##  In the News

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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

September 10 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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### [Olympics: LA28’s Drip‑Drip‑Drip Tactics Leave Los Angeles Holding the Bag](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33314:olympics-la28s-drip-drip-drip-tactics-leave-los-angeles-holding-the-bag&catid=312)

September 07 2026

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### [$1 Billion Later, Congress Comes Knocking: Los Angeles’ Homelessness Machine Faces Its Day of Reckoning](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396)

September 07 2026

#  VOICES

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### Are Californian Voters So Enamored By Their One-Party System That They’ve Embraced Tyranny?

Written by Ken Alpern on August 31 2026.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33279:are-californian-voters-so-enamored-by-their-one-party-system-that-theyve-embraced-tyranny&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/27/070e-279910b9.png) ](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)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 31 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [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)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - While it was outrageous that in May 2026 CD 4 councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman endorsed Hasan Piker’s lie that J…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/068i-e7477c63.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33264:divided-supreme-court-creates-confusion-by-advancing-trumps-agenda-to-restrict-mail-in-voting&catid=375)### [Divided Supreme Court Creates Confusion By Advancing Trump’s Agenda to Restrict Mail-in Voting](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33264:divided-supreme-court-creates-confusion-by-advancing-trumps-agenda-to-restrict-mail-in-voting&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on August 27 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/068d-ac694813.jpg) ](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)### [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)

Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on August 27 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d6/068e-d6b216a1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33260:who-are-rahil-prakash-and-justin-choi-are-they-punking-us&catid=375)### [Who are Rahil Prakash and Justin Choi? Are they Punking Us?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33260:who-are-rahil-prakash-and-justin-choi-are-they-punking-us&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 27 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3a/067b-3a90b144.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33252:who-is-rahil-prakash-why-did-the-media-publish-his-false-poll&catid=375)### [Who Is Rahil Prakash? Why Did the Media Publish His False Poll?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33252:who-is-rahil-prakash-why-did-the-media-publish-his-false-poll&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 24 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/067k-bb8b8551.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33243:carney-draws-the-line-at-the-canadian-border-760-328-7444-theater-ears&catid=375)### [Carney Draws the Line at the Canadian Border.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33243:carney-draws-the-line-at-the-canadian-border-760-328-7444-theater-ears&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on August 24 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0b/066g2-0be260b9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33235:the-swamp-in-d-c-is-located-on-the-national-mall-and-reflects-the-condition-of-this-administration&catid=375)### [The Swamp in D.C. is Located on the National Mall and Reflects the Condition of This Administration](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33235:the-swamp-in-d-c-is-located-on-the-national-mall-and-reflects-the-condition-of-this-administration&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on August 20 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/066j-e7304f6b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33231:a-prisoner-a-peacemaker-and-israels-defining-choice&catid=375)### [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)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on August 20 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6f/065j-6f69d2b3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33222:wheres-the-outrage-for-californias-disenfranchised-voters&catid=375)### [Where’s the Outrage for California’s Disenfranchised Voters?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33222:wheres-the-outrage-for-californias-disenfranchised-voters&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on August 17 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/05/065n-05e2c504.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)### [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)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on August 17 2026.

 [ ![](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.

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