##  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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### Get with the Program, METRO: Masks Must be Required for Riders

Written by Matthew Hetz on May 07 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19735:get-with-the-program-metro-masks-must-be-required-for-riders&catid=312)

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## [Which Constitution Will California and Los Angeles Adhere To?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19732:which-constitution-will-california-and-los-angeles-adhere-to&catid=312)

Certainly, there are problems with conservative politics--President Trump's election was the revenge of the GOP base and non-Republican conservatives…

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Written by Jill Richardson on May 07 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f4/038e-f40a8d8c.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/038e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7eca2791) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19730:the-truth-about-lacers-where-do-we-go-from-here&catid=312)### [The Truth About LACERS – Where Do We Go from Here?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19730:the-truth-about-lacers-where-do-we-go-from-here&catid=312)

Written by Tom Moutes on May 07 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/48/038i-48e9350c.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/038i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=29ddbd97) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19728:law-abiding-angelenos-are-restless-when-will-we-open&catid=312)### [Law Abiding Angelenos are Restless – When Will We Open?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19728:law-abiding-angelenos-are-restless-when-will-we-open&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on May 07 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e2/038n-e2f29e6b.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/038n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=565780e0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19727:if-calpers-implodes-does-governor-newsom-take-the-hit&catid=312)### [If CalPERS Implodes, Does Governor Newsom Take the Hit?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19727:if-calpers-implodes-does-governor-newsom-take-the-hit&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on May 07 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d7/038h-d711a6e0.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/038h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=911e17c0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19726:mobilizing-climate-action-in-the-face-of-planet-of-the-humans&catid=312)### [Mobilizing Climate Action in the Face of ‘Planet of the Humans’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19726:mobilizing-climate-action-in-the-face-of-planet-of-the-humans&catid=312)

Written by Cynthia Kaufman on May 07 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f3/038r-f38a7288.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/038r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=98d166ed) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19725:corruption-and-destruction-at-the-whim-of-the-powerful&catid=312)### [Corruption and Destruction at the Whim of the Powerful](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19725:corruption-and-destruction-at-the-whim-of-the-powerful&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 07 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e6/037w-e66a423e.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/037w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5bce6bd7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19720:a-somewhat-radical-proposal-for-reopening-los-angeles&catid=312)### [A (Somewhat) Radical Proposal for Reopening Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19720:a-somewhat-radical-proposal-for-reopening-los-angeles&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on May 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/32/037p-327467fd.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/037p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a5ea0656) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19718:if-trump-is-a-pathological-liar-what-type-of-liar-is-biden&catid=312)### [If Trump is a Pathological Liar, What Type of Liar is Biden?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19718:if-trump-is-a-pathological-liar-what-type-of-liar-is-biden&catid=312)

Written by Bruce E. Levine on May 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4f/037o-4f96739e.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/037o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=482fc861) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19716:opening-the-climate-emergency-door&catid=312)### [Opening the Climate Emergency Door](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19716:opening-the-climate-emergency-door&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on May 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3a/037f-3a10efde.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/037f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d7d33b08) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19715:the-future-role-of-pharmacies-vaccinations-and-laboratory-specimens-in-the-age-of-the-coronavirus-and-beyond&catid=312)### [The Future Role of Pharmacies, Vaccinations, and Laboratory Specimens in the Age of the Coronavirus and Beyond](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19715:the-future-role-of-pharmacies-vaccinations-and-laboratory-specimens-in-the-age-of-the-coronavirus-and-beyond&catid=312)

Written by Chris Rowe on May 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a1/037e-a1ac9f3d.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/037e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5ff1799d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19711:the-myth-a-nation-divided-is-just-that-a-myth&catid=312)### [The Myth: A Nation Divided is Just That ... a Myth](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19711:the-myth-a-nation-divided-is-just-that-a-myth&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/df/037c-dff0cd65.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/037c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=71490ece) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19710:with-fbi-everywhere-nury-stumbles-on-transparency-homelessness-and-covid-safety&catid=312)### [With FBI Everywhere, Nury Stumbles on Transparency, Homelessness and COVID Safety](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19710:with-fbi-everywhere-nury-stumbles-on-transparency-homelessness-and-covid-safety&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on May 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/51/037n-513292a1.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/037n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9eb2856a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19708:the-biomass-fiasco&catid=312)### [The Biomass Fiasco](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19708:the-biomass-fiasco&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on May 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ba/037x-ba8d6883.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/037x.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2ade145b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19707:the-truth-about-lacers-political-actuarial-games&catid=312)### [The Truth About LACERS – Political Actuarial Games](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19707:the-truth-about-lacers-political-actuarial-games&catid=312)

Written by Tom Moutes on May 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c5/037m-c5149591.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/037m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5ac1564d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19706:the-corruptionism-covid-connection&catid=312)### [The Corruptionism-COVID Connection](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19706:the-corruptionism-covid-connection&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a6/037d-a69ec1d9.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/037d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=380c8d9a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19705:the-upside-the-downside-and-the-downright-stupid&catid=312)### [The Upside, the Downside and the Downright Stupid](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19705:the-upside-the-downside-and-the-downright-stupid&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on May 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/69/036k-693d88b7.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2020/036k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ccd19dc9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19701:former-la-councilman-mitch-englander-could-go-to-prison-here-s-why-it-s-no-surprise&catid=312)### [Former LA Councilman Mitch Englander Could Go To Prison … Here’s Why It’s No Surprise](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19701:former-la-councilman-mitch-englander-could-go-to-prison-here-s-why-it-s-no-surprise&catid=312)

Written by Dennis Hathaway on April 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/66/036e-6631e96d.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2020/036e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=225ba637) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19699:to-live-and-die-poor-in-la-virus-survey-s-grim-figures&catid=312)### [To Live and Die Poor in LA: Virus Survey’s Grim Figures](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19699:to-live-and-die-poor-in-la-virus-survey-s-grim-figures&catid=312)

Written by Mark Kreidler on April 30 2020.

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