##  In the News

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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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### [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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### [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

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### [LAUSD Demolishes Closed Schools, Wasting Public Assets and Community Hopes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33228:lausd-demolishes-closed-schools-wasting-public-assets-and-community-hopes&catid=312)

August 20 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Is Inglewood City Hall Engaged in a Racketeering Conspiracy

Written by 2urbangirls on September 02 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22484:is-inglewood-city-hall-engaged-in-a-racketeering-conspiracy&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c3/070i-c37c17df.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/070i.png&thumbnail=610,391,&hash=48f1bf15) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22481:firefighters-could-get-600-million-boost-from-congress-it-s-probably-not-enough&catid=312)Written by Adam Edelman on September 02 2021. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Firefighters could get $600 million boost from Congress. It's probably not enough.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22481:firefighters-could-get-600-million-boost-from-congress-it-s-probably-not-enough&catid=312)

The $1 trillion infrastructure bill the Senate passed this month included $600 million to raise the pay of federally employed firefighters and to cre…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/54/070a-541b9bf1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22475:where-killer-kops-don-t-belong&catid=312)### [Where Killer Kops Don’t Belong](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22475:where-killer-kops-don-t-belong&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on September 02 2021.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on September 02 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f6/070g-f6424f20.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22472:former-fox-analyst-blasts-channel-s-new-batch-of-pundits-as-freaks&catid=312)### [Former Fox analyst blasts channel’s new batch of pundits as “freaks”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22472:former-fox-analyst-blasts-channel-s-new-batch-of-pundits-as-freaks&catid=312)

Written by Juwan J. Holmes on September 02 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/99/070m-99d4d08a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22468:your-recall-confusion-is-part-of-a-much-bigger-problem&catid=312)### [Your Recall Confusion is Part of a Much Bigger Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22468:your-recall-confusion-is-part-of-a-much-bigger-problem&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on September 02 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/95/070r-95da534b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22464:mission-accomplished-how-could-anything-possibly-go-wrong-with-california-s-and-la-s-real-estate-gimmicks&catid=312)### [Mission Accomplished? How Could Anything Possibly Go Wrong with California’s and LA’s Real Estate Gimmicks?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22464:mission-accomplished-how-could-anything-possibly-go-wrong-with-california-s-and-la-s-real-estate-gimmicks&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on September 02 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/069l-bf8bc4f5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22452:the-republican-contenders-for-the-california-throne&catid=312)### [The Republican Contenders for the California Throne](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22452:the-republican-contenders-for-the-california-throne&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on August 30 2021.

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Written by Julia Stein on August 30 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dc/069d-dc81d16a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22443:things-to-know-about-the-revival-of-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-policy&catid=312)### [Things to Know About the Revival of Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22443:things-to-know-about-the-revival-of-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-policy&catid=312)

Written by Omar Jadwat on August 30 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3a/069s-3afd1c3b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22437:we-re-covering-and-marketing-covid-vaccinations-all-wrong&catid=312)### [We’re covering and marketing Covid vaccinations all wrong ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22437:we-re-covering-and-marketing-covid-vaccinations-all-wrong&catid=312)

Written by Steve Klinger on August 30 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/069x-ac3c8f20.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22431:the-la-times-as-pravda-all-in-for-a-one-party-state&catid=312)### [The LA Times as Pravda: All In For a One Party-State](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22431:the-la-times-as-pravda-all-in-for-a-one-party-state&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on August 30 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/069z-9bfb5ede.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22430:la-s-liberal-landlords-getting-screwed-by-conservative-tenants&catid=312)### [LA's Liberal Landlords Getting Screwed by Conservative Tenants](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22430:la-s-liberal-landlords-getting-screwed-by-conservative-tenants&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven on August 30 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/95/069y-95aedaae.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22429:a-house-divided-crumples&catid=312)### [A House Divided Crumples](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22429:a-house-divided-crumples&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 30 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d1/068t-d138d016.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22421:fauxgressives-on-the-march-winning-recent-neighborhood-council-elections&catid=312)### [Fauxgressives on the march, winning recent Neighborhood Council elections.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22421:fauxgressives-on-the-march-winning-recent-neighborhood-council-elections&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on August 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/068z-2d8b934e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22418:how-much-is-enough&catid=312)### [How Much Is Enough?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22418:how-much-is-enough&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on August 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/45/068x-45f13dde.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22412:will-homeowners-oust-newsom&catid=312)### [Will Homeowners Oust Newsom?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22412:will-homeowners-oust-newsom&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ca/068h-ca8972b0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22410:not-a-republican-but-a-people-s-recall&catid=312)### [Not a ‘Republican’ but a People’s Recall](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22410:not-a-republican-but-a-people-s-recall&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on August 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/43/068q-434f038b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22409:california-governor-recall-election-art-of-the-steal&catid=312)### [California Governor Recall Election: Art of the Steal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22409:california-governor-recall-election-art-of-the-steal&catid=312)

Written by Matthew Hetz on August 25 2021.

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Written by Eric Preven on August 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/068c-348fe51b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22407:i-m-a-senior-and-i-m-voting-no-on-the-california-recall-election&catid=312)### [I'm a Senior and I'm Voting No on the California Recall Election](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22407:i-m-a-senior-and-i-m-voting-no-on-the-california-recall-election&catid=312)

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