##  In the News

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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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### [EXCLUSIVE: John McKinney Warns City Hall. Enforce the Law. Demand Accountability.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33241:exclusive-john-mckinney-warns-city-hall-enforce-the-law-demand-accountability&catid=401)

August 24 2026

#  VOICES

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### Are We Living In The Twilight Zone?

Written by Denyse Selesnick on June 23 2023.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27155:are-we-living-in-the-twilight-zone&catid=375)

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## [Daniel Ellsberg – Hero and Human](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27124:daniel-ellsberg-hero-and-human&catid=375)

IN MEMORIAM – “Heroes are not made. They are born out of circumstances and rise to the occasion when their spirit can no longer coexist with the hyp…

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Written by Denise Fairchild on June 19 2023.

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Written by Abby Zimmet on June 15 2023.

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Written by Marc Ang on June 19 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/aa/048e-aa3ede27.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2023/048e.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=485ab9e9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27105:is-councilmember-currern-prices-prosecution-the-first-or-the-last-to-address-la-corruption&catid=375)### [Is Councilmember Curren Price’s Prosecution the First or the Last to Address LA Corruption?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27105:is-councilmember-currern-prices-prosecution-the-first-or-the-last-to-address-la-corruption&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 19 2023.

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Written by Ken Ross on June 15 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on June 15 2023.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on June 15 2023.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 12 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on June 12 2023.

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Written by Mark Dutton on June 12 2023.

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Written by Olivia Rosane on June 12 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/42/046a-423d0271.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2023/046a.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b2eee4d2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27068:samuel-alito-and-wokers-are-kissin-cousins&catid=375)### [Samuel Alito and Wokers are Kissin’ Cousins](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27068:samuel-alito-and-wokers-are-kissin-cousins&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 09 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e1/046n-e14971f5.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2023/046n.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2f0d3df4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27074:end-of-title-42-hits-courageous-asylum-seekers-hard&catid=375)### [End of Title 42 Hits Courageous Asylum-Seekers Hard](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27074:end-of-title-42-hits-courageous-asylum-seekers-hard&catid=375)

Written by Frankie Miranda on June 09 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7c/046m-7c2b8cc1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27063:snowden-warns-today-s-surveillance-technology-makes-2013-look-like-child-s-play&catid=375)### [Snowden Warns Today's Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like 'Child's Play'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27063:snowden-warns-today-s-surveillance-technology-makes-2013-look-like-child-s-play&catid=375)

Written by Julia Conley on June 09 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5f/046r-5f1cff00.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27059:it-s-ok-to-be-happy-that-pat-robertson-is-dead&catid=375)### [It’s OK To Be Happy That Pat Robertson Is Dead](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27059:it-s-ok-to-be-happy-that-pat-robertson-is-dead&catid=375)

Written by Alex Bollinger on June 09 2023.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on June 08 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on June 05 2023.

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Written by Ken Alpern on June 05 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fc/045b-fc64a6f1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27045:why-wokeism-hates-jews&catid=375)### [Why Wokeism Hates Jews](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27045:why-wokeism-hates-jews&catid=375)

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