##  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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### Crunch Time: Down to the Wire: On the Krekorian Recall Petition

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on July 11 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11435:crunch-time-down-to-the-wire-on-the-krekorian-recall-petition&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/44/056s-44464909.png&src=images/stories/July-2016/056s.png&thumbnail=610,321,&hash=65704013) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11434:california-s-dangerous-potential-new-death-penalty-initiative&catid=312)Written by Jessica Pishko on July 11 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [California’s Dangerous Potential New Death Penalty Initiative](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11434:california-s-dangerous-potential-new-death-penalty-initiative&catid=312)

DECISION TIME--Thirty-one years ago, Kevin Cooper was sentenced to death by a California court for the brutal murder of four people in a ranch house…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c7/055a-c71216e3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11428:what-s-wrong-with-la-how-about-city-council-vote-trading&catid=312)### [What’s Wrong with LA? How about City Council Vote Trading? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11428:what-s-wrong-with-la-how-about-city-council-vote-trading&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/49/055b-49186071.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11427:what-the-takata-airbag-mess-has-to-do-with-you&catid=312)### [What the Takata Airbag Mess Has to do with You](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11427:what-the-takata-airbag-mess-has-to-do-with-you&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on July 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0a/055c-0a27034d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11426:the-lotus-festival-a-celebration-of-asian-food-culture-and-flowers&catid=312)### [The Lotus Festival: A Celebration of Asian Food, Culture and … Flowers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11426:the-lotus-festival-a-celebration-of-asian-food-culture-and-flowers&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on July 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/40/055e-40235b94.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11425:open-season-continues-on-murdering-black-men-video&catid=312)### [Open Season Continues on Murdering Black Men (Video)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11425:open-season-continues-on-murdering-black-men-video&catid=312)

Written by Pastor Rick Eisenlord on July 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/055f-96fd80f5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11424:la-neighborhoods-seeking-hpoz-status-to-protect-them-from-mansionization-and-high-density-video&catid=312)### [LA Neighborhoods Seeking HPOZ Status to Protect Them from Mansionization and High Density (Video)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11424:la-neighborhoods-seeking-hpoz-status-to-protect-them-from-mansionization-and-high-density-video&catid=312)

Written by Ken Hixon on July 07 2016.

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Written by Peter L. Markowitz on July 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9d/055h-9d939206.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11422:i-m-getting-bored-with-all-the-talk-about-millennials-savvy-seniors-can-make-a-difference&catid=312)### [I’m Getting Bored with all the Talk about Millennials … ‘Savvy Seniors’ Can Make a Difference](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11422:i-m-getting-bored-with-all-the-talk-about-millennials-savvy-seniors-can-make-a-difference&catid=312)

Written by Denyse Selesnick on July 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ab/055i-ab7f3d6f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11421:how-south-los-angeles-can-save-us&catid=312)### [How South Los Angeles Can Save Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11421:how-south-los-angeles-can-save-us&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on July 07 2016.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on July 07 2016.

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Written by Damien Goodmon on July 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/055o-bf3160aa.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11413:california-politics-mostly-white-people&catid=312)### [California Politics: Mostly White People](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11413:california-politics-mostly-white-people&catid=312)

Written by Nathan Collins on July 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/055p-c08541ce.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11412:are-la-s-community-plan-updates-ready-for-unexpected-bumps-in-the-road&catid=312)### [Are LA’s Community Plan Updates Ready for “Unexpected” Bumps in the Road?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11412:are-la-s-community-plan-updates-ready-for-unexpected-bumps-in-the-road&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on July 07 2016.

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Written by Judy Frankel on July 07 2016.

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Written by Daily Bruin Editorial Board on July 04 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d6/054b-d6152e3f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11406:we-will-preserve-our-republic-if-we-have-the-brains-and-courage-to-keep-it&catid=312)### [We Will Preserve Our Republic ... If We Have the Brains and Courage to Keep It](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11406:we-will-preserve-our-republic-if-we-have-the-brains-and-courage-to-keep-it&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on July 04 2016.

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Written by William Bradley on July 04 2016.

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Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on July 04 2016.

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Written by Joe Mathews on July 04 2016.

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