##  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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### CD-4 Candidates Should Sign the Pledge: Stakeholders want Transparency in Land Use Decisions

Written by Jim O’Sullivan on August 27 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20327:cd-4-candidates-should-sign-the-pledge-stakeholders-want-transparency-in-land-use-decisions&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/56/070f-56025b2c.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/070f.png&thumbnail=610,374,&hash=d901b43b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20325:supply-siders-chase-their-last-mirage-developers-making-a-bundle-on-middle-class-housing&catid=312)Written by Dick Platkin on August 27 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Supply-Siders Chase their Last Mirage: Developers Making a Bundle On Middle Class Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20325:supply-siders-chase-their-last-mirage-developers-making-a-bundle-on-middle-class-housing&catid=312)

 Spend some time with supply-side dead-enders, and you will be good for another 15 rounds. As I recently discovered, they are chasing a mirage, an i…

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Written by Noah Buyaver on August 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/06/070d-06fe7af2.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/070d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=878bb7d9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20323:return-to-sender-la-city-attorney-does-not-represent-nc-councils&catid=312)### [Return to Sender - LA City Attorney Does NOT Represent NC Councils](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20323:return-to-sender-la-city-attorney-does-not-represent-nc-councils&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on August 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/44/070c-44ac701a.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/070c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=11e828ba) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20321:nothing-to-see-here-just-pandemic-fires-storms-blackouts-riots-unemployment&catid=312)### [‘Nothing to See Here’: Just Pandemic, Fires, Storms, Blackouts, Riots, Unemployment!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20321:nothing-to-see-here-just-pandemic-fires-storms-blackouts-riots-unemployment&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6c/070m-6cf7082a.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/070m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=965d03c5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20320:donald-trump-and-the-real-state-of-things-in-the-united-states&catid=312)### [Donald Trump and the Real State of Things in the United States](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20320:donald-trump-and-the-real-state-of-things-in-the-united-states&catid=312)

Written by Julian Mayer on August 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3a/070h-3aa74c62.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/070h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=997b8311) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20319:where-have-i-heard-these-trump-lines-before&catid=312)### [Where Have I Heard These Trump Lines Before?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20319:where-have-i-heard-these-trump-lines-before&catid=312)

Written by Jill Richardson on August 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a5/070o-a587d4fc.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/070o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=31a47af2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20318:can-californians-trust-anything-steve-maviglio-says&catid=312)### [Can Californians Trust Anything Steve Maviglio Says?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20318:can-californians-trust-anything-steve-maviglio-says&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on August 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fd/070q-fde2145c.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/070q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=33bd12bb) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20317:both-political-conventions-are-non-stop-lies&catid=312)### [Both Political Conventions are Non-Stop Lies](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20317:both-political-conventions-are-non-stop-lies&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cf/070k-cf3305d6.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/070k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=05a445be) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20316:fighting-covid-19-my-christian-obligation-to-wear-a-mask-and-not-attend-mass&catid=312)### [Fighting COVID-19: My Christian Obligation to Wear a Mask, and Not Attend Mass](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20316:fighting-covid-19-my-christian-obligation-to-wear-a-mask-and-not-attend-mass&catid=312)

Written by Matthew Hetz on January 09 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7e/069m-7ef439ea.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/069m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0c9949b3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20310:gish-galloping-through-this-week-s-convention&catid=312)### [Gish Galloping Through this Week’s Convention](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20310:gish-galloping-through-this-week-s-convention&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on August 24 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a9/069l-a9e772ed.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/069l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cfc8fe10) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20309:how-can-we-plan-for-the-future-in-california&catid=312)### [How Can We Plan for the Future in California?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20309:how-can-we-plan-for-the-future-in-california&catid=312)

Written by Leah C. Stokes on August 24 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/81/069i-81714f35.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/069i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1e4a8f4e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20308:lapd-shell-game-a-crime-in-progress&catid=312)### [LAPD Shell Game, a Crime in Progress?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20308:lapd-shell-game-a-crime-in-progress&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on August 24 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/49/069h-490d32a0.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/069h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=abdee0e4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20307:standing-up-for-our-neighborhoods-city-hall-density-hawks-need-to-listen&catid=312)### [Standing Up for Our Neighborhoods - City Hall Density Hawks Need to Listen](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20307:standing-up-for-our-neighborhoods-city-hall-density-hawks-need-to-listen&catid=312)

Written by Jim O’Sullivan on August 24 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4e/069d-4ef92977.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/069d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=43e1fc29) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20306:opinion-los-angeles-women-in-policing&catid=312)### [Opinion: Los Angeles Women in Policing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20306:opinion-los-angeles-women-in-policing&catid=312)

Written by Laura Chick, Penny Harrington, Grace Yoo on August 24 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cb/069g-cbc83e34.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/069g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e9c66295) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20305:the-summer-is-hot-but-the-fighting-is-hotter&catid=312)### [The Summer is Hot, But the Fighting is Hotter](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20305:the-summer-is-hot-but-the-fighting-is-hotter&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 24 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1a/069j-1a367a64.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/069j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=772c4cdb) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20304:how-to-rig-an-election-an-interview-with-greg-palast&catid=312)### [How to Rig an Election: An Interview with Greg Palast](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20304:how-to-rig-an-election-an-interview-with-greg-palast&catid=312)

Written by Charlotte Dennett on August 24 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/de/069f-de5496d7.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/069f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=06141fc0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20300:what-the-gop-and-the-dems-have-in-common&catid=312)### [What the GOP and the Dems Have in Common](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20300:what-the-gop-and-the-dems-have-in-common&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 24 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c3/069o-c32bd4d2.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/069o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c5be870a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20299:eh-hem-obama-and-trump-speeches-reimagined&catid=312)### [Eh, hem. . .Obama and Trump Speeches Reimagined](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20299:eh-hem-obama-and-trump-speeches-reimagined&catid=312)

Written by Kevin Suscavage on August 24 2020.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on August 20 2020.

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