##  In the News

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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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### [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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### [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)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### This is My Street and You’re Sleeping On It!

Written by James Preston Allen on October 11 2018.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16350:this-is-my-street-and-you-re-sleeping-on-it&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0e/081i-0e60c2bb.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2018/081i.png&thumbnail=610,407,&hash=109381dc) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16349:thinking-big-about-the-hollywood-sign&catid=312)Written by Leron Gubler on October 11 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Thinking Big about the Hollywood Sign](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16349:thinking-big-about-the-hollywood-sign&catid=312)

Because of the interest in building an aerial tram to the Hollywood Sign, I was particularly interested in how these facilities operated, and I was i…

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Written by S. Novi on October 11 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b9/081r-b9ebe110.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2018/081r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a996a548) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16343:brett-kavanaugh-what-s-next-for-women-and-the-resistance&catid=312)### [Brett Kavanaugh: What’s Next for Women and The Resistance?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16343:brett-kavanaugh-what-s-next-for-women-and-the-resistance&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on October 11 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0a/081t-0ad4b2b5.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2018/081t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5d9b3f6e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16341:will-a-trap-and-release-plan-for-coyotes-stop-attacks-on-humans-and-pets&catid=312)### [Will a ‘Trap and Release’ Plan for Coyotes Stop Attacks on Humans and Pets?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16341:will-a-trap-and-release-plan-for-coyotes-stop-attacks-on-humans-and-pets&catid=312)

Written by Phyllis M Daugherty on October 11 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/30/081u-303ffd1b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16340:a-case-for-typhoideric-garcetti&catid=312)### [A Case for #TyphoidEric Garcetti](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16340:a-case-for-typhoideric-garcetti&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on October 11 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/080a-ad146227.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16334:you-re-gonna-love-la-s-new-street-fix-plan-kudos-to-galpern-and-feuer&catid=312)### [You’re Gonna Love LA’s New Street-Fix Plan … Kudos to Galperin and Feuer](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16334:you-re-gonna-love-la-s-new-street-fix-plan-kudos-to-galpern-and-feuer&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on October 06 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/080b-db6eeb46.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16333:why-are-wimbys-in-the-public-s-crosshairs&catid=312)### [Why are WIMBYS in the Public’s Crosshairs? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16333:why-are-wimbys-in-the-public-s-crosshairs&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on October 04 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/af/080d-afe63fb4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16332:who-the-heck-is-tony-thurmond-and-why-should-you-care&catid=312)### [Who the Heck is Tony Thurmond, and Why Should You Care?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16332:who-the-heck-is-tony-thurmond-and-why-should-you-care&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on October 11 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/080f-bbfb71e3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16330:wesson-s-cowardly-withdrawal-what-say-you-erwin-chemerinsky&catid=312)### [Wesson’s Cowardly Withdrawal - What Say You, Erwin Chemerinsky?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16330:wesson-s-cowardly-withdrawal-what-say-you-erwin-chemerinsky&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on October 04 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9e/080h-9e1aee65.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16328:this-is-the-only-story-now&catid=312)### [This Is the Only Story Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16328:this-is-the-only-story-now&catid=312)

Written by Abby Zimet on October 04 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/69/080j-695ea813.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16326:rights-politics-snafu-deja-vu&catid=312)### [Rights. Politics. SNAFU Deja Vu!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16326:rights-politics-snafu-deja-vu&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 04 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1c/080k-1c29689f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16325:prop-6-will-make-our-lives-more-dangerous-and-more-expensive-here-s-how&catid=312)### [Prop 6 Will Make Our Lives More Dangerous and More Expensive … Here’s How](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16325:prop-6-will-make-our-lives-more-dangerous-and-more-expensive-here-s-how&catid=312)

Written by Matthew Hetz on October 04 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/21/080l-21683aa1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16324:legislature-and-governor-to-crime-victims-drop-dead&catid=312)### [Legislature and Governor to Crime Victims: Drop Dead](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16324:legislature-and-governor-to-crime-victims-drop-dead&catid=312)

Written by Michele Hanisee on October 04 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/15/080m-15131f51.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16323:la-turns-a-blind-eye-to-illegal-west-side-pot-dispensaries-does-that-mean-the-city-is-breaking-state-law&catid=312)### [LA Turns a Blind Eye to Illegal West Side Pot Dispensaries … Does That Mean the City is Breaking State Law?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16323:la-turns-a-blind-eye-to-illegal-west-side-pot-dispensaries-does-that-mean-the-city-is-breaking-state-law&catid=312)

Written by Diedra Greenaway on October 04 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6b/080r-6b969807.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16319:beyond-a-reasonable-doubt&catid=312)### [Beyond a Reasonable Doubt](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16319:beyond-a-reasonable-doubt&catid=312)

Written by David Bell on October 11 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/079a-b1e8d797.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16305:why-feinstein-is-crushing-de-leon&catid=312)### [Why Feinstein is Crushing de Leon](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16305:why-feinstein-is-crushing-de-leon&catid=312)

Written by Jerry Roberts & Phil Trounstine on October 01 2018.

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Written by Diedra Greenaway on October 01 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9c/079h-9ca954c4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16301:why-won-t-brett-kavanaugh-take-a-polygraph-test&catid=312)### [Why Won’t Brett Kavanaugh Take a Polygraph Test?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16301:why-won-t-brett-kavanaugh-take-a-polygraph-test&catid=312)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on October 01 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on October 01 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/91/079k-91df894a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16298:uh-oh-councilmember-admits-vulgarities-personal-attacks-are-free-speech&catid=312)### [Uh-oh: Councilmember Admits Vulgarities, Personal Attacks are Free Speech](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16298:uh-oh-councilmember-admits-vulgarities-personal-attacks-are-free-speech&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on October 01 2018.

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