##  In the News

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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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### [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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### [California Can’t Insure Its Homes. Now Sacramento Wants to Insure the Trees](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33266:california-cant-insure-its-homes-now-sacramento-wants-to-insure-the-trees&catid=385)

August 27 2026

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### [Will the Mega-Merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Hurt Tenants?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33262:will-the-mega-merger-of-equity-residential-and-avalonbay-communities-hurt-tenants&catid=429)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Mission Impossible: Defending Mike Bonin

Written by Daniel Guss on April 12 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21548:mission-impossible-defending-mike-bonin&catid=312)

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## [Shortcomings Aside, Vaccinations Are the Best Way to Resuming Our Lives](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21547:shortcomings-aside-vaccinations-are-the-best-way-to-resuming-our-lives&catid=312)

That said, it is and will always be the right for private entities such as airlines, cruise ships and even supermarkets to deny entrance to those who…

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Written by Phyllis Bennis on April 12 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/45/029o-456f40f7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21544:one-small-statement-from-cdc-one-giant-hope-for-our-humanity&catid=312)### [One Small Statement from CDC, One Giant Hope for Our Humanity](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21544:one-small-statement-from-cdc-one-giant-hope-for-our-humanity&catid=312)

Written by Leslie D. Gregory and Tom H. Hastings on April 12 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/029d-47846216.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21542:life-without-the-mad-tweeter&catid=312)### [Life Without the Mad Tweeter](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21542:life-without-the-mad-tweeter&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 12 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/029h-07c6205b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21541:an-icon-in-aviation-ashley-king-and-not-what-you-think&catid=312)### [Just An Icon in Aviation: Ashley King](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21541:an-icon-in-aviation-ashley-king-and-not-what-you-think&catid=312)

Written by Sara Corcoran on April 12 2021.

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Written by Joel Bleifuss on April 12 2021.

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Written by Eric Preven on April 08 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/01/028h-01b5d995.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2021/028h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=28ed487f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21530:special-election-for-california-state-assembly-54&catid=312)### [Special Election for California State Assembly 54](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21530:special-election-for-california-state-assembly-54&catid=312)

Written by Diedra M. Greenaway on April 08 2021.

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Written by Dick Platkin on April 08 2021.

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Written by Mark Friedman on April 08 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b8/028l-b8a95acf.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21527:how-about-5000-shelters-for-the-homeless-instead-of-measure-hhh-530-000-per-unit&catid=312)### [How About $5000 Shelters for the Homeless Instead of Measure HHH @ $530,000 Per Unit?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21527:how-about-5000-shelters-for-the-homeless-instead-of-measure-hhh-530-000-per-unit&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on April 08 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/33/028k-335a9324.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2021/028k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ed7dc023) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21526:lausd-needs-a-new-defense-law-firm-that-has-compassion-for-its-clients&catid=312)### [LAUSD Needs a New Defense Law Firm that Has Compassion for its Clients](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21526:lausd-needs-a-new-defense-law-firm-that-has-compassion-for-its-clients&catid=312)

Written by Luis Carrillo on April 08 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b1/028n-b1096c35.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2021/028n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8c1f481b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21525:getting-walgreened-what-the-hell-is-walgreens-doing-spacing-pfizer-doses-4-not-3-weeks-apart&catid=312)### [Getting ‘Walgreened’ What the HELL is Walgreens Doing Spacing Pfizer Doses 4, Not 3, Weeks Apart?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21525:getting-walgreened-what-the-hell-is-walgreens-doing-spacing-pfizer-doses-4-not-3-weeks-apart&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 08 2021.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on April 08 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3e/028r-3eab4a3e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21522:hate-money-stalks-america&catid=312)### [Hate Money Stalks America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21522:hate-money-stalks-america&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 08 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/19/028p-194bcb75.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21520:cooling-the-planet&catid=312)### [Cooling the Planet?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21520:cooling-the-planet&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on April 08 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7c/027v-7cdb48e9.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2021/027v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=bdfa8489) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21507:jim-crow-is-back&catid=312)### [Jim Crow is Back!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21507:jim-crow-is-back&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on April 05 2021.

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Written by Eric Preven on April 05 2021.

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Written by Daniel Guss on April 05 2021.

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