##  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)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Budgeting for a Better Los Angeles

Written by Liz Amsden on January 28 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21143:budgeting-for-a-better-los-angeles&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/90/008e-905b08cc.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/008e.png&thumbnail=610,375,&hash=43f7880b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21141:times-mirror-square-mike-feuer-and-kevin-de-leon&catid=312)Written by Tony Butka on January 28 2021. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Times Mirror Square, Mike Feuer, and Kevin De León](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21141:times-mirror-square-mike-feuer-and-kevin-de-leon&catid=312)

As the LA Times wrote in 2018: “Formerly known as Times Mirror Square, The Times’ current Civic Center headquarters is a mix of five interconnected…

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Written by Daniel Guss on January 29 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/17/008p-17f933f2.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/008p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=009a7b7f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21139:a-year-has-gone-by-since-covid-19-changed-our-lives-and-we-still-know-virtually-nothing&catid=312)### [A Year Has Gone by Since COVID-19 Changed Our Lives ... And We Still Know Virtually Nothing!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21139:a-year-has-gone-by-since-covid-19-changed-our-lives-and-we-still-know-virtually-nothing&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f9/008j-f91283ad.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/008j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c3e55f16) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21138:revolutionary-political-history-impeachment-and-crime-on-the-rise&catid=312)### [‘Revolutionary’ Political History, Impeachment, and Crime on the Rise](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21138:revolutionary-political-history-impeachment-and-crime-on-the-rise&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on January 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f7/008m-f7dcb773.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/008m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0b654c61) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21137:gov-state-legislators-dropped-the-ball-california-s-eviction-protections-deal-has-no-teeth-leaves-tenants-exposed&catid=312)### [Gov, State Legislators Dropped the Ball: California’s Eviction Protections Deal Has No Teeth, Leaves Tenants Exposed!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21137:gov-state-legislators-dropped-the-ball-california-s-eviction-protections-deal-has-no-teeth-leaves-tenants-exposed&catid=312)

Written by Larry Gross on January 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/60/008i-60fb8962.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/008i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9261eab2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21135:the-gop-s-resentment-theater&catid=312)### [The GOP’s Resentment Theater](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21135:the-gop-s-resentment-theater&catid=312)

Written by Jill Richardson on January 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/40/008n-40632469.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/008n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b5b5f8f5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21134:covid-19-exposed-longtime-housing-and-homelessness-problems-will-politicians-do-more-than-short-term-solutions&catid=312)### [COVID-19 Exposed Longtime Housing and Homelessness Problems - Will Politicians Do More than Short-Term Solutions?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21134:covid-19-exposed-longtime-housing-and-homelessness-problems-will-politicians-do-more-than-short-term-solutions&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on January 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1f/008f-1f819dd7.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/008f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6495cf51) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21133:the-postage-stamp-that-could-tank-a-ceasefire-and-why-angelenos-should-care&catid=312)### [The Postage Stamp that Could Tank a Ceasefire and Why Angelenos Should Care](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21133:the-postage-stamp-that-could-tank-a-ceasefire-and-why-angelenos-should-care&catid=312)

Written by Rachael Rose Luckey on January 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/29/008l-29d2dcd0.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/008l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8d7e4549) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21132:martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-unfinished-work-of-economic-justice&catid=312)### [Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Economic Justice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21132:martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-unfinished-work-of-economic-justice&catid=312)

Written by Gina K. Thornburg on January 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b0/007r-b027b647.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21124:following-the-money-to-dark-places-with-the-stink-of-trump&catid=312)### [Following the Money to Dark Places With the Stink of Trump](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21124:following-the-money-to-dark-places-with-the-stink-of-trump&catid=312)

Written by Abby Zimet on January 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/12/007q-12e6752c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21123:is-that-all-you-ve-got&catid=312)### [Is That All You've Got?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21123:is-that-all-you-ve-got&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on January 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d2/007w-d2894dae.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21122:california-target-apologizes-after-black-teens-were-wrongfully-accused-of-theft-handcuffed-and-detained&catid=312)### [California Target Apologizes After Black Teens Were Wrongfully Accused of Theft, Handcuffed and Detained](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21122:california-target-apologizes-after-black-teens-were-wrongfully-accused-of-theft-handcuffed-and-detained&catid=312)

Written by Zack Linly on January 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d2/007s-d214a6ea.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21121:englander-gets-prison&catid=312)### [Englander Gets Prison ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21121:englander-gets-prison&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on January 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/007f-34acd73c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21120:sweetheart-deals-in-the-city&catid=312)### [Sweetheart Deals in the City](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21120:sweetheart-deals-in-the-city&catid=312)

Written by Eliot Cohen on January 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/67/007h-67cfb8d0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21119:no-governor-newsom-lifting-the-curfew-now-doesn-t-take-you-off-the-hook-for-covid-19&catid=312)### [No, Governor Newsom, Lifting the Curfew Now Doesn't Take You Off the Hook For COVID-19](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21119:no-governor-newsom-lifting-the-curfew-now-doesn-t-take-you-off-the-hook-for-covid-19&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/45/007v-4507b91c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21118:cancel-culture-claims-katie-couric-is-amazon-next&catid=312)### [Cancel Culture Claims Katie Couric - Is Amazon Next?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21118:cancel-culture-claims-katie-couric-is-amazon-next&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on January 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ed/007p-eda8e43d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21116:is-the-gop-like-schrodinger-s-cat&catid=312)### [Is the GOP like Schrodinger’s Cat?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21116:is-the-gop-like-schrodinger-s-cat&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/007u-02aac0c9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21114:complex-life-threatened&catid=312)### [Complex Life Threatened](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21114:complex-life-threatened&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on January 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9d/007g-9da1060d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21113:permanent-restraining-order&catid=312)### [Permanent Restraining Order](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21113:permanent-restraining-order&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven on January 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f9/007e-f9704aeb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21112:the-rude-awakening-for-america&catid=312)### [The Rude Awakening for America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21112:the-rude-awakening-for-america&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on January 25 2021.

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