##  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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### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327)

August 31 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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### [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

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Is the Port of Los Angeles Really ‘Safer’ than Beirut?

Written by Janet Schaaf-Gunter on November 02 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20677:is-the-port-of-los-angeles-really-safer-than-beirut&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e0/89r-e0499054.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2020/89r.png&thumbnail=610,405,&hash=3c295982) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20675:america-after-covid-what-demographics-tell-us&catid=312)Written by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox on November 02 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [America After COVID: What Demographics Tell Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20675:america-after-covid-what-demographics-tell-us&catid=312)

The COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clear, will help reshape America’s economic and demographic future. Yet, many of the trends that we may associate with th…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/82/89h-82d4ca11.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20674:la-by-the-numbers-on-election-eve&catid=312)### [LA By-the-Numbers on Election Eve](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20674:la-by-the-numbers-on-election-eve&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on November 02 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/60/89e-60972790.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2020/89e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2460bcfe) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20673:so-which-do-you-prefer-a-slap-on-the-face-or-a-punch-in-the-gut&catid=312)### [So, Which Do You Prefer ... A Slap on the Face or a Punch in the Gut?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20673:so-which-do-you-prefer-a-slap-on-the-face-or-a-punch-in-the-gut&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 02 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/76/89q-76ecea73.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2020/89q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f037b540) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20672:are-cd4-residents-looking-for-a-councilmember-or-a-savior&catid=312)### [Are CD4 Residents Looking for a Councilmember or a Savior?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20672:are-cd4-residents-looking-for-a-councilmember-or-a-savior&catid=312)

Written by Sylvie Shain on November 02 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a3/89l-a37b4856.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2020/89l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9443b089) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20669:exposing-inclusionary-housing-policies-for-the-fraud-they-are&catid=312)### [Exposing Inclusionary Housing Policies for the Fraud They Are](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20669:exposing-inclusionary-housing-policies-for-the-fraud-they-are&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 02 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e8/88m-e894f5d5.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2020/88m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3e4fb928) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20659:lacma-s-lies-revealed-the-truth-is-in-the-real-drawings&catid=312)### [LACMA’s Lies Revealed: The Truth Is in the (Real) Drawings](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20659:lacma-s-lies-revealed-the-truth-is-in-the-real-drawings&catid=312)

Written by Citizens’ Brigade to Save LACMA on October 29 2020.

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Written by Jay Handal on October 29 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e7/88k-e7caf5c7.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2020/88k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=27b24808) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20657:tension-patrol-the-mad-scientist-and-more&catid=312)### [Tension Patrol, The Mad Scientist and More](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20657:tension-patrol-the-mad-scientist-and-more&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on October 29 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d9/88r-d95371f9.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2020/88r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7d4e4a72) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20656:bonc-and-done-meet-the-wizard-of-oz&catid=312)### [BONC and DONE Meet the Wizard of Oz!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20656:bonc-and-done-meet-the-wizard-of-oz&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on October 29 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/32/88l-3233b5df.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2020/88l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2df5a60a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20655:lesson-from-exide-elect-a-pollution-fighter-to-school-board&catid=312)### [Lesson from Exide: Elect a Pollution Fighter to School Board ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20655:lesson-from-exide-elect-a-pollution-fighter-to-school-board&catid=312)

Written by Hans Johnson on October 29 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/73/88h-73f9fcef.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2020/88h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1e5d7cd6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20654:the-game-of-monopoly-lessons-on-the-2020-ca-ballot-measures&catid=312)### [The Game of Monopoly: Lessons on the 2020 CA Ballot Measures](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20654:the-game-of-monopoly-lessons-on-the-2020-ca-ballot-measures&catid=312)

Written by Larry Frank on October 29 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d4/88t-d4b2c263.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2020/88t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a97aa4da) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20653:the-covid-19-decision-from-hell-safety-or-a-recovering-economy&catid=312)### [The COVID–19 Decision from Hell: Safety or a Recovering Economy?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20653:the-covid-19-decision-from-hell-safety-or-a-recovering-economy&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on October 29 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6c/88p-6c97d1a6.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2020/88p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=75cf4d3b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20651:election-2020-los-angeles-area-police-departments-are-on-alert&catid=312)### [Election 2020: Los Angeles Area Police Departments are on Alert!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20651:election-2020-los-angeles-area-police-departments-are-on-alert&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on October 29 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/78/88n-780fc1e2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20647:inclusionary-housing-policies-are-a-fraud&catid=312)### [Inclusionary Housing Policies Are a Fraud](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20647:inclusionary-housing-policies-are-a-fraud&catid=312)

Written by CityWatch on October 29 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/087g-96c8daac.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20641:something-s-happening-here-what-it-is-ain-t-exactly-clear&catid=312)### [‘Something’s Happening Here, What It is Ain’t Exactly Clear …’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20641:something-s-happening-here-what-it-is-ain-t-exactly-clear&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on October 26 2020.

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Written by Daniel Guss on October 26 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6d/087j-6d693d6a.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2020/087j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=554cf002) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20639:homes-not-zones-the-services-not-sweeps-coalition-exposes-la-s-latest-attempt-to-criminalize-unhoused-angelenos&catid=312)### [Homes Not Zones: The Services Not Sweeps Coalition Exposes LA’s Latest Attempt to Criminalize Unhoused Angelenos](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20639:homes-not-zones-the-services-not-sweeps-coalition-exposes-la-s-latest-attempt-to-criminalize-unhoused-angelenos&catid=312)

Written by Arielle Sallai on July 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0e/087k-0e87bd38.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2020/087k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=86e20b2e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20637:hertzberg-and-nazarian-face-valley-village-homeowners-association&catid=312)### [Hertzberg and Nazarian Face Valley Village Homeowners Association](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20637:hertzberg-and-nazarian-face-valley-village-homeowners-association&catid=312)

Written by Paul Hatfield on October 26 2020.

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Written by LA Tenants Union on October 26 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/43/087e-438cf12f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20634:voting-should-be-about-participation-not-about-power&catid=312)### [Voting Should Be about Participation, Not about Power](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20634:voting-should-be-about-participation-not-about-power&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 26 2020.

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