##  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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### [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

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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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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Jackie Goldberg Goes Back to School. Victory was Overwhelming

Written by Carl Petersen on May 16 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17677:jackie-goldberg-goes-back-to-school-victory-was-overwhelming&catid=312)

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## [The Great Economy, Virtually No Unemployment, and Wages are Rising! Really?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17676:the-great-economy-virtually-no-unemployment-and-wages-are-rising-really&catid=312)

Last year I wrote about this in CityWatch with the caveat, “Why Do Most of Us Feel We’ve Been Screwed?” Today, nothing but the hype has changed. To…

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Written by Jim Hightower on May 16 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e7/040d-e7014250.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/040d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fa35d696) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17674:victory-sb-50-has-been-shelved&catid=312)### [VICTORY! SB 50 Has Been Shelved ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17674:victory-sb-50-has-been-shelved&catid=312)

Written by 2PreserveLA Report on May 16 2019.

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Written by Paul Buchheit on May 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2c/039j-2ca2000d.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/039j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e64d0b27) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17661:pelosi-and-trump-both-eat-your-soul-in-small-bites&catid=312)### [Pelosi and Trump … Both Eat Your Soul in Small Bites](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17661:pelosi-and-trump-both-eat-your-soul-in-small-bites&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f6/039y-f68b560c.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/039y.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b724abd0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17660:la-s-teachers-educate-la-s-working-class-about-the-power-of-labor-strikes&catid=312)### [LA’s Teachers Educate LA’s Working Class About the Power of Labor Strikes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17660:la-s-teachers-educate-la-s-working-class-about-the-power-of-labor-strikes&catid=312)

Written by Eric Blanc and Meagan Day on May 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/de/039s-de5be380.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/039s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8ebc4449) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17659:densification-efforts-like-sb50-wrong-fix-for-ca-s-housing-problem&catid=312)### [Densification Efforts Like SB50: Wrong Fix for CA’s Housing Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17659:densification-efforts-like-sb50-wrong-fix-for-ca-s-housing-problem&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin & Wendell Cox on May 13 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/34/039h-347ba342.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/039h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=183e7786) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17656:support-sb-193-now-save-lives-by-stopping-the-illicit-sale-of-nitrous-oxide-in-california-smoke-shops&catid=312)### [Support SB 193 Now! Save Lives by Stopping the Illicit Sale of Nitrous Oxide in California Smoke Shops](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17656:support-sb-193-now-save-lives-by-stopping-the-illicit-sale-of-nitrous-oxide-in-california-smoke-shops&catid=312)

Written by Barbara Straus Lodge on May 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ac/039a-acb7a42f.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/039a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=adbd5923) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17655:on-corruption-wesson-like-atlas-shrugged&catid=312)### [On Corruption, Wesson (Like Atlas) Shrugged](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17655:on-corruption-wesson-like-atlas-shrugged&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on May 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/46/039f-46d2585e.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/039f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f8999567) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17654:the-folly-of-pompeo-s-arctic-shipping-lanes&catid=312)### [The Folly of Pompeo’s Arctic Shipping Lanes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17654:the-folly-of-pompeo-s-arctic-shipping-lanes&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on May 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5e/039c-5e1ee289.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/039c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=76fbb1fc) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17653:will-la-s-last-call-be-getting-later&catid=312)### [Will LA’s ‘Last Call’ Be Getting Later?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17653:will-la-s-last-call-be-getting-later&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on May 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/81/039n-81568fd4.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/039n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ffe9d525) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17651:healthcare-the-scourge-of-surprise-billing-and-what-to-do-about-it&catid=312)### [Healthcare: The Scourge of ‘Surprise Billing’ and What to Do about It](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17651:healthcare-the-scourge-of-surprise-billing-and-what-to-do-about-it&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on May 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fc/038l-fc1f9723.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/038l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=81b6e363) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17643:how-safe-is-ssfl-la-still-relies-on-old-cancer-studies-and-potentially-inaccurate-site-history-data&catid=312)### [How Safe is SSFL? LA Still Relies on Old Cancer Studies and Potentially Inaccurate Site History Data?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17643:how-safe-is-ssfl-la-still-relies-on-old-cancer-studies-and-potentially-inaccurate-site-history-data&catid=312)

Written by Chris Rowe on May 11 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/24/038h-24b15f90.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/038h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5507757e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17642:pogo-martin-buber-and-thomas-jefferson-they-said-the-same-thing-but-what-did-they-mean&catid=312)### [Pogo, Martin Buber and Thomas Jefferson: They Said the Same Thing, But What Did They Mean?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17642:pogo-martin-buber-and-thomas-jefferson-they-said-the-same-thing-but-what-did-they-mean&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 09 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/44/038j-44e601bd.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/038j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3becf65e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17640:netanyahu-s-defunct-strategy-to-keep-hamas-at-bay&catid=312)### [Netanyahu’s Defunct Strategy to Keep Hamas at Bay](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17640:netanyahu-s-defunct-strategy-to-keep-hamas-at-bay&catid=312)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on May 09 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/71/038s-716f0077.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/038s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=91287e49) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17639:census-citizenship-questions-threaten-california-here-s-how&catid=312)### [Census Citizenship Questions Threaten California … Here’s How](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17639:census-citizenship-questions-threaten-california-here-s-how&catid=312)

Written by Judith Lewis Mernit on May 09 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/14/038a-146e8233.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/038a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1f7eb21e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17638:you-don-t-get-to-discriminate-just-because-you-re-religious&catid=312)### [You Don’t Get to Discriminate Just Because You’re Religious](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17638:you-don-t-get-to-discriminate-just-because-you-re-religious&catid=312)

Written by Jill Richardson on May 09 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/038f-93a67b91.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17637:say-no-to-measure-ee-and-lausd-s-bloated-bureaucracy&catid=312)### [Say NO to Measure EE and LAUSD’s Bloated Bureaucracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17637:say-no-to-measure-ee-and-lausd-s-bloated-bureaucracy&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on May 09 2019.

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