##  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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### Confession: #I Am the Whistleblower

Written by George Cassidy Payne on November 11 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18811:i-am-the-whistleblower&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3d/099v-3db11281.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/099v.png&thumbnail=610,339,&hash=1ce9b379) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18810:ignoring-climate-catastrophes&catid=312)Written by Robert Hunziker on November 11 2019. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Ignoring Climate Catastrophes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18810:ignoring-climate-catastrophes&catid=312)

t’s abrupt climate change at work in real time, but the governing leaders of the world either don’t care or don't know. If they did, there would alre…

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Written by Brian McWilliams on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/34/090w-34a1f401.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=95f50b27) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18795:although-necessary-al-baghdadi-raid-is-not-a-cause-for-celebration&catid=312)### [Although Necessary, al-Baghdadi Raid is Not a Cause for Celebration](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18795:although-necessary-al-baghdadi-raid-is-not-a-cause-for-celebration&catid=312)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f0/090x-f0941cd8.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090x.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ed833044) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18794:a-coven-of-evil-stalks-the-los-angeles-superior-court&catid=312)### [A Coven of Evil Stalks the Los Angeles Superior Court](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18794:a-coven-of-evil-stalks-the-los-angeles-superior-court&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/af/090p-afda3858.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4e0c8570) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18793:gov-newsom-throws-california-s-interior-under-the-bus&catid=312)### [Gov. Newsom Throws California's Interior Under the Bus](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18793:gov-newsom-throws-california-s-interior-under-the-bus&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b9/090g-b9b7cce3.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9b1c323f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18792:money-for-costly-transit-ad-insert-in-the-times-could-have-been-better-spent&catid=312)### [Money for Costly Transit Ad Insert in the Times Could Have been Better Spent](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18792:money-for-costly-transit-ad-insert-in-the-times-could-have-been-better-spent&catid=312)

Written by Matthew Hetz on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a5/090e-a54478cf.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1d21e27d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18791:open-house-on-homelessness-behind-the-virtue-mask-a-racist&catid=312)### [Open House on Homelessness: Behind the ‘Virtue’ Mask, a Racist](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18791:open-house-on-homelessness-behind-the-virtue-mask-a-racist&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/44/090a-4484f2a8.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=67069f3d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18790:tax-paying-residents-are-fleeing-the-golden-state-as-homelessness-crime-and-taxes-increase&catid=312)### [Tax-Paying Residents are Fleeing the Golden State as Homelessness, Crime and Taxes Increase](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18790:tax-paying-residents-are-fleeing-the-golden-state-as-homelessness-crime-and-taxes-increase&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f5/090q-f5abc688.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6af264d1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18789:dwp-they-kept-the-lights-on-and-learned-a-lesson-or-two&catid=312)### [DWP - They Kept the Lights On! And Learned a Lesson or Two](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18789:dwp-they-kept-the-lights-on-and-learned-a-lesson-or-two&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a1/090y-a159ca9a.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090y.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c026df17) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18788:the-empire-trump-and-intra-ruling-class-conflict&catid=312)### [The Empire, Trump, and Intra-Ruling Class Conflict](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18788:the-empire-trump-and-intra-ruling-class-conflict&catid=312)

Written by Gary Olson on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e0/090c-e0b6ba18.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2a2a3b7f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18787:republicans-not-russians-threaten-our-elections&catid=312)### [Republicans Not Russians, Threaten Our Elections](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18787:republicans-not-russians-threaten-our-elections&catid=312)

Written by Robert P. Alvarez on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f6/090f-f64a68c2.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a1039122) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18786:one-way-to-honor-vets-protect-the-postal-service&catid=312)### [One Way to Honor Vets? Protect the Postal Service](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18786:one-way-to-honor-vets-protect-the-postal-service&catid=312)

Written by Keith Combs on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/db/090r-db40a6a3.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=99115c71) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18785:don-t-expect-to-see-trump-s-taxes-ca-s-attempt-at-disclosure-is-in-trouble&catid=312)### [Don’t Expect to See Trump’s Taxes, CA’s Attempt at Disclosure is in Trouble](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18785:don-t-expect-to-see-trump-s-taxes-ca-s-attempt-at-disclosure-is-in-trouble&catid=312)

Written by Dan Morain, Judy Lin on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/17/090h-17a6226f.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=015f2ec5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18783:los-angeles-deserves-better-than-a-25-year-old-public-safety-plan&catid=312)### [Los Angeles Deserves Better Than a 25-year-old Public Safety Plan](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18783:los-angeles-deserves-better-than-a-25-year-old-public-safety-plan&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2d/090v-2d4deb4b.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/090v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=025b18a8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18782:an-open-secret-in-eastside-la-council-race&catid=312)### [An Open Secret in Eastside LA Council Race?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18782:an-open-secret-in-eastside-la-council-race&catid=312)

Written by Mary A Fischer on November 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/97/089q-97738900.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/089q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7d23dc21) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18781:can-the-new-government-change-kosovo-s-fortunes&catid=312)### [Can the New Government Change Kosovo’s Fortunes?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18781:can-the-new-government-change-kosovo-s-fortunes&catid=312)

Written by Alon Ben Meir and Arbana Xharra on November 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/03/089t-03dfee92.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/089t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9f22bcc8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18780:all-dog-meat-slaughterhouses-in-seoul-south-korea-are-finally-shut-down&catid=312)### [All Dog Meat Slaughterhouses in Seoul South Korea are Finally Shut Down](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18780:all-dog-meat-slaughterhouses-in-seoul-south-korea-are-finally-shut-down&catid=312)

Written by Jeffrey Mausner on November 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d6/089g-d6dc1baf.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/089g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8ac7174e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18778:who-killed-truth-justice-and-the-american-way&catid=312)### [Who Killed Truth, Justice and the American Way?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18778:who-killed-truth-justice-and-the-american-way&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/31/089h-31d487e8.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/089h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=addcd486) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18777:welcome-to-the-denaissance-reverting-to-faith-over-reason-and-leftism-over-liberalism&catid=312)### [Welcome to the Denaissance: Reverting to Faith Over Reason, and Leftism over Liberalism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18777:welcome-to-the-denaissance-reverting-to-faith-over-reason-and-leftism-over-liberalism&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/83/089i-83d0ba09.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/089i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d59c07e5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18776:we-need-publicly-owned-utilities&catid=312)### [We Need Publicly Owned Utilities](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18776:we-need-publicly-owned-utilities&catid=312)

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