##  In the News

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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 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

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### [California Can’t Insure Its Homes. Now Sacramento Wants to Insure the Trees](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33266:california-cant-insure-its-homes-now-sacramento-wants-to-insure-the-trees&catid=385)

August 27 2026

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### [EXCLUSIVE: John McKinney Warns City Hall. Enforce the Law. Demand Accountability.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33241:exclusive-john-mckinney-warns-city-hall-enforce-the-law-demand-accountability&catid=401)

August 24 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Cal State’s Answer to Segregated, Inferior K-12 Education: Ignore it!

Written by Leonard Isenberg on August 14 2017.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13801:cal-state-s-answer-to-segregated-inferior-k-12-education-ignore-it&catid=312)

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## [Death at LGBT Activist’s Home Stuns LA's Animal World](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13799:death-at-lgbt-activist-s-home-stuns-la-s-animal-world&catid=312)

 The incident occurred at the West Hollywood home of Ed Buck, well-known local Republican-turned-Democratic-Party fundraiser and donor to high-prof…

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Written by Bob Gelfand on August 14 2017.

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Written by Tim Deegan on August 14 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/42/065p-4217eeaa.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2017/065p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e20ad5d7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13794:how-airports-became-the-battleground-for-deciding-who-belongs-in-america&catid=312)### [How Airports Became the Battleground for Deciding Who Belongs in America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13794:how-airports-became-the-battleground-for-deciding-who-belongs-in-america&catid=312)

Written by Talia Inlender on August 14 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d3/065r-d38c2603.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2017/065r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f92b36c4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13793:in-san-juan-bautista-it-s-apocalypse-now&catid=312)### [In San Juan Bautista, It’s Apocalypse—Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13793:in-san-juan-bautista-it-s-apocalypse-now&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on August 14 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/61/065u-61e5c863.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2017/065u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fe08e158) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13792:la-city-council-s-steaming-pile-of-hypocrisy-mccarthyism-and-guano&catid=312)### [LA City Council’s Steaming Pile of Hypocrisy, McCarthyism and Guano](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13792:la-city-council-s-steaming-pile-of-hypocrisy-mccarthyism-and-guano&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on August 14 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/99/065v-99ea5052.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2017/065v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=77863197) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13791:plum-committee-alert-they-re-ready-to-raise-land-use-appeal-fees-sky-high&catid=312)### [PLUM Committee Alert! They’re Ready to Raise Land Use Appeal Fees Sky High](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13791:plum-committee-alert-they-re-ready-to-raise-land-use-appeal-fees-sky-high&catid=312)

Written by Ziggy Kruse on August 14 2017.

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Written by Kamala Harris on August 14 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fe/061k-fe3b568d.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2017/061k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=98deb24d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13787:la-s-virtual-bankruptcy-equals-service-insolvency-2&catid=312)### [LA’s ‘Virtual Bankruptcy’ Equals ‘Service Insolvency’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13787:la-s-virtual-bankruptcy-equals-service-insolvency-2&catid=312)

Written by Paul Hatfield on August 11 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/45/064z4-458ce412.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2017/064z4.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a42554ec) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13786:story-behind-the-studio-city-nc-controversial-harvard-westlake-vote&catid=312)### [Story Behind the Studio City NC Controversial Harvard-Westlake Vote](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13786:story-behind-the-studio-city-nc-controversial-harvard-westlake-vote&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven & Joshua Preven on August 10 2017.

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Written by David Schwartzman on August 10 2017.

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Written by Dick Platkin on August 10 2017.

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Written by Doug Epperhart on August 10 2017.

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Written by Tony Butka on August 10 2017.

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Written by Denyse Selesnick on August 10 2017.

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Written by David Bell on August 10 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 10 2017.

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Written by Los Angeles Tenants Union on August 10 2017.

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Written by Joe Mathews on August 10 2017.

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