##  In the News

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### [L.A. County Faces a Government Shake-Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33349:l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up&catid=312)

September 14 2026

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### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398)

September 10 2026

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### [Before We Ask God to Judge Us, the Jewish People Must Judge Ourselves](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33346:before-we-ask-god-to-judge-us-the-jewish-people-must-judge-ourselves&catid=375)

September 14 2026

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### [QUID PRO NO](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33338:quid-pro-no&catid=378)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### A Defense of Legitimate Conservatism, and Endless Questions

Written by Bob Gelfand on June 01 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19866:a-defense-of-legitimate-conservatism-and-endless-questions&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c5/045r-c59b8f36.png&src=images/stories/June-2020/045r.png&thumbnail=610,333,&hash=8b529ff3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19862:did-you-really-think-the-death-of-george-floyd-would-make-them-stop-killing-us&catid=312)Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on June 01 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Did You Really Think the Death of George Floyd would Make Them Stop Killing Us?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19862:did-you-really-think-the-death-of-george-floyd-would-make-them-stop-killing-us&catid=312)

"The Slaying of David McAtee, a Black Louisville businessman, is deadly proof that the police have learned absolutely nothing from the Floyd murder…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/045l-bac33b6b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19861:la-leadership-missing-in-action&catid=312)### [LA Leadership: Missing In Action](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19861:la-leadership-missing-in-action&catid=312)

Written by Jay Handal on June 01 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ed/045j-ed598590.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19860:something-is-profoundly-wrong-in-america&catid=312)### [Something is Profoundly Wrong in America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19860:something-is-profoundly-wrong-in-america&catid=312)

Written by Cherri Senders on June 01 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/77/045q-77b0a212.png&src=images/stories/June-2020/045q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7bc856d4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19859:done-with-democracy&catid=312)### [DONE with Democracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19859:done-with-democracy&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on June 01 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3e/045t-3e4d676d.png&src=images/stories/June-2020/045t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e8a56d4b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19858:all-over-america-we-re-killing-george-floyd-all-over-again&catid=312)### [All Over America: We're Killing George Floyd All Over Again!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19858:all-over-america-we-re-killing-george-floyd-all-over-again&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 01 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e0/045g-e06986a0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19855:wildlife-pilot-study-may-become-an-endangered-species&catid=312)### [Wildlife Pilot Study May Become an Endangered Species](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19855:wildlife-pilot-study-may-become-an-endangered-species&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on June 01 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c2/045m-c2457aa5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19854:it-s-absolutely-not-time-to-cut-food-stamps&catid=312)### [It’s Absolutely Not Time to Cut Food Stamps](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19854:it-s-absolutely-not-time-to-cut-food-stamps&catid=312)

Written by Jill Richardson on June 01 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3c/045p-3c9919eb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19852:garcetti-s-buffoonery-made-riot-worse-he-needs-to-go&catid=312)### [Garcetti’s Buffoonery Made Riot Worse. He Needs to Go.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19852:garcetti-s-buffoonery-made-riot-worse-he-needs-to-go&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on June 01 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/54/045o-54513387.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19851:how-the-racist-whims-of-california-judges-have-victimized-us-all&catid=312)### [How the Racist Whims of California Judges Have Victimized Us All](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19851:how-the-racist-whims-of-california-judges-have-victimized-us-all&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 01 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9e/044c-9e4ad286.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19846:would-a-second-trump-administration-result-in-american-fascism&catid=312)### [Would a Second Trump Administration Result in American Fascism?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19846:would-a-second-trump-administration-result-in-american-fascism&catid=312)

Written by Victor Rothman on May 28 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/044r-60b0c08c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19845:did-the-cops-really-kill-george-floyd-in-minneapolis&catid=312)### [Did the Cops Really Kill George Floyd in Minneapolis?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19845:did-the-cops-really-kill-george-floyd-in-minneapolis&catid=312)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on May 28 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/044j-e78b7643.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19844:the-hypocrisy-virus-more-deadly-than-corona&catid=312)### [The Hypocrisy Virus: More Deadly than Corona](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19844:the-hypocrisy-virus-more-deadly-than-corona&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on May 28 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/15/044d-155f986f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19843:what-i-discovered-about-la-on-daily-bike-rides-during-the-covid-19-pandemic&catid=312)### [What I Discovered About LA on Daily Bike Rides During the Covid-19 Pandemic](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19843:what-i-discovered-about-la-on-daily-bike-rides-during-the-covid-19-pandemic&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on May 28 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9c/044m-9c916715.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19842:may-day-memorial-day-and-political-chaos-what-s-new&catid=312)### [May Day, Memorial Day, and Political Chaos - What’s New?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19842:may-day-memorial-day-and-political-chaos-what-s-new&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on May 28 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a1/044k-a1f077b7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19841:the-faa-and-los-angeles-world-airports-are-assaulting-us&catid=312)### [The FAA and Los Angeles World Airports are Assaulting Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19841:the-faa-and-los-angeles-world-airports-are-assaulting-us&catid=312)

Written by Eliot Cohen on May 28 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e0/044g-e0a90cf3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19839:united-for-the-wrong-reason-the-horrifying-death-of-a-black-american&catid=312)### [United for the Wrong Reason: The Horrifying Death of a Black American](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19839:united-for-the-wrong-reason-the-horrifying-death-of-a-black-american&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 28 2020.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on May 28 2020.

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Written by Chris Rowe on May 28 2020.

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Written by Tom Moutes on May 28 2020.

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