##  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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### Santa Susana Field Lab: Why Does LA want to Sue Them? What is LA Hiding?

Written by Chris Rowe on April 01 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17385:santa-susana-field-lab-why-does-la-want-to-sue-them-what-is-la-hiding&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/65/027e-65d974df.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/027e.png&thumbnail=610,389,&hash=66116af2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17384:the-coldest-spot-on-earth-melting&catid=312)Written by Robert Hunziker on April 01 2019. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [The Coldest Spot on Earth: Melting](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17384:the-coldest-spot-on-earth-melting&catid=312)

But none of those ecosystems delivers the punch of East Antarctica. With a couple hundred feet of fresh water contained in ice, its clout is humongou…

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 01 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a9/027x-a99934b1.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/027x.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=35052f54) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17382:fbi-notebook-a-criminal-conspiracy-involving-feuer-wesson-and-garcetti&catid=312)### [FBI Notebook: A Criminal Conspiracy Involving Feuer, Wesson and Garcetti?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17382:fbi-notebook-a-criminal-conspiracy-involving-feuer-wesson-and-garcetti&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on April 01 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7e/027a-7eebdd5d.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/027a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=95d5b75b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17381:when-is-many-freeway-billboards-too-many&catid=312)### [When is Many Freeway Billboards … Too Many?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17381:when-is-many-freeway-billboards-too-many&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on April 01 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/20/027m-206c4933.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/027m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c9b1f0a0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17379:moneyball-meets-the-homeless&catid=312)### [Moneyball Meets the Homeless](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17379:moneyball-meets-the-homeless&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on April 01 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4c/026u-4cb9397b.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/026u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4679e27d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17368:ca-judges-and-pols-the-grand-enablers-of-corruption-in-la&catid=312)### [CA Judges and Pols: The Grand Enablers of Corruption in LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17368:ca-judges-and-pols-the-grand-enablers-of-corruption-in-la&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a9/026l-a9bfa203.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/026l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=70237499) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17367:emails-show-bonin-s-role-in-palisades-eldercare-facility-approval&catid=312)### [Emails Show Bonin’s Role in Palisades Eldercare Facility Approval](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17367:emails-show-bonin-s-role-in-palisades-eldercare-facility-approval&catid=312)

Written by Sue Pascoe on March 28 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/20/026i-2004cf74.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/026i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1ea6558b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17363:is-done-competent-enough-to-conduct-neighborhood-council-elections-if-not-why-not&catid=312)### [Is DONE Competent Enough to Conduct Neighborhood Council Elections? If Not, Why Not?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17363:is-done-competent-enough-to-conduct-neighborhood-council-elections-if-not-why-not&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on March 28 2019.

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Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on March 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/79/026r-79f3a79e.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/026r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=36c1d279) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17361:could-the-path-of-a-gop-revolt-against-trump-run-through-east-los-angeles&catid=312)### [Could the Path of a GOP Revolt against Trump Run Through East Los Angeles?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17361:could-the-path-of-a-gop-revolt-against-trump-run-through-east-los-angeles&catid=312)

Written by Ben Christopher on March 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/35/026o-35c8c025.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17359:dodger-baseball-the-blue-and-very-white&catid=312)### [Dodger Baseball: The Blue and Very White](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17359:dodger-baseball-the-blue-and-very-white&catid=312)

Written by Alex Demyanenko on March 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ba/026a-ba4a6b22.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/026a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d59cb2f1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17357:will-la-finally-establish-a-city-department-and-plan-to-address-climate-change-maybe&catid=312)### [Will LA Finally Establish a City Department and Plan to address Climate Change? Maybe.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17357:will-la-finally-establish-a-city-department-and-plan-to-address-climate-change-maybe&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on March 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d9/025k-d9d8b340.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/025k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=335aa0f8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17343:how-emotional-memes-destroy-facts-and-logic&catid=312)### [How Emotional Memes Destroy Facts and Logic](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17343:how-emotional-memes-destroy-facts-and-logic&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/025a-7e9e881e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17342:women-surfers-push-beyond-equal-pay-even-if-it-means-letting-men-into-the-water-too&catid=312)### [Women Surfers Push Beyond Equal Pay—Even If It Means Letting Men into the Water, Too](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17342:women-surfers-push-beyond-equal-pay-even-if-it-means-letting-men-into-the-water-too&catid=312)

Written by Laurel Rosenhall on March 25 2019.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on March 25 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/da/025w-da6772a6.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/025w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2f67b9b9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17338:california-s-construction-workers-can-t-afford-the-homes-they-re-building&catid=312)### [California’s Construction Workers Can’t Afford the Homes They’re Building](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17338:california-s-construction-workers-can-t-afford-the-homes-they-re-building&catid=312)

Written by John Husing on March 25 2019.

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Written by James Preston Allen on March 25 2019.

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