenultimate-column-for-2015&catid=9)

 Written by Denyse Selesnick on December 22 2015. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [LA is Missing Some Buildings ... and, No One at City Hall Can Find Them](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10114:la-is-missing-some-buildings-and-no-one-at-city-hall-can-find-them&catid=9)

MY TURN--When Councilman Felipe Fuentes (District 7) evicted tenants in the North Valley City Hall, he included a police substation as well as the Su…

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### [Affirmative Action: Supreme Court Justice Scalia Is Just Plain Wrong](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10111:affirmative-action-supreme-court-justice-scalia-is-just-plain-wrong&catid=9)

Written by Emily DeRuy on December 15 2015.

### [How Big Oil Broke Jerry Brown’s Heart](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10108:how-big-oil-broke-jerry-brown-s-heart&catid=9)

Written by Gary Cohn on December 15 2015.

### [Driverless Cars Won’t Save Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10105:driverless-cars-won-t-save-los-angeles&catid=9)

Written by Jordan Fraade on December 15 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/100b-236d5d0b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10093:city-reps-la-can-t-afford-public-safety&catid=9)### [City Reps: ‘LA Can’t Afford Public Safety’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10093:city-reps-la-can-t-afford-public-safety&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on December 13 2015.

### [Brown Act Violations Shut Down Downtown NC Meetings](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10087:brown-act-violations-shut-down-downtown-nc-meetings&catid=9)

Written by General Jeff on December 13 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/UTLA-LAUSD-6a799d21.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10086:utla-is-not-really-a-union&catid=9)### [UTLA is Not Really a Union](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10086:utla-is-not-really-a-union&catid=9)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on December 13 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/farook-and-malik-bba18cb2.jpeg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10085:islamic-terrorists-how-they-got-that-way&catid=9)### [Islamic Terrorists: How They Got That Way](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10085:islamic-terrorists-how-they-got-that-way&catid=9)

Written by Gary Leupp on December 13 2015.

### [Does the University of Southern California's Ex-Coach Have a Case?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10084:does-the-university-of-southern-california-s-ex-coach-have-a-case&catid=9)

Written by Max Ufberg on December 13 2015.

### [Good News, Bad News: Change is Coming in Car Culture Land](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10081:good-news-bad-news-change-is-coming-in-car-culture-land&catid=9)

Written by Richard Risemberg on December 13 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1c/web15-siteimages-act-netneutrality-2400x960_0-1c28114c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10070:a-secret-and-dangerous-new-challenge-to-net-neutrality&catid=9)### [A Secret and Dangerous New Challenge to Net Neutrality](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10070:a-secret-and-dangerous-new-challenge-to-net-neutrality&catid=9)

Written by Clinton Galloway on December 13 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/43/San-Andreas-fault-sign-438c5152.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10069:the-day-of-the-big-one-two-alternative-scenarios&catid=9)### [The Day of the Big One: Two Alternative Scenarios](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10069:the-day-of-the-big-one-two-alternative-scenarios&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on December 13 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/099w-bf7067fa.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10068:when-muslims-admired-the-west-and-were-admired-back&catid=9)### [When Muslims Admired the West and Were Admired Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10068:when-muslims-admired-the-west-and-were-admired-back&catid=9)

Written by Nile Green on December 13 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ea/099b-ea6b168e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10067:maybe-just-maybe&catid=9)### [Maybe, Just Maybe...](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10067:maybe-just-maybe&catid=9)

Written by Ken Alpern on December 31 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a9/1401z9-a9df3d77.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10066:illegal-voting-behind-dlanc-meeting-cancelation&catid=9)### [Illegal Voting Behind DLANC Meeting Cancelation?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10066:illegal-voting-behind-dlanc-meeting-cancelation&catid=9)

Written by General Jeff on December 31 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c4/1401z8-c40da3fe.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10065:terrorism-and-partisanship-deadly-mix&catid=9)### [Terrorism and Partisanship … Deadly Mix](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10065:terrorism-and-partisanship-deadly-mix&catid=9)

Written by Paul Hatfield on December 31 2015.

### [This Thanksgiving, No Place for Refugees at the American Table](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9985:this-thanksgiving-no-place-for-refugees-at-the-american-table&catid=9)

Written by Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan on December 31 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/103i-8bd74524.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8100:keeping-hope-alive-a-call-to-action&catid=9)### [CW YESTERDAY DEC. 2014: Keeping Hope Alive: A Call to Action](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8100:keeping-hope-alive-a-call-to-action&catid=9)

Written by Kevin Patrick Kelly on December 31 2015.

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