##  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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### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398)

August 03 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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### [Your Boss Owns Your Workday—Not Your Brain](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33199:your-boss-owns-your-workday-not-your-brain&catid=425)

August 13 2026

#  VOICES

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### Where’s the Outrage for California’s Disenfranchised Voters?

Written by Liz Amsden on August 17 2026.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33222:wheres-the-outrage-for-californias-disenfranchised-voters&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/065n-8634337e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33214:wars-inequality-and-poverty-no-longer-confined-to-faraway-places&catid=375)Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on August 17 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Wars, Inequality, And Poverty No Longer Confined To Faraway Places](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33214:wars-inequality-and-poverty-no-longer-confined-to-faraway-places&catid=375)

SPEAKING OUT - We are living through a moment in time of cascading disorder. Wars, inequality, and poverty are no longer confined to “faraway” places…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cc/064g-cc5cdf11.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33197:the-manufactured-social-security-crisis-theres-a-very-simple-solution&catid=375)### [The Manufactured Social Security Crisis: There’s a Very Simple Solution](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33197:the-manufactured-social-security-crisis-theres-a-very-simple-solution&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on August 13 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/064e-8c6854e2.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33195:david-ellison-comedy-or-tragedy&catid=375)### [David Ellison - Comedy or Tragedy?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33195:david-ellison-comedy-or-tragedy&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 13 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7a/064m4-7a9855be.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33191:finding-weaknesses-in-the-evidence-behind-criminal-charges&catid=375)### [Finding Weaknesses in the Evidence Behind Criminal Charges](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33191:finding-weaknesses-in-the-evidence-behind-criminal-charges&catid=375)

Written by CityWatch on August 14 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/06/062i3-06637c99.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33158:world-central-kitchen-giving-gifts-that-keep-on-growing&catid=375)### [World Central Kitchen: Giving Gifts that Keep on Growing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33158:world-central-kitchen-giving-gifts-that-keep-on-growing&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on August 06 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/20/062k-205489be.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33157:death-by-lettuce-what-the-media-wont-tell-you&catid=375)### [Death By Lettuce – What the Media Won’t Tell You](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33157:death-by-lettuce-what-the-media-wont-tell-you&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 06 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cf/061n-cf617c09.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33152:how-to-end-los-angeles-doom-loop&catid=375)### [How to End Los Angeles’ Doom Loop](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33152:how-to-end-los-angeles-doom-loop&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 03 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a8/061m-a88be83d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33151:los-angeles-doesnt-have-an-animal-crisis-it-has-an-accountability-crisis&catid=375)### [Los Angeles Doesn't Have an Animal Crisis—It Has an Accountability Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33151:los-angeles-doesnt-have-an-animal-crisis-it-has-an-accountability-crisis&catid=375)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on August 03 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c5/061h-c5d0c33c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33150:antizionism-antisemitism-tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off&catid=375)### [Antizionism, Antisemitism. Tomato, Tomahto. Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33150:antizionism-antisemitism-tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on August 03 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/061b-be4a5e14.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33143:the-truth-or-what-best-serves-the-political-climate&catid=375)### [The Truth, or What Best Serves the Political Climate](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33143:the-truth-or-what-best-serves-the-political-climate&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on August 03 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/55/061c-55283ce3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33142:from-homer-to-hollywoods-the-odyssey-the-oppenheimer-of-ithaca&catid=375)### [From Homer to Hollywood’s The Odyssey: The “Oppenheimer of Ithaca”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33142:from-homer-to-hollywoods-the-odyssey-the-oppenheimer-of-ithaca&catid=375)

Written by Dimitris Eleas on August 03 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/15/060c-1506e39f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33135:coyotes-are-notorious-for-not-paying-rent&catid=375)### [Coyotes Are Notorious for Not Paying Rent](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33135:coyotes-are-notorious-for-not-paying-rent&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 30 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/00/060h-00af1563.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33129:service-above-self-rotary-faces-its-biggest-test-yet&catid=375)### [Service Above Self? Rotary Faces Its Biggest Test Yet](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33129:service-above-self-rotary-faces-its-biggest-test-yet&catid=375)

Written by Yonthan Mendal on July 30 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/060i-750f6cca.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33128:section-214-grants-a-foreign-nation-access-to-the-american-military-juggernaut&catid=375)### [Section 214 Grants a Foreign Nation Access to the American Military Juggernaut](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33128:section-214-grants-a-foreign-nation-access-to-the-american-military-juggernaut&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on July 30 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7f/059a-7fc7a118.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33118:8-550-officers-cant-police-a-city-of-4-million-los-angeles-has-a-public-safety-challenge&catid=375)### [8,550 Officers Can’t Police a City of 4 Million. Los Angeles Has a Public Safety Challenge](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33118:8-550-officers-cant-police-a-city-of-4-million-los-angeles-has-a-public-safety-challenge&catid=375)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian & Jay Handal on July 27 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f0/059f-f0d322ff.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33116:homelessness-is-winning&catid=375)### [Homelessness is Winning](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33116:homelessness-is-winning&catid=375)

Written by Eliot Cohen on July 27 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/80/059q-808c5c2e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33114:trumps-authoritarian-play-against-foreign-journalists&catid=375)### [Trump’s Authoritarian Play Against Foreign Journalists](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33114:trumps-authoritarian-play-against-foreign-journalists&catid=375)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on July 27 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a9/059p-a910addf.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33109:addictive-by-design-frustrating-by-nature&catid=375)### [Addictive By Design, Frustrating By Nature ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33109:addictive-by-design-frustrating-by-nature&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on July 27 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/63/059j-63e69894.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33106:why-isnt-zohran-mamdani-being-sued-for-defamation&catid=375)### [Why Isn't Zohran Mamdani Being Sued for Defamation?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33106:why-isnt-zohran-mamdani-being-sued-for-defamation&catid=375)

Written by Avrohom Moshe on July 27 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/00/058t-00927372.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33093:the-right-and-the-left-agree-individual-inalienable-rights-are-evil&catid=375)### [The Right and the Left Agree - Individual Inalienable Rights are Evil](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33093:the-right-and-the-left-agree-individual-inalienable-rights-are-evil&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 23 2026.

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