##  In the News

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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

August 17 2026

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### [Democrats Finally Tell Iowa and New Hampshire: You Don’t Go First Anymore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395)

August 20 2026

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August 17 2026

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### [John McKinney on What Separates the City Attorney Candidates](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33224:john-mckinney-on-what-separates-the-city-attorney-candidates&catid=401)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### The Coronavirus and Our Food Supply – Safe Practices for Grocery Stores

Written by Chris Rowe on March 31 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19521:the-coronavirus-and-our-food-supply-safe-practices-for-grocery-stores&catid=312)

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## [Overpopulation + Global Warming + Covid-19 = Modern Plague](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19519:overpopulation-global-warming-covid-19-modern-plague&catid=312)

In reality, though, such attacks have served to eliminate the less viable members of specific species from their respective herds. What is counterint…

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 30 2020.

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Written by Tony Butka on March 26 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c4/026m-c4405506.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2020/026m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=49f50bd9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19508:stay-in-your-home-and-stay-angry&catid=312)### [Stay in Your Home — And Stay Angry](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19508:stay-in-your-home-and-stay-angry&catid=312)

Written by Jill Richardson on March 26 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d5/026i-d5c58e01.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2020/026i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=19169805) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19507:the-truth-about-lacers-the-lacers-board-what-happened&catid=312)### [The Truth About LACERS – The LACERS’ Board, What Happened?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19507:the-truth-about-lacers-the-lacers-board-what-happened&catid=312)

Written by Tom Moutes on March 26 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/99/026d-9934d522.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2020/026d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=07f467ea) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19506:why-are-mcmansions-luxury-high-rises-and-commercial-buildings-exempted-from-la-s-coronavirus-closure-orders&catid=312)### [Why are McMansions, Luxury High-Rises, and Commercial Buildings Exempted from LA’s Coronavirus Closure Orders?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19506:why-are-mcmansions-luxury-high-rises-and-commercial-buildings-exempted-from-la-s-coronavirus-closure-orders&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on March 26 2020.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on March 26 2020.

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Written by Jeffrey Mausner on March 26 2020.

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Written by Tim Deegan on March 23 2020.

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Written by Casey Maddren on March 23 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 23 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/aa/025p-aa8fa811.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19486:the-next-time-someone-tells-you-that-government-should-be-run-like-a-business-place-them-in-isolation-for-14-days&catid=312)### [The Next Time Someone Tells You that Government Should be Run “Like a Business,” Place Them in Isolation for 14 Days](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19486:the-next-time-someone-tells-you-that-government-should-be-run-like-a-business-place-them-in-isolation-for-14-days&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on March 23 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0b/025h-0b13489b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19482:can-we-survive-the-exponential-growth-of-over-population-global-warming-and-covid-19&catid=312)### [Can We Survive the Exponential Growth of Over-Population, Global Warming, and Covid-19?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19482:can-we-survive-the-exponential-growth-of-over-population-global-warming-and-covid-19&catid=312)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on March 23 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e4/025i-e41e2a4f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19481:corona-fest-20-are-we-having-fun-yet&catid=312)### [Corona-Fest ’20 – Are We Having Fun Yet?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19481:corona-fest-20-are-we-having-fun-yet&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on March 23 2020.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 23 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/024p-75f3c55a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19475:political-fundraiser-to-plead-guilty-doj-says-he-delivered-thousands-of-dollars-in-bribes-to-la-city-council-member&catid=312)### [Political Fundraiser to Plead Guilty. DOJ Says He Delivered Thousands of Dollars in Bribes to LA City Council Member](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19475:political-fundraiser-to-plead-guilty-doj-says-he-delivered-thousands-of-dollars-in-bribes-to-la-city-council-member&catid=312)

Written by Department of Justice on March 19 2020.

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Written by Tom Moutes on March 19 2020.

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Written by Harvey Wasserman on March 19 2020.

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Written by Dick Platkin on March 19 2020.

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