##  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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### [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

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Fog In the Media

Written by Terelle Jerricks on September 21 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20440:fog-in-the-media&catid=312)

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## [Let ‘Gender Reveal’ Parties Burn](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20437:let-gender-reveal-parties-burn&catid=312)

It was 2003, my Dad had been deployed to Iraq for half a year, and my mom had driven into town to pick up some groceries. Uncle Dennis grabbed me by…

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 21 2020.

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Written by Dick Platkin on September 17 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4d/076l-4d4730bb.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/076l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=af58efaa) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20430:stop-kicking-the-can-on-affordable-housing&catid=312)### [Stop Kicking the Can on Affordable Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20430:stop-kicking-the-can-on-affordable-housing&catid=312)

Written by Grace Yoo on September 17 2020.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on September 17 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/42/076j-424ef5c4.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/076j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=001bb8b6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20428:taking-the-next-knee-is-this-athletic-revolt-for-real&catid=312)### [Taking the Next Knee … Is This Athletic Revolt For Real?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20428:taking-the-next-knee-is-this-athletic-revolt-for-real&catid=312)

Written by Robert Lipsyte on September 17 2020.

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Written by Tony Butka on September 17 2020.

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Written by Steven Maviglio on September 17 2020.

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Written by Daniel Guss on September 17 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3e/076m-3e1b5d63.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/076m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=689bbf65) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20424:nury-martinez-receives-special-lapd-security-then-votes-to-slash-police-budget-where-s-the-logic&catid=312)### [Nury Martinez Receives Special LAPD Security, then Votes to Slash Police Budget – Where’s the Logic?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20424:nury-martinez-receives-special-lapd-security-then-votes-to-slash-police-budget-where-s-the-logic&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on September 17 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e3/076o-e36d7b89.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/076o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b85ecb40) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20423:melendez-is-right-we-re-tired-of-pedophilia-and-tired-of-bulls-t&catid=312)### [Melendez is Right: We're Tired of Pedophilia, and Tired of Bulls--t!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20423:melendez-is-right-we-re-tired-of-pedophilia-and-tired-of-bulls-t&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on September 17 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/79/076f-79d77f95.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/076f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=374e9165) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20422:would-you-vote-if-you-got-paid-yes-and-the-us-should-do-it&catid=312)### [Would You Vote if You Got Paid? Yes, and The US Should Do It](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20422:would-you-vote-if-you-got-paid-yes-and-the-us-should-do-it&catid=312)

Written by Mac Regan on September 17 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/66/076i-663b9879.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/076i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cff2c43d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20421:watching-religion-die&catid=312)### [Watching Religion Die](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20421:watching-religion-die&catid=312)

Written by James A. Haught on September 17 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/78/076p-78e88509.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/076p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=39c4d1c8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20420:fighting-fire-with-fire-what-tribal-people-know-about-forest-ecosystems&catid=312)### [Fighting Fire with Fire: What Tribal People Know About Forest Ecosystems](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20420:fighting-fire-with-fire-what-tribal-people-know-about-forest-ecosystems&catid=312)

Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on September 17 2020.

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Written by Umair Haque on September 17 2020.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on September 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a2/075o-a23661d9.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/075o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=aeb1455f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20408:lapd-disconnect-on-lasd-ambush-warns-keep-your-head-on-a-swivel&catid=312)### [LAPD Disconnect on LASD Ambush - Warns ‘Keep Your Head on a Swivel’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20408:lapd-disconnect-on-lasd-ambush-warns-keep-your-head-on-a-swivel&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on September 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/06/075f-06546174.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2020/075f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=303a4474) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20407:why-many-police-are-barely-distinguishable-from-racist-vigilantes&catid=312)### [Why Many Police Are Barely Distinguishable from Racist Vigilantes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20407:why-many-police-are-barely-distinguishable-from-racist-vigilantes&catid=312)

Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on September 14 2020.

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Written by Liz Amsden on September 14 2020.

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