##  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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### Amid Record Heat, Footage Shows GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Dismissing Climate Change as 'Bullsh\*t'

Written by Jake Johnson on July 07 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22023:amid-record-heat-footage-shows-gop-sen-ron-johnson-dismissing-climate-change-as-bullsh-t&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/054a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22022:another-challenger-jumps-into-newsom-recall-race&catid=375)Written by Emily Hoeven on July 07 2021. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Another Challenger Jumps into Newsom Recall Race](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22022:another-challenger-jumps-into-newsom-recall-race&catid=375)

On Tuesday, Assemblymember Kevin Kiley (photo above) became the latest challenger to officially throw his hat into the ring — about a month after the…

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on July 05 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e6/053e-e674adb8.png&src=images/stories/July-2021/053e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=296fc5eb) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22002:mount-misery-and-behold-a-man-transformed-into-a-brute&catid=375)### [Mount Misery: And Behold A Man Transformed Into A Brute](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22002:mount-misery-and-behold-a-man-transformed-into-a-brute&catid=375)

Written by Abbey Zimet on July 05 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a2/053k-a2eb98be.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21998:observations-from-the-ground-the-chinese-communist-party-s-blatant-bottom-up-u-s-takeover-from-the-local-government-level&catid=375)### [Observations From the Ground: The Chinese Communist Party’s Blatant Bottom-Up U.S. Takeover from the Local Government Level](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21998:observations-from-the-ground-the-chinese-communist-party-s-blatant-bottom-up-u-s-takeover-from-the-local-government-level&catid=375)

Written by Marc Ang on July 05 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b5/052z-b5f93d8e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21992:rino-and-racist-are-conversation-enders-nuance-please&catid=375)### [‘RINO’ and ‘Racist’ Are Conversation Enders: Nuance, Please](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21992:rino-and-racist-are-conversation-enders-nuance-please&catid=375)

Written by Marc Ang on July 01 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d5/052e-d5645c71.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21980:loony-economics-republicans-blame-democrats-for-the-rise-in-chipotle-burrito-prices&catid=375)### [Loony Economics: Republicans Blame Democrats for the Rise in Chipotle Burrito Prices](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21980:loony-economics-republicans-blame-democrats-for-the-rise-in-chipotle-burrito-prices&catid=375)

Written by Robert Reich on July 01 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/22/052h-220a5d69.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21975:marjorie-taylor-greene-claims-that-teaching-about-gay-people-is-emotional-child-abuse&catid=375)### [Marjorie Taylor Greene claims that teaching about gay people is “emotional child abuse”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21975:marjorie-taylor-greene-claims-that-teaching-about-gay-people-is-emotional-child-abuse&catid=375)

Written by Bil Browning on July 01 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/77/051f-775b1d19.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21953:the-real-fraud-republicans-voter-fraud-scare&catid=375)### [The Real Fraud: Republicans’ Voter-Fraud Scare](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21953:the-real-fraud-republicans-voter-fraud-scare&catid=375)

Written by Frances Moore Lappé, Richard R. Rowe on June 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ef/051h-ef529d6d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21949:juneteenth-for-white-folk&catid=375)### [Juneteenth for white folk](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21949:juneteenth-for-white-folk&catid=375)

Written by Tom H. Hastings on June 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/51/051t-516bd87f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21946:bill-barr-on-trump-s-election-fraud-claims-it-was-all-bullsh-t&catid=375)### [Bill Barr on Trump's election fraud claims: "It was all bullsh\*t”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21946:bill-barr-on-trump-s-election-fraud-claims-it-was-all-bullsh-t&catid=375)

Written by Axios news desk staff on June 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/35/050n-35441475.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21929:am-i-but-a-gadfly&catid=375)### [Am I But a Gadfly? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21929:am-i-but-a-gadfly&catid=375)

Written by Ashley Zeldin on June 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/049i-8e899969.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21915:protecting-borders-not-life&catid=375)### [Protecting Borders, Not Life](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21915:protecting-borders-not-life&catid=375)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on June 21 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/049b-5a5db672.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21911:never-again-the-growing-leftist-wave-of-jew-hatred-and-the-need-for-israel&catid=375)### [NEVER AGAIN! The Growing Leftist Wave of Jew Hatred and the Need for Israel](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21911:never-again-the-growing-leftist-wave-of-jew-hatred-and-the-need-for-israel&catid=375)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 21 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7c/049n-7cdb94e1.png&src=images/stories/June-2021/049n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c122599b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21905:unemployment-numbers-half-full-or-half-empty&catid=375)### [Unemployment Numbers: Half Full or Half Empty?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21905:unemployment-numbers-half-full-or-half-empty&catid=375)

Written by CalMatters on June 21 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7b/047p-7befb0c3.png&src=images/stories/June-2021/047p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=11b78c35) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21878:why-the-george-floyd-verdict-may-be-good-for-the-los-angeles-city-budget&catid=375)### [Why the George Floyd Verdict May be Good for the Los Angeles City Budget](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21878:why-the-george-floyd-verdict-may-be-good-for-the-los-angeles-city-budget&catid=375)

Written by Carol Newman on June 14 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/65/047j-65df8fd2.png&src=images/stories/June-2021/047j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e7048052) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21875:i-the-california-budget-am-worried-i-might-be-too-big&catid=375)### [I, the California Budget, Am Worried I Might Be Too Big](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21875:i-the-california-budget-am-worried-i-might-be-too-big&catid=375)

Written by Joe Mathews on June 14 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6f/046r-6f98c262.png&src=images/stories/June-2021/046r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9c82bf48) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21863:are-we-going-in-the-right-direction-or-can-we-do-better&catid=375)### [Are We Going in The Right Direction or Can We Do Better?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21863:are-we-going-in-the-right-direction-or-can-we-do-better&catid=375)

Written by Pixabay on June 11 2021.

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Written by Jim Hightower on June 10 2021.

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Written by Iracema Navarro / Cindy Portillo on June 06 2021.

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