##  In the News

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### [L.A. County Faces a Government Shake-Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33349:l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up&catid=312)

September 14 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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### [Before We Ask God to Judge Us, the Jewish People Must Judge Ourselves](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33346:before-we-ask-god-to-judge-us-the-jewish-people-must-judge-ourselves&catid=375)

September 14 2026

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### [QUID PRO NO](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33338:quid-pro-no&catid=378)

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#  VOICES

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### LAHSA: Nice Work if You Can Get It

Written by Tim Campbell on January 13 2025.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30166:lahsa-nice-work-if-you-can-get-it&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/32/003r-322e615f.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2025/003r.jpg&thumbnail=610,442,&hash=dc65f0de) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30156:karen-bass-faces-backlash-over-fire-department-budget-cuts&catid=375)Written by Abe Gurko on January 13 2025. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Karen Bass Faces Backlash Over Fire Department Budget Cuts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30156:karen-bass-faces-backlash-over-fire-department-budget-cuts&catid=375)

ABE WON’T BE SILENT - While Los Angeles is burning, residents are furious to find out that Mayor Karen Bass slashed the Fire Department’s budget by $…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b9/003m-b93c1c67.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30154:will-the-republic-thwart-trumps-purges&catid=375)### [Will the Republic Thwart Trump’s Purges](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30154:will-the-republic-thwart-trumps-purges&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 09 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/15/003p-15125849.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30150:shame-on-you-west-hollywood-incoming-mayor-chelsea-byers&catid=375)### [Shame On You West Hollywood Incoming Mayor Chelsea Byers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30150:shame-on-you-west-hollywood-incoming-mayor-chelsea-byers&catid=375)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on January 09 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/48/003e-4869d87e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30142:californias-reality-check-time-for-plan-b-and-its-up-to-us&catid=375)### [California’s Reality Check: Time For Plan B and It’s Up To Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30142:californias-reality-check-time-for-plan-b-and-its-up-to-us&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on January 09 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ee/002q-ee628f4e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30137:i-write-to-save-my-world&catid=375)### [I Write to Save My World](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30137:i-write-to-save-my-world&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on January 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/002d3-d3891c73.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30136:armenian-christians-of-jerusalem-face-an-existential-threat&catid=375)### [Armenian Christians of Jerusalem Face an Existential Threat](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30136:armenian-christians-of-jerusalem-face-an-existential-threat&catid=375)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on January 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/36/002n-3617dd01.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30133:making-america-white-again&catid=375)### [Making America White Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30133:making-america-white-again&catid=375)

Written by Tim Deegan on January 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3a/002h-3acbe8c2.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30131:imagine-there-are-people-who-are-celebrating-january-6&catid=375)### [Imagine, There Are People Who Are Celebrating January 6](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30131:imagine-there-are-people-who-are-celebrating-january-6&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on January 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/002j-936e51e7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30128:the-genocidal-legacy-of-joe-biden-will-not-be-forgotten&catid=375)### [The Genocidal Legacy of Joe Biden Will Not Be Forgotten](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30128:the-genocidal-legacy-of-joe-biden-will-not-be-forgotten&catid=375)

Written by Norman Solomon on January 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1f/002k-1ff17a85.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30127:how-sanctuary-laws-could-throw-a-wrench-into-trumps-deportation-plans&catid=375)### [How Sanctuary Laws Could Throw a Wrench Into Trump’s Deportation Plans](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30127:how-sanctuary-laws-could-throw-a-wrench-into-trumps-deportation-plans&catid=375)

Written by Hilary Beaumont on January 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2e/001k-2e88156c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30115:happy-new-year-2025-a-turning-point-for-america-and-the-world&catid=375)### [Happy New Year 2025: A Turning Point for America and the World](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30115:happy-new-year-2025-a-turning-point-for-america-and-the-world&catid=375)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on January 02 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b6/001g-b639692c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30112:2025s-greatest-threat-is-the-media&catid=375)### [2025's Greatest Threat Is the Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30112:2025s-greatest-threat-is-the-media&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 02 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/da/001h-da068b8b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30111:stranded-an-unlikely-friendship&catid=375)### [Stranded: An Unlikely Friendship](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30111:stranded-an-unlikely-friendship&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on January 02 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/105b-dedd2bb9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30099:a-policy-choice-us-report-finds-homelessness-soared-18-this-year&catid=375)### ['A Policy Choice': US Report Finds Homelessness Soared 18% This Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30099:a-policy-choice-us-report-finds-homelessness-soared-18-this-year&catid=375)

Written by Jessica Corbett on December 30 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6c/105n-6c2de99d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30092:the-city-of-los-angeles-is-decades-overdue-in-switching-from-housing-it-likes-to-housing-it-can-afford&catid=375)### [The City of Los Angeles Is Decades Overdue in Switching from Housing It Likes to Housing It Can Afford](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30092:the-city-of-los-angeles-is-decades-overdue-in-switching-from-housing-it-likes-to-housing-it-can-afford&catid=375)

Written by Mark Ryavec on December 30 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8a/105j-8ad6a0bd.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30091:here-are-the-options-for-a-better-positive-2025-from-personal-kindness-to-national-progress&catid=375)### [Here are the Options for a Better, Positive 2025: From Personal Kindness to National Progress](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30091:here-are-the-options-for-a-better-positive-2025-from-personal-kindness-to-national-progress&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on December 30 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/105a-ba95c19a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30086:dems-dont-need-a-rebrand-they-need-to-get-real-a-supermodel-photo-shoot-wont-fix-the-issue&catid=375)### [Dems Don’t Need a Rebrand – They Need to Get Real: A Supermodel Photo Shoot Won’t Fix the Issue](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30086:dems-dont-need-a-rebrand-they-need-to-get-real-a-supermodel-photo-shoot-wont-fix-the-issue&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on December 30 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/25/104d-257243b8.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30080:did-elon-musk-intentionally-pants-donald-trump-in-public&catid=375)### [Did Elon Musk Intentionally Pants Donald Trump in Public?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30080:did-elon-musk-intentionally-pants-donald-trump-in-public&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 26 2024.

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Written by Liz Amsden on December 26 2024.

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