##  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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### Five Things a Californian Should Know Now About Rent Control

Written by Matt Levin on January 08 2018.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14629:five-things-a-californian-should-know-now-about-rent-control&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1603t.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14628:palestinian-girl-shines-light-on-shameful-occupation-what-do-you-stand-for&catid=312)Written by Abby Zimet on January 04 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Palestinian Girl Shines Light on Shameful Occupation … What Do You Stand For?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14628:palestinian-girl-shines-light-on-shameful-occupation-what-do-you-stand-for&catid=312)

Her arrest stemmed from a December protest in her village of Nabi Salah, which for years has stubbornly protested the Occupation and its rapidly grow…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ff/1601w-ff7bae72.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14625:are-la-coffee-shops-the-new-homeless-drop-in-centers&catid=312)### [Are LA Coffee Shops the New Homeless Drop-In Centers?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14625:are-la-coffee-shops-the-new-homeless-drop-in-centers&catid=312)

Written by Judy Joy Jones on January 08 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/76/1601x-76e680e6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14624:are-california-s-strongman-governors-bullying-the-state&catid=312)### [Are California’s Strongman Governors Bullying the State?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14624:are-california-s-strongman-governors-bullying-the-state&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on January 08 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c7/1601z-c779463c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14622:10-critical-keys-to-unlocking-a-better-and-happier-los-angeles-in-2018&catid=312)### [10 Critical Keys to Unlocking a Better and Happier Los Angeles in 2018](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14622:10-critical-keys-to-unlocking-a-better-and-happier-los-angeles-in-2018&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 08 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4f/01c-4f01c8b5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14621:immorality-in-california-politics-more-than-sexual-harassment&catid=312)### [Immorality in California Politics … More Than Sexual Harassment](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14621:immorality-in-california-politics-more-than-sexual-harassment&catid=312)

Written by David Crane on January 01 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b9/01g-b9aa4e3c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14618:2017-shocker-americans-prefer-lies-and-myths-over-facts-and-reason&catid=312)### [2017 Shocker: Americans Prefer Lies and Myths over Facts and Reason](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14618:2017-shocker-americans-prefer-lies-and-myths-over-facts-and-reason&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 01 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/01f-f154beeb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14616:ca-capitol-wakes-up-to-2018-looks-smells-a-lot-like-2017&catid=312)### [CA Capitol Wakes Up to 2018 … Looks, Smells a Lot Like 2017](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14616:ca-capitol-wakes-up-to-2018-looks-smells-a-lot-like-2017&catid=312)

Written by Dan Walters on January 01 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/31/0104c-31035c07.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14612:transportation-prediction-for-2018-controversy-and-uncertainty&catid=312)### [Transportation Prediction for 2018: Controversy and Uncertainty](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14612:transportation-prediction-for-2018-controversy-and-uncertainty&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/40/0104d-400beff4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14611:time-is-running-out-on-2017-time-for-accountability-in-los-angeles&catid=312)### [Time is Running Out On 2017, Time for Accountability in Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14611:time-is-running-out-on-2017-time-for-accountability-in-los-angeles&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5e/0104e-5e9018dd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14610:tesla-troubles-can-california-impose-its-blue-values-on-the-green-economy&catid=312)### [Tesla Troubles: Can California Impose its Blue Values on the Green Economy?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14610:tesla-troubles-can-california-impose-its-blue-values-on-the-green-economy&catid=312)

Written by Judy Lin on December 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/0104g-3444896f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14608:pigs-at-a-trough-tax-style&catid=312)### [Pigs at a Trough - Tax Style](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14608:pigs-at-a-trough-tax-style&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on December 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9d/0104h-9ded76e5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14607:la-s-green-rush-inexcusably-put-on-hold&catid=312)### [LA’s ‘Green Rush’ Inexcusably Put On Hold](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14607:la-s-green-rush-inexcusably-put-on-hold&catid=312)

Written by Jay Handal on December 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ec/0104i-ec14af5f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14606:la-s-experts-are-97-wrong-on-development&catid=312)### [LA’s ‘Experts’ are 97% Wrong on Development ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14606:la-s-experts-are-97-wrong-on-development&catid=312)

Written by Eliot Cohen on December 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/26/0104m-2680c0c0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14603:for-indians-the-california-dream-is-a-myth&catid=312)### [For Indians the California Dream is a Myth](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14603:for-indians-the-california-dream-is-a-myth&catid=312)

Written by Olivia Chilcote on December 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/31/0104r-316a2157.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14600:2018-we-still-have-a-chance&catid=312)### [2018: We Still Have a Chance](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14600:2018-we-still-have-a-chance&catid=312)

Written by David Bell on December 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/31/0104t-31f37ee6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14599:2018-tax-chaos&catid=312)### [2018 Tax Chaos](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14599:2018-tax-chaos&catid=312)

Written by Paul Hatfield on December 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/72/0104u-72dacf3e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14598:2018-slate-of-ballot-measures-still-cloudy&catid=312)### [2018 Slate of Ballot Measures Still Cloudy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14598:2018-slate-of-ballot-measures-still-cloudy&catid=312)

Written by Dan Walters on December 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2f/0104v-2ff87e5d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14596:2017-la-leads-the-nation-in-the-year-of-resistance&catid=312)### [2017: LA Leads the Nation in the Year of Resistance](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14596:2017-la-leads-the-nation-in-the-year-of-resistance&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on December 28 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d0/0103a-d076aa77.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14593:waging-the-war-of-words&catid=312)### [Waging the War of Words](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14593:waging-the-war-of-words&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on December 25 2017.

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