##  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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#  LOS ANGELES

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### No Honor Among Scavengers

Written by Dennis P. Zine on December 05 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18953:no-honor-among-scavengers&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/81/098h-81400ab2.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2019/098h.png&thumbnail=610,397,&hash=6756da2c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18952:our-block-party-wasn-t-as-bad-as-i-feared&catid=312)Written by Joe Mathews on December 05 2019. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Our Block Party Wasn’t as Bad as I Feared](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18952:our-block-party-wasn-t-as-bad-as-i-feared&catid=312)

I found myself wondering that on a recent Saturday afternoon as I contemplated attending a block party in my San Gabriel Valley neighborhood. It woul…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ba/098g-ba56b861.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2019/098g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=409419c1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18951:the-grand-illusion&catid=312)### [The Grand Illusion](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18951:the-grand-illusion&catid=312)

Written by Carl Boggs on December 09 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/41/098l-4107744d.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2019/098l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5fe9099d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18950:kamala-harris-didn-t-speak-truth-even-at-the-end&catid=312)### [Kamala Harris Didn’t ‘Speak Truth,’ Even at the End](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18950:kamala-harris-didn-t-speak-truth-even-at-the-end&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on December 05 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/32/098k-327d428c.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2019/098k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=844417d5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18949:los-angeles-why-bother-making-laws-if-they-re-not-enforced&catid=312)### [Los Angeles: Why Bother Making Laws If They're Not Enforced?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18949:los-angeles-why-bother-making-laws-if-they-re-not-enforced&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 05 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/63/098q-63513945.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18948:big-time-elections-are-coming-to-la-in-2020-musical-chairs&catid=312)### [Big Time Elections are Coming to LA in 2020 - Musical Chairs?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18948:big-time-elections-are-coming-to-la-in-2020-musical-chairs&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on December 05 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/098m-3713fde5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18947:if-la-city-officials-took-the-climate-crisis-seriously-what-would-they-do&catid=312)### [If LA City Officials Took the Climate Crisis Seriously, What Would They Do?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18947:if-la-city-officials-took-the-climate-crisis-seriously-what-would-they-do&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 05 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ed/098f-ed23b836.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18945:why-kamala-dropped-out-and-what-she-can-do-now&catid=312)### [Why Kamala Dropped Out and What She Can Do Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18945:why-kamala-dropped-out-and-what-she-can-do-now&catid=312)

Written by Jerry Roberts & Phil Trounstine on December 05 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/098i-3428b824.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18943:one-modest-proposal-how-to-get-the-dirty-money-out-of-politics&catid=312)### [One Modest Proposal: How to Get the Dirty Money Out of Politics](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18943:one-modest-proposal-how-to-get-the-dirty-money-out-of-politics&catid=312)

Written by Greg Nelson on December 05 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/59/097i-59a9280b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18935:trump-perverts-the-military-chain-of-command-to-create-servicemembers-loyal-to-himself&catid=312)### [Trump Perverts the Military Chain of Command to Create Servicemembers Loyal to Himself](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18935:trump-perverts-the-military-chain-of-command-to-create-servicemembers-loyal-to-himself&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 02 2019.

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Written by Jill Richardson on December 02 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/097k-0d766f97.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18930:millennials-and-others-are-not-homeowners-is-that-a-good-thing&catid=312)### [Millennials (and Others!) Are Not Homeowners ... Is That a Good Thing?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18930:millennials-and-others-are-not-homeowners-is-that-a-good-thing&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 02 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2e/097h-2e1eb02a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18929:will-lausd-evict-special-ed-program-for-new-academy&catid=312)### [Will LAUSD Evict Special Ed Program for New Academy?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18929:will-lausd-evict-special-ed-program-for-new-academy&catid=312)

Written by Bill Raden on December 02 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0b/097l-0b07d174.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18928:la-is-drowning-and-nury-martinez-doesn-t-know-cpr&catid=312)### [LA is Drowning and Nury Martinez Doesn’t Know CPR](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18928:la-is-drowning-and-nury-martinez-doesn-t-know-cpr&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on December 02 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/57/097r-57aa8c6f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18927:10-questions-on-public-corruption-for-la-s-progressive-mayor&catid=312)### [10 Questions on Public Corruption for LA’s “Progressive” Mayor](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18927:10-questions-on-public-corruption-for-la-s-progressive-mayor&catid=312)

Written by Jerry Sullivan on December 02 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f3/097m-f3f33963.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18926:its-time-end-the-draft-once-and-for-all&catid=312)### [Its time. End the Draft, Once and for All](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18926:its-time-end-the-draft-once-and-for-all&catid=312)

Written by Rivera Sun on December 02 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/097c-608acf70.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18922:looking-back-on-a-decade-without-a-name&catid=312)### [Looking Back on a Decade Without a Name](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18922:looking-back-on-a-decade-without-a-name&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on December 02 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/da/096a-daa6c221.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18914:what-s-wrong-with-russia-s-meddling-in-u-s-elections&catid=312)### [What’s Wrong with Russia’s Meddling in U.S. Elections?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18914:what-s-wrong-with-russia-s-meddling-in-u-s-elections&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 27 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c8/096n-c81edc53.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18913:china-s-renewed-coal-boom&catid=312)### [China’s Renewed Coal Boom](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18913:china-s-renewed-coal-boom&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on November 27 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/98/096k-9816e112.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18911:city-hall-rediscovers-alchemy-turns-old-commercial-real-estate-into-gold&catid=312)### [City Hall Rediscovers Alchemy - Turns Old Commercial Real Estate into Gold.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18911:city-hall-rediscovers-alchemy-turns-old-commercial-real-estate-into-gold&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 27 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/096e-0236462d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18910:speaking-of-turkeys-there-goes-the-democratic-establishment-again&catid=312)### [Speaking of Turkeys, There Goes the Democratic Establishment, Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18910:speaking-of-turkeys-there-goes-the-democratic-establishment-again&catid=312)

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