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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)

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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)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### The Perils of Exiting the Back of the Bus: Who’s in Charge in LA?

Written by Matthew Hetz on June 17 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17878:the-perils-of-exiting-the-back-of-the-bus-who-s-in-charge-in-la&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/049o-8bf1b5b1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17875:a-must-read-blue-lives-in-jeopardy-newest-book-by-former-la-da-steve-cooley-and-prosecutor-robert-schirn&catid=312)Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on June 17 2019. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [A Must Read: “Blue Lives in Jeopardy” - Newest Book by Former LA DA Steve Cooley and Prosecutor Robert Schirn](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17875:a-must-read-blue-lives-in-jeopardy-newest-book-by-former-la-da-steve-cooley-and-prosecutor-robert-schirn&catid=312)

Their first book, "Blue Lives Matter," was released in 2017 and has received national and international acclaim. Its theme is, “When it comes to kill…

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Written by Hydee Feldstein on June 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/049c-07aa34cb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17872:who-is-alex-datig-and-why-is-she-saying-bad-things-about-eric-garcetti&catid=312)### [Who Is Alex Datig and Why Is She Saying Bad Things about Eric Garcetti?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17872:who-is-alex-datig-and-why-is-she-saying-bad-things-about-eric-garcetti&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2c/049k-2c4b9e09.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17871:garcetti-s-malignant-corruption-and-dishonesty&catid=312)### [Garcetti’s Malignant Corruption and Dishonesty](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17871:garcetti-s-malignant-corruption-and-dishonesty&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on June 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a1/049q-a1aa236f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17870:california-law-would-let-college-athletes-sign-endorsement-deals-in-spite-of-the-ncaa&catid=312)### [California Law Would Let College Athletes Sign Endorsement Deals, in Spite of the NCAA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17870:california-law-would-let-college-athletes-sign-endorsement-deals-in-spite-of-the-ncaa&catid=312)

Written by James McWilliams on June 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f0/049p-f000a781.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17869:a-litmus-test-for-re-election-what-have-you-done-for-the-homeless&catid=312)### [A Litmus Test for Re-election: What Have You Done for the Homeless?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17869:a-litmus-test-for-re-election-what-have-you-done-for-the-homeless&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on June 18 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cf/049l-cff3c36c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17868:crimes-against-humanity&catid=312)### [Crimes Against Humanity](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17868:crimes-against-humanity&catid=312)

Written by Jay Handal on June 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a1/048d-a19901ac.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17857:we-the-people-have-brought-garcetti-s-plague-on-ourselves&catid=312)### [We the People Have Brought Garcetti’s Plague on Ourselves](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17857:we-the-people-have-brought-garcetti-s-plague-on-ourselves&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/048k-0ceb896a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17856:the-audacious-shenanigans-of-a-thousand-cranes-at-hollywood-fringe&catid=312)### [The Audacious Shenanigans of a Thousand Cranes at Hollywood Fringe](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17856:the-audacious-shenanigans-of-a-thousand-cranes-at-hollywood-fringe&catid=312)

Written by Jennifer Caldwell on June 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b9/048e-b98852e2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17855:we-need-mo-mo-thank-you-mo-blorfroshan&catid=312)### [We Need Mo' Mo--Thank You, Mo Blorfroshan!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17855:we-need-mo-mo-thank-you-mo-blorfroshan&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 13 2019.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on June 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d5/048v-d52752c9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17852:danielle-her-years-on-the-streets-in-la&catid=312)### [Danielle: Her Years on the Streets in LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17852:danielle-her-years-on-the-streets-in-la&catid=312)

Written by Julia Stein on June 13 2019.

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Written by Jill Richardson on June 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/14/048h-14743749.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17850:the-permafrost-nightmare-turns-more-real&catid=312)### [The Permafrost Nightmare Turns (More) Real](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17850:the-permafrost-nightmare-turns-more-real&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on June 13 2019.

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Written by Robin Urevich on June 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ab/048b-ab598143.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17848:who-s-in-charge-of-la-s-bus-stops-and-la-s-air-pollution-and-la-s-carbon-gases&catid=312)### [Who’s in Charge of LA’s Bus Stops? And, LA’s Air Pollution and LA’s Carbon Gases?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17848:who-s-in-charge-of-la-s-bus-stops-and-la-s-air-pollution-and-la-s-carbon-gases&catid=312)

Written by Matthew Hetz on June 13 2019.

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Written by Hydee Feldstein on June 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1b/048y-1bd0d991.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17846:administration-crooks-go-after-poorer-rural-folks&catid=312)### [Administration Crooks Go After Poorer, Rural Folks](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17846:administration-crooks-go-after-poorer-rural-folks&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on June 13 2019.

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Written by Christopher LeGras on June 13 2019.

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