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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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### [Will the Mega-Merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Hurt Tenants?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33262:will-the-mega-merger-of-equity-residential-and-avalonbay-communities-hurt-tenants&catid=429)

August 27 2026

#  SAY WHAT?

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  [### The Coming Show Trial of Julian Assange

Written by Chris Hedges on June 17 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17884:the-coming-show-trial-of-julian-assange&catid=376)

 Written by Alex Bollinger on June 13 2019. Posted in [SAY WHAT?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=376).

## [Christians Apologize at Pride Festival](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17860:christians-apologize-at-pride-festival&catid=376)

 “We’re here to apologize for the ways that we as Christians have harmed the LGBT community,” the banner said. They carried other signs that said th…

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### [Drag Goes Mainstream](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17837:drag-goes-mainstream&catid=376)

Written by Daniel Villarreal on June 10 2019.

### [A Father’s Day Gift for Myself: Activism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17814:a-father-s-day-gift-for-myself-activism&catid=376)

Written by Peter Certo on June 06 2019.

### [For Weeks, She Pleaded for Medical Help … Where was ICE?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17794:for-weeks-she-pleaded-for-medical-help-where-was-ice&catid=376)

Written by Eoin Higgins on June 03 2019.

### [With Dems Clamoring for Impeachment, Pelosi's Mueller Response Denounced as 'Embarrassingly Weak'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17767:with-dems-clamoring-for-impeachment-pelosi-s-mueller-response-denounced-as-embarrassingly-weak&catid=376)

Written by Jake Johnson on May 30 2019.

### [Thousands of McDonald’s Workers Protest Rampant Sexual Harassment](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17747:thousands-of-mcdonald-s-workers-protest-rampant-sexual-harassment&catid=376)

Written by Rebekah Barber on May 27 2019.

### [Let’s Rethink the POW/MIA Flag](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17731:let-s-rethink-the-pow-mia-flag&catid=376)

Written by Kevin Basl on May 23 2019.

### [Chelsea Manning Warns: Trump 'Clearly Wants to Go After Journalists'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17667:chelsea-manning-warns-trump-clearly-wants-to-go-after-journalists&catid=376)

Written by Jake Johnson on May 13 2019.

### [Dozens of Countries Just Banned America’s ‘Kill the Gays” Hate Preacher](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17645:dozens-of-countries-just-banned-america-s-kill-the-gays-hate-preacher&catid=376)

Written by Bil Browning on May 09 2019.

### [First It was the Word ‘Gay”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17619:first-it-was-the-word-gay&catid=376)

Written by John Gallagher on May 06 2019.

### [One Big Problem with the GOP’s Campaign against ‘Socialism’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17595:one-big-problem-with-the-gop-s-campaign-against-socialism&catid=376)

Written by Jim Hightower on May 02 2019.

### [Christian Donor Yanks Pledge to Fund Sick Baby’s Medical Expenses because She has Two Moms](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17572:christian-donor-yanks-pledge-to-fund-sick-baby-s-medical-expenses-because-she-has-two-moms&catid=376)

Written by Alex Bollinger on April 29 2019.

### [Gay Men in Coachella Photo with Aaron Schock Apologize Because They Didn’t Know Who He Was](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17552:gay-men-in-coachella-photo-with-aaron-schock-apologize-because-they-didn-t-know-who-he-was&catid=376)

Written by Bil Browning on April 25 2019.

### [The Planetary Cost of Amazon’s Convenience](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17527:the-planetary-cost-of-amazon-s-convenience&catid=376)

Written by Todd Larsen on April 22 2019.

### [Anti-Gay GOP Ex-Congressman Aaron Schock Photographed Making Out with Another Man at Coachella](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17507:anti-gay-gop-ex-congressman-aaron-schock-photographed-making-out-with-another-man-at-coachella&catid=376)

Written by Bil Browning on April 18 2019.

### [Chicago Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot: Jussie Smollett's Case 'Doesn't Rank as a Matter of Any Importance'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17488:chicago-mayor-elect-lori-lightfoot-jussie-smollett-s-case-doesn-t-rank-as-a-matter-of-any-importance&catid=376)

Written by Tonja Renée Stidhum on April 15 2019.

### [National Enquirer Expected to be Sold Soon. Pressure Grows on Parent Company](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17468:national-enquirer-expected-to-be-sold-soon-pressure-grows-on-parent-company&catid=376)

Written by Sarah Ellison & Marc Fisher on April 11 2019.

### [Survey: Trump's Racist Remarks Helped Boost Down-Ballot Republicans in 2016](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17419:survey-trump-s-racist-remarks-helped-boost-down-ballot-republicans-in-2016&catid=376)

Written by Tom Jacobs on April 08 2019.

### [Facebook Plans to Become World’s Biggest Central Bank?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17414:facebook-plans-to-become-world-s-biggest-central-bank&catid=376)

Written by Lance Ng on April 04 2019.

### [Syrian Ambassador: Trump Should Give Israel the Carolinas, Instead of Syria’s Golan](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17394:syrian-ambassador-trump-should-give-israel-the-carolinas-instead-of-syria-s-golan&catid=376)

Written by Juan Cole on April 01 2019.

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