##  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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### [California’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning Sacramento Can’t Ignore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378)

August 17 2026

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### [A Prisoner, A Peacemaker, and Israel’s Defining Choice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33231:a-prisoner-a-peacemaker-and-israels-defining-choice&catid=375)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Preparing for a Baby: Tips for Parents with Disabilities

Written by Patrick Young on January 17 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16938:preparing-for-a-baby-tips-for-parents-with-disabilities&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/19/006d-19482e24.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/006d.png&thumbnail=610,388,&hash=cf040ba2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16937:teachers-vs-lausd-problem-is-not-just-class-size&catid=312)Written by Leonard Isenberg on January 17 2019. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Teachers vs LAUSD: Problem is Not Just Class Size](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16937:teachers-vs-lausd-problem-is-not-just-class-size&catid=312)

Rather it is the fact that the vast majority of these students have been passed through their prior grade-levels- social promotion- without ever mast…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/62/006m-627a9bbe.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16936:it-s-a-new-year-politics-investigations-and-accountability-in-la&catid=312)### [It’s a New Year: Politics, Investigations and Accountability in LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16936:it-s-a-new-year-politics-investigations-and-accountability-in-la&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on January 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/006p-075b3e4b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16935:david-ryu-vs-city-hall-corruption&catid=312)### [David Ryu vs City Hall Corruption](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16935:david-ryu-vs-city-hall-corruption&catid=312)

Written by Coalition to Preserve LA on January 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3e/006a-3ec4090c.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/006a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=86a58d2a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16934:venice-blvd-reconfiguration-is-decided-behind-closed-doors-by-those-who-promised-transparency&catid=312)### [Venice Blvd Reconfiguration is ‘Decided Behind Closed Doors’ ... By Those Who Promised Transparency](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16934:venice-blvd-reconfiguration-is-decided-behind-closed-doors-by-those-who-promised-transparency&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/006c-aeae967b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16930:the-wall-the-wuss-and-the-deal&catid=312)### [The Wall the Wuss, and the Deal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16930:the-wall-the-wuss-and-the-deal&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on January 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8a/006j-8a9e73e6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16929:la-city-hall-s-version-of-the-green-new-deal-tainted-by-corruption-accusations&catid=312)### [LA City Hall’s Version of the Green New Deal Tainted by Corruption Accusations](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16929:la-city-hall-s-version-of-the-green-new-deal-tainted-by-corruption-accusations&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on January 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ff/005d-ff726773.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/005d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9a787aba) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16918:who-s-the-biggest-threat-to-the-republic-trump-pelosi-or-we-the-people&catid=312)### [Who’s the Biggest Threat to the Republic: Trump, Pelosi…or ‘We the People”?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16918:who-s-the-biggest-threat-to-the-republic-trump-pelosi-or-we-the-people&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8a/005y-8a48bc2f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16916:boarder-wall-farce&catid=312)### [Boarder Wall Farce](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16916:boarder-wall-farce&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/41/005b-41376b78.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16915:yes-evil-does-exist-today-s-news-provides-proof&catid=312)### [Yes, Evil Does Exist. Today’s News Provides Proof.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16915:yes-evil-does-exist-today-s-news-provides-proof&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S Alpern on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/46/005e-4638b0d2.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/005e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e7053d23) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16914:two-dead-black-men-is-1-too-many-for-ted-lieu&catid=312)### [Two Dead Black Men is 1 Too Many for Ted Lieu](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16914:two-dead-black-men-is-1-too-many-for-ted-lieu&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cc/005i-cc96767e.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/005i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2e25a733) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16913:the-democrats-finally-won-the-suburbs-now-will-they-destroy-them&catid=312)### [The Democrats Finally Won the Suburbs. Now, Will They Destroy Them?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16913:the-democrats-finally-won-the-suburbs-now-will-they-destroy-them&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c1/005k-c17fc229.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/005k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=854bce5a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16912:la-school-s-superintendent-having-problem-locating-the-truth&catid=312)### [LA School’s Superintendent Having Problem Locating the Truth](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16912:la-school-s-superintendent-having-problem-locating-the-truth&catid=312)

Written by Ellen Lubic on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/35/005l-35404669.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/005l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2fd38490) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16910:it-s-the-differences-that-made-this-country-great-not-the-racist-stew-that-boils-over-today&catid=312)### [It’s the Differences That Made This Country Great, Not the Racist Stew That Boils Over Today](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16910:it-s-the-differences-that-made-this-country-great-not-the-racist-stew-that-boils-over-today&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/42/005a-42666d79.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/005a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6026a1ed) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16909:will-utla-s-strike-help-privatize-public-education-in-la&catid=312)### [Will UTLA’s Strike Help Privatize Public Education in LA?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16909:will-utla-s-strike-help-privatize-public-education-in-la&catid=312)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3c/005h-3c5b1919.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/005h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=257888b0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16908:there-should-have-been-no-strike&catid=312)### [There Should Have Been NO Strike](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16908:there-should-have-been-no-strike&catid=312)

Written by Richard Wagoner on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2d/005z1-2d8853e6.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/005z1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=50d3a56e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16907:a-mother-s-letter-to-lausd-superintendent-austin-beutner&catid=312)### [A Mother’s Letter to LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16907:a-mother-s-letter-to-lausd-superintendent-austin-beutner&catid=312)

Written by Jennifer Marquez on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f6/005m-f692f8f7.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/005m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e64a64a6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16906:it-s-just-another-distraction&catid=312)### [It's Just Another Distraction](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16906:it-s-just-another-distraction&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/86/005q-86555f05.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2019/005q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b402b4b0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16905:checking-the-math-how-many-homeless-are-there-in-la-really&catid=312)### [Checking the Math. How Many Homeless are There in LA … Really?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16905:checking-the-math-how-many-homeless-are-there-in-la-really&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on January 14 2019.

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Written by Daniel Guss on January 14 2019.

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