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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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August 17 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Why Do We Tolerate So Much Mental Illness?

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 15 2018.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16575:why-do-we-tolerate-so-much-mental-illness&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c5/092z-c503b075.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2018/092z.png&thumbnail=610,371,&hash=aabe9617) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16574:a-well-deserved-thanks-to-our-firefighters-police-and-all-first-responders&catid=312)Written by Dennis P. Zine on November 15 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [A Well-Deserved Thanks to our Firefighters, Police, and All First Responders](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16574:a-well-deserved-thanks-to-our-firefighters-police-and-all-first-responders&catid=312)

I shared my pre-election recommendations in a previous RantZ and RaveZ, and was disappointed with the overall general election results ranging from N…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cf/092u-cfb3af38.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16573:fighting-fire-with-reason&catid=312)### [Fighting Fire with Reason](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16573:fighting-fire-with-reason&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1d/092l-1da4293d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16572:planning-department-power-grab-part-2-update-and-a-warning&catid=312)### [Planning Department Power Grab Part 2: Update and a Warning](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16572:planning-department-power-grab-part-2-update-and-a-warning&catid=312)

Written by Casey Maddren on November 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d4/092e-d437fe2f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16571:the-president-says-democrats-are-wearing-disguises-and-buying-cereal-without-voter-i-d-say-what&catid=312)### [The ‘President’ Says Democrats Are Wearing Disguises and Buying Cereal Without Voter I.D! Say What?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16571:the-president-says-democrats-are-wearing-disguises-and-buying-cereal-without-voter-i-d-say-what&catid=312)

Written by Abby Zimet on November 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/092y-a0b330a5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16570:after-the-midterms-impeaching-kavanaugh-is-worth-the-effort-for-democrats&catid=312)### [After the Midterms, Impeaching Kavanaugh is Worth the Effort for Democrats](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16570:after-the-midterms-impeaching-kavanaugh-is-worth-the-effort-for-democrats&catid=312)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on November 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/70/092m-70ba79da.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16568:la-city-hall-s-1-2-punch-against-its-own-residents&catid=312)### [LA City Hall’s 1-2 Punch Against its Own Residents](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16568:la-city-hall-s-1-2-punch-against-its-own-residents&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c2/092j-c240a951.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16567:sadly-most-californians-left-out-of-the-boom&catid=312)### [Sadly, Most Californians Left Out of the Boom](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16567:sadly-most-californians-left-out-of-the-boom&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin on November 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9c/092c-9c4950f9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16566:this-sexual-abuse-survivor-suing-all-of-california-s-catholic-bishops&catid=312)### [This Sexual Abuse Survivor Suing All of California’s Catholic Bishops](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16566:this-sexual-abuse-survivor-suing-all-of-california-s-catholic-bishops&catid=312)

Written by Emily Moon on November 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d5/092g-d54006e4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16565:the-new-abnormal&catid=312)### [The New Abnormal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16565:the-new-abnormal&catid=312)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on November 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/48/091c-480ca684.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16560:why-we-need-to-regulate-the-little-known-insidious-extended-stay-hotel&catid=312)### [Why We Need to Regulate the Little-Known, Insidious Extended-Stay Hotel ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16560:why-we-need-to-regulate-the-little-known-insidious-extended-stay-hotel&catid=312)

Written by Chelsea Kirk on November 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8f/091d-8f480b5a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16559:we-ve-been-through-it-all-before-together&catid=312)### [We’ve Been Through It All Before … Together](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16559:we-ve-been-through-it-all-before-together&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on November 12 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/80/091j-80e88310.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16555:someday-there-will-be-a-direct-rail-connection-between-lax-and-downtown&catid=312)### [Someday … There Will Be A Direct Rail Connection Between LAX and Downtown](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16555:someday-there-will-be-a-direct-rail-connection-between-lax-and-downtown&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 12 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6f/091k-6f7fcab7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16554:perfectly-good-reasons-for-trump-s-racism&catid=312)### [Perfectly Good Reasons for Trump’s Racism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16554:perfectly-good-reasons-for-trump-s-racism&catid=312)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on November 12 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/091l-a0841b2a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16553:councils-pushing-for-a-more-transparent-city-budget-process&catid=312)### [Councils Pushing for a More Transparent City Budget Process](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16553:councils-pushing-for-a-more-transparent-city-budget-process&catid=312)

Written by Jay Handal on November 12 2018.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on November 12 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 12 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on December 31 2018.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on November 12 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 12 2018.

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