##  In the News

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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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### [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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### [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)

August 31 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### LA: A City in Crisis

Written by Liz Amsden on April 14 2022.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24330:la-a-city-in-crisis&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2c/030b-2ccfb209.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/030b.png&thumbnail=610,407,&hash=f590b33c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24328:did-rick-caruso-stop-violent-crime-as-head-of-the-police-commission&catid=312)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 14 2022. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Did Rick Caruso Stop Violent Crime as Head of the Police Commission?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24328:did-rick-caruso-stop-violent-crime-as-head-of-the-police-commission&catid=312)

The TV ad featuring former LAPD Police Chief William Bratton says, “Together we (LAPD Chief & Caruso) reduced crime by 30%.” This is very impre…

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Written by Tony Butka on April 14 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7f/030c-7fc7ddaa.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/030c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6fb442e0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24324:la-s-mayoral-candidates-huff-and-puff-but-still-can-t-solve-the-homeless-crisis&catid=312)### [LA’s Mayoral Candidates Huff And Puff, But Still Can’t Solve The Homeless Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24324:la-s-mayoral-candidates-huff-and-puff-but-still-can-t-solve-the-homeless-crisis&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on April 14 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d1/030k-d1afaabd.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/030k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=295be444) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24319:a-peculiar-mix-of-ego-and-insecurity-drives-the-race-for-la-mayor&catid=312)### [A ‘Peculiar Mix of Ego and Insecurity’ Drives the Race for LA Mayor](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24319:a-peculiar-mix-of-ego-and-insecurity-drives-the-race-for-la-mayor&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on April 14 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ed/029j1-ed66d357.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/029j1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5871d5b7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24297:la-major-crime-goes-up-as-lapd-officers-shrink&catid=312)### [LA Major Crime Goes Up as LAPD Officers Shrink](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24297:la-major-crime-goes-up-as-lapd-officers-shrink&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on April 11 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c1/029a-c1186dfd.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/029a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9dde2490) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24290:the-do-or-die-races-in-cd-s-1-7-and-9&catid=312)### [The Do-Or-Die Races In CD’s 1, 7 and 9](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24290:the-do-or-die-races-in-cd-s-1-7-and-9&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on April 10 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6b/029c-6b35cc74.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/029c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7c4ee06b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24289:why-do-all-the-mayoral-candidates-adopt-the-same-big-lie&catid=312)### [Why Do All the Mayoral Candidates Adopt the Same Big Lie?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24289:why-do-all-the-mayoral-candidates-adopt-the-same-big-lie&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 10 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/09/028z1-0983e9b9.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/028z1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5e34d9f1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24281:the-art-of-an-online-art-auction-to-support-transgender-gender-diverse-youth-and-youth-affected-by-hiv&catid=312)### [THE ART OF\_, An online Art Auction To Support Transgender/ Gender Diverse Youth And Youth Affected By HIV](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24281:the-art-of-an-online-art-auction-to-support-transgender-gender-diverse-youth-and-youth-affected-by-hiv&catid=312)

Written by Laurel Foundation on April 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fd/028g-fd34527f.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/028g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9aac7166) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24257:why-la-s-mayoral-candidates-are-so-mum-on-the-climate-crisis&catid=312)### [Why LA’s Mayoral Candidates Are So Mum On The Climate Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24257:why-la-s-mayoral-candidates-are-so-mum-on-the-climate-crisis&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on April 06 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/61/027l-613f25c3.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/027l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a43eae76) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24246:bondage-at-the-oscars&catid=312)### [Bondage at the Oscars](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24246:bondage-at-the-oscars&catid=312)

Written by David Yearsley on April 04 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f6/027q-f66290cb.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/027q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=394a438d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24242:what-i-learned-from-being-sent-to-county-jail&catid=312)### [What I Learned from Being Sent to LA County Jail](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24242:what-i-learned-from-being-sent-to-county-jail&catid=312)

Written by Michael Lawrence Walker on April 04 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fa/027u-faa16a67.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/027u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5eb5a538) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24236:la-s-labor-movement-goes-back-to-the-future-with-ambitious-people-s-project&catid=312)### [LA’s Labor Movement Goes Back to the Future With Ambitious ‘People’s Project’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24236:la-s-labor-movement-goes-back-to-the-future-with-ambitious-people-s-project&catid=312)

Written by Bobbi Murray on April 04 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7e/027c-7e97c8c9.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/027c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=00fde1c1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24230:oscar-s-drama-will-the-real-culprit-please-stand-up&catid=312)### [Oscar’s Drama: “Will The Real Culprit Please Stand Up?”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24230:oscar-s-drama-will-the-real-culprit-please-stand-up&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 04 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/13/026a-13ccb593.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2022/026a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=383ff669) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24194:mayor-garcetti-s-vision-zero-is-a-bust&catid=312)### [Mayor Garcetti’s Vision Zero is a Bust](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24194:mayor-garcetti-s-vision-zero-is-a-bust&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on March 31 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a5/026d-a530a106.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2022/026d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fbe491ed) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24189:rhna-allocations-more-supply-side-folly-to-solve-the-housing-crisis&catid=312)### [More Supply-Side Folly To Solve The Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24189:rhna-allocations-more-supply-side-folly-to-solve-the-housing-crisis&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on March 30 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3d/025p-3d8fc3e0.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2022/025p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3aea39ee) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24185:how-our-leaders-block-affordable-housing&catid=312)### [California Leaders Block Affordable Housing, Here's Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24185:how-our-leaders-block-affordable-housing&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on March 28 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/eb/025o-ebbafe8d.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2022/025o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5f9309e3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24175:supply-and-demand-and-los-angeles-housing-prices&catid=312)### [Supply and Demand and Los Angeles Housing Prices](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24175:supply-and-demand-and-los-angeles-housing-prices&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 28 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/73/025b-73a59bbd.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2022/025b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b4da4b9b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24174:caruso-s-yacht-is-not-in-the-race&catid=312)### [Caruso’s Yacht Is Not In The Race](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24174:caruso-s-yacht-is-not-in-the-race&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on March 27 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/da/024v-daa2ffce.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2022/024v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c03f335d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24148:one-man-s-lonely-journey-through-california-s-plan-to-end-homelessness&catid=312)### [One Man’s Lonely Journey Through California’s Plan to End Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24148:one-man-s-lonely-journey-through-california-s-plan-to-end-homelessness&catid=312)

Written by Jackie Botts on March 24 2022.

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