##  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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### America’s Post-Pandemic Geography

Written by Richard Florida & Joel Kotkin on May 10 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21720:america-s-post-pandemic-geography&catid=312)

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## [Is Asking for Identification to Vote in a Neighborhood Council Election Voter Suppression?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21719:is-asking-for-identification-to-vote-in-a-neighborhood-council-election-voter-suppression&catid=312)

The Council file # 21 – 0407 has strong language related not only to our Neighborhood Council System’s Elections, but language related to “Voter Supp…

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Written by Allison B. Cohen on May 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f4/036l-f46af9ba.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/036l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8a2fa5a5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21703:neighborhood-councils-need-to-grow-a-pair&catid=312)### [Neighborhood Councils Need to Grow a Pair](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21703:neighborhood-councils-need-to-grow-a-pair&catid=312)

Written by Greg Nelson on May 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5e/036s-5eeddcc4.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/036s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=017527a7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21702:some-men-rob-you-with-a-six-gun-and-some-with-a-fountain-pen-woodie-guthrie&catid=312)### [‘Some Men Rob You with a Six-Gun, and Some with a Fountain Pen.’ – Woodie Guthrie](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21702:some-men-rob-you-with-a-six-gun-and-some-with-a-fountain-pen-woodie-guthrie&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on May 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/39/036j-39ab8e9d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21701:the-upcoming-recall-election-is-a-yogi-berra-joke-you-know-it-s-deja-vu-all-over-again&catid=312)### [The Upcoming Recall Election is a Yogi Berra Joke. You Know -- It's Deja Vu All Over Again.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21701:the-upcoming-recall-election-is-a-yogi-berra-joke-you-know-it-s-deja-vu-all-over-again&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on May 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/82/036f-826d4c97.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21700:why-are-local-and-state-officials-leading-la-and-california-into-the-abyss&catid=312)### [Why are Local and State Officials Leading LA and California into the Abyss?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21700:why-are-local-and-state-officials-leading-la-and-california-into-the-abyss&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on May 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dd/036e-dd4d5828.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21699:collar-flap-incident-at-the-ethics-commission&catid=312)### [Collar Flap Incident at the Ethics Commission](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21699:collar-flap-incident-at-the-ethics-commission&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven on May 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cf/036r-cf146077.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21698:california-at-t-s-harvesting-scam&catid=312)### [California: AT&T’s ‘Harvesting’ Scam](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21698:california-at-t-s-harvesting-scam&catid=312)

Written by David Rosen on May 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/036d-a0e57736.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21697:i-wish-i-was-making-this-up&catid=312)### [I Wish I Was Making This Up!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21697:i-wish-i-was-making-this-up&catid=312)

Written by David Vahedi on May 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/62/036n-6232d2e2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21696:lincoln-heights-avenue-34-project-proof-of-who-owns-us&catid=312)### [Lincoln Heights Avenue 34 Project - Proof of Who Owns Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21696:lincoln-heights-avenue-34-project-proof-of-who-owns-us&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on May 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1c/036u-1c87c6ef.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21695:why-people-hate-facts&catid=312)### [Why People Hate Facts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21695:why-people-hate-facts&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/036g-deba3722.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21694:who-is-the-driving-force-for-a-monorail-through-the-sepulveda-pass&catid=312)### [Who is the Driving Force for a Monorail Through the Sepulveda Pass?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21694:who-is-the-driving-force-for-a-monorail-through-the-sepulveda-pass&catid=312)

Written by Matthew Hetz on May 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/036o-5afae288.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21692:if-only-california-were&catid=312)### [If Only California Were](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21692:if-only-california-were&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on May 06 2021.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on May 06 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on May 03 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/57/035r-57feeec5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21680:budget-this-more-time&catid=312)### [Budget This: More Time ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21680:budget-this-more-time&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven on May 03 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5b/035f-5b6f18e5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21678:transcending-the-religion-of-whiteness&catid=312)### [Transcending ‘The Religion of Whiteness’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21678:transcending-the-religion-of-whiteness&catid=312)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on May 03 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f7/035t-f748aa32.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21677:are-angelenos-who-live-in-nice-neighborhoods-to-blame-for-the-dying-homeless&catid=312)### [Are Angelenos Who Live in Nice Neighborhoods to Blame for the Dying Homeless?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21677:are-angelenos-who-live-in-nice-neighborhoods-to-blame-for-the-dying-homeless&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 03 2021.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 03 2021.

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