##  In the News

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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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### [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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### [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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### [Nithya Raman Has Yet to Address Hasan Piker’s Antisemitism Controversy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33275:nithya-raman-has-yet-to-address-hasan-pikers-antisemitism-controversy&catid=375)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### LA City Council Ignores Protestors, Unanimously Exempts Hollywood Target from City Height Rules

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on May 05 2016.

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  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2016/037h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11051:follow-the-money-home-sharing-ordinance-would-legalize-hotels-in-residential-neighborhoods&catid=312)Written by Raymond Klein on May 05 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Follow the Money! Home-Sharing Ordinance would Legalize Hotels in Residential Neighborhoods](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11051:follow-the-money-home-sharing-ordinance-would-legalize-hotels-in-residential-neighborhoods&catid=312)

NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHTS--While short-term rentals help a few people make ends meet by renting their home to vacationing strangers, the protection of the…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/59/037j-597771d0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11049:california-these-elections-are-costing-us-a-fortune-can-t-we-email-it-in&catid=312)### [California: These Elections are Costing Us a Fortune! Can’t We Email It In?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11049:california-these-elections-are-costing-us-a-fortune-can-t-we-email-it-in&catid=312)

Written by Ed Coghan on May 05 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/55/037k-55a7ed34.png&src=images/stories/May-2016/037k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8ecdbf54) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11048:bicycle-millennium-interrupted-for-bike-month&catid=312)### [Bicycle Millennium Interrupted for Bike Month](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11048:bicycle-millennium-interrupted-for-bike-month&catid=312)

Written by Richard Risemberg on May 05 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b8/037l-b8491e63.png&src=images/stories/May-2016/037l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=920965cb) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11047:backroom-plan-for-basketball-in-runyon-canyon-park-continues-to-unravel-tension-mounts&catid=312)### [Backroom Plan for Basketball in Runyon Canyon Park Continues to Unravel … Tension Mounts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11047:backroom-plan-for-basketball-in-runyon-canyon-park-continues-to-unravel-tension-mounts&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on May 05 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/037m-6e8cc6ef.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11046:action-alert-la-looks-to-scale-back-some-mcmansions&catid=312)### [Action Alert: LA Looks to Scale Back Some 'McMansions'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11046:action-alert-la-looks-to-scale-back-some-mcmansions&catid=312)

Written by Josie Huang on May 05 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/pulse-LA-aca4e0ee.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11045:tell-us-what-you-think-in-30-seconds-or-less-cent-transit-tax&catid=312)### [Tell Us What You Think … in 30 Seconds or Less: ½ Cent Transit Tax?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11045:tell-us-what-you-think-in-30-seconds-or-less-cent-transit-tax&catid=312)

Written by The Polling People on May 05 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6c/036t-6c65b68f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11041:exxonmobil-still-polluting-refinery-safety-network-files-suit-against-socal-air-quality-district&catid=312)### [ExxonMobil Still Polluting! Refinery Safety Network Files Suit Against SoCal Air Quality District](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11041:exxonmobil-still-polluting-refinery-safety-network-files-suit-against-socal-air-quality-district&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b9/036b-b946914a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11038:ten-billion-dollar-bob-a-new-strategy&catid=312)### [Ten Billion Dollar Bob: a New Strategy?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11038:ten-billion-dollar-bob-a-new-strategy&catid=312)

Written by Paul Hatfield on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/19/036c-1934ede5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11037:something-s-rotten-in-the-new-hollywood-community-plan&catid=312)### [Something’s Rotten in the New Hollywood Community ‘Plan’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11037:something-s-rotten-in-the-new-hollywood-community-plan&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a4/036d-a42d4cc5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11036:no-kill-la-s-big-lie&catid=312)### [‘No Kill’: LA’s Big Lie](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11036:no-kill-la-s-big-lie&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4b/036e-4b6fd266.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11035:millennials-the-new-urban-pioneers&catid=312)### [Millennials: The New Urban Pioneers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11035:millennials-the-new-urban-pioneers&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/71/036f-71ad46a6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11034:mayor-garcetti-ok-s-800-000-for-feral-cat-report-while-the-city-s-homeless-struggle&catid=312)### [Mayor Garcetti OK’s $800,000 for Feral Cat Report While the City’s Homeless Struggle](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11034:mayor-garcetti-ok-s-800-000-for-feral-cat-report-while-the-city-s-homeless-struggle&catid=312)

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/41/036h-41a6aa98.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11032:la-supes-have-once-in-a-generation-opportunity-to-break-inequality-barrier-for-parks-and-playgrounds&catid=312)### [LA Supes Have Once-in-A-Generation Opportunity to Break Inequality Barrier for Parks and Playgrounds](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11032:la-supes-have-once-in-a-generation-opportunity-to-break-inequality-barrier-for-parks-and-playgrounds&catid=312)

Written by Manal Aboelata and Elva Yanez on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a5/036i-a5a76caa.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11031:hard-to-tell-the-extremists-from-well-the-extremists&catid=312)### [Hard to Tell the Extremists from … Well, the Extremists](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11031:hard-to-tell-the-extremists-from-well-the-extremists&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e9/036j-e96dbc81.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11030:designs-for-la-s-pershing-square-different-overwhelming-but-look-out-for-the-well-worn-x&catid=312)### [Designs for LA’s Pershing Square: ‘Different’, ‘Overwhelming’ but, Look Out for the Well Worn ‘X’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11030:designs-for-la-s-pershing-square-different-overwhelming-but-look-out-for-the-well-worn-x&catid=312)

Written by Brady Westwater on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f0/036s-f0e03822.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11027:civil-rights-leaders-call-for-email-audits-want-a-halt-to-racially-biased-policing-in-lasd&catid=312)### [Civil Rights Leaders Call for Email Audits … Want a Halt to Racially Biased Policing in LASD](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11027:civil-rights-leaders-call-for-email-audits-want-a-halt-to-racially-biased-policing-in-lasd&catid=312)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ef/036p-ef73b71e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11024:anybody-wonder-why-the-homelessness-discussion-is-missing-from-the-2016-presidential-campaign&catid=312)### [Anybody Wonder Why the Homelessness Discussion is Missing from the 2016 Presidential Campaign?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11024:anybody-wonder-why-the-homelessness-discussion-is-missing-from-the-2016-presidential-campaign&catid=312)

Written by General Jeff on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/90/036q-90c2b674.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11023:a-park-over-the-101-dreaming-big-in-hollywood&catid=312)### [A Park Over the 101! Dreaming Big in Hollywood](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11023:a-park-over-the-101-dreaming-big-in-hollywood&catid=312)

Written by Leron Gubler on May 02 2016.

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Written by John Ogden on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/85/035c-859e5d1d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11018:save-valley-village-coalition-files-unprecedented-suit-against-all-15-city-councilmembers&catid=312)### [Save Valley Village Coalition Files Unprecedented Suit against All 15 City Councilmembers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11018:save-valley-village-coalition-files-unprecedented-suit-against-all-15-city-councilmembers&catid=312)

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