##  In the News

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### [L.A. County Faces a Government Shake-Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33349:l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up&catid=312)

September 14 2026

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### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398)

September 10 2026

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### [Before We Ask God to Judge Us, the Jewish People Must Judge Ourselves](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33346:before-we-ask-god-to-judge-us-the-jewish-people-must-judge-ourselves&catid=375)

September 14 2026

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### [QUID PRO NO](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33338:quid-pro-no&catid=378)

September 10 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Are LA’s Big Buck Developers REALLY Smarter than We Are?

Written by Ken Alpern on March 10 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10682:are-la-s-big-buck-developers-really-smarter-than-we-are&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2016/hyperloop.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10681:a-marriage-that-makes-sense-the-feds-say-i-do-to-google-cars-lyft-and-the-hyperloop-for-la&catid=312)Written by Louisa W. Shattuck on March 16 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [A Marriage that Makes Sense: The Feds Say “I Do” to Google Cars, Lyft and the Hyperloop for LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10681:a-marriage-that-makes-sense-the-feds-say-i-do-to-google-cars-lyft-and-the-hyperloop-for-la&catid=312)

It’s clear to me that, without significant changes to our transportation methods, we will find ourselves even more Balkanized, locked into spread-out…

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Written by Joel Kotkin on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d4/020a-d4d6c4a9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10677:woof-woof-all-aboard-cats-and-dogs-get-ticket-to-ride-amtrack&catid=312)### [Woof, Woof. All Aboard! Cats and Dogs Get ‘Ticket’ to Ride … Amtrak](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10677:woof-woof-all-aboard-cats-and-dogs-get-ticket-to-ride-amtrack&catid=312)

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/020b-2d55651d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10676:will-la-ever-become-unstuck-from-its-dysfunctional-sidewalk-policy&catid=312)### [Will LA Ever Become Unstuck from Its Dysfunctional Sidewalk Policy?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10676:will-la-ever-become-unstuck-from-its-dysfunctional-sidewalk-policy&catid=312)

Written by Jessica Meaney on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a8/020c-a833fb29.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10675:venice-coalition-fed-up-tells-city-hall-enough-is-enough&catid=312)### [Venice Coalition Fed Up … Tells City Hall ‘Enough is Enough!’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10675:venice-coalition-fed-up-tells-city-hall-enough-is-enough&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/40/020d-40d77b56.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10674:this-land-is-my-land-west-la-vets-campus-remains-a-dog-park&catid=312)### [This Land is My Land: West LA Vets Campus Remains a Dog Park](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10674:this-land-is-my-land-west-la-vets-campus-remains-a-dog-park&catid=312)

Written by Katharine Russ on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/af/020e-afad0095.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10673:the-dodgers-are-aqui-building-strong-ties-with-latinos&catid=312)### [The Dodgers are ‘Aquî’ - Building Strong Ties with Latinos](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10673:the-dodgers-are-aqui-building-strong-ties-with-latinos&catid=312)

Written by Fred Mariscal on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e9/020v-e9b463de.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10672:the-battle-of-the-ballot-measures-will-change-your-quality-of-life&catid=312)### [The Battle of the Ballot Measures Will Change Your Quality of Life](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10672:the-battle-of-the-ballot-measures-will-change-your-quality-of-life&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on March 08 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4a/020g-4a59ea5d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10671:silence-in-the-face-of-evil-an-open-letter-to-the-simon-wiesenthal-center&catid=312)### [Silence in the Face of Evil: An Open Letter to the Simon Wiesenthal Center](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10671:silence-in-the-face-of-evil-an-open-letter-to-the-simon-wiesenthal-center&catid=312)

Written by Scott Goldstein on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/12/020h-12e8b314.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10670:paul-krekorian-and-the-harvard-westlake-project-headed-for-a-buzz-saw&catid=312)### [Paul Krekorian and the Harvard-Westlake Project Headed for a Buzz Saw](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10670:paul-krekorian-and-the-harvard-westlake-project-headed-for-a-buzz-saw&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/020i-5a5acb46.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10669:over-development-initiative-encourages-playing-by-the-rules&catid=312)### [Over-Development Initiative Encourages Playing by the Rules](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10669:over-development-initiative-encourages-playing-by-the-rules&catid=312)

Written by Gerald A. Silver on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a5/020k-a52a59ff.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10667:it-s-official-the-proverbial-homelessness-can-has-been-kicked-down-the-road-so-now-what&catid=312)### [It’s Official: The Proverbial Homelessness Can has been Kicked Down the Road … So Now What?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10667:it-s-official-the-proverbial-homelessness-can-has-been-kicked-down-the-road-so-now-what&catid=312)

Written by General Jeff on March 08 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/020p-ad300869.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10664:dwp-reform-screwing-the-workers-won-t-solve-the-problem&catid=312)### [DWP ‘Reform’: Screwing the Workers Won’t Solve the Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10664:dwp-reform-screwing-the-workers-won-t-solve-the-problem&catid=312)

Written by Julie Butcher on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d8/020q-d8d97d30.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10663:california-taking-a-stand-assembly-says-okay-to-bills-aimed-at-curbing-teen-tobacco-use&catid=312)### [California Taking a Stand: Assembly Says Okay To Bills Aimed at Curbing Teen Tobacco Use](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10663:california-taking-a-stand-assembly-says-okay-to-bills-aimed-at-curbing-teen-tobacco-use&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/88/020r-8874f162.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10662:beware-the-selfish-interests-of-those-dismissing-the-neighborhood-integrity-initiative&catid=312)### [Beware the Selfish Interests of Those Dismissing the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10662:beware-the-selfish-interests-of-those-dismissing-the-neighborhood-integrity-initiative&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on March 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/019w-93990c37.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10661:mind-blowing-facts-about-la-s-homeless-people-and-how-to-un-homeless-them&catid=312)### [Mind Blowing Facts about LA’s Homeless People and How to Un-Homeless Them](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10661:mind-blowing-facts-about-la-s-homeless-people-and-how-to-un-homeless-them&catid=312)

Written by Michael Russell on March 03 2016.

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Written by Mitchell Englander on March 03 2016.

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Written by Shane Phillips on March 03 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/16/019e-16108c46.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10657:too-little-too-late-the-truth-about-la-s-7-6-billion-pension-adjustment&catid=312)### [Too Little too Late: The Truth about LA’s $7.6 Billion Pension Adjustment](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10657:too-little-too-late-the-truth-about-la-s-7-6-billion-pension-adjustment&catid=312)

Written by Paul Hatfield on March 03 2016.

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