## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c4/067m-c43da744.jpg) ](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) ### [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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b0/068d-b0cebc17.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) August 27 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/42/068h-4201345f.jpeg) ](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) ### [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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/068b-f1afb88d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33262:will-the-mega-merger-of-equity-residential-and-avalonbay-communities-hurt-tenants&catid=429) ### [Will the Mega-Merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Hurt Tenants?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33262:will-the-mega-merger-of-equity-residential-and-avalonbay-communities-hurt-tenants&catid=429) August 27 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2024/098c.jpg) ### Shame on the Democrats Condemning Joe Biden for Pardoning Hunter Written by Abe Gurko on December 05 2024. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29981:shame-on-the-democrats-condemning-joe-biden-for-pardoning-hunter&catid=375) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/11/097p-1148008c.jpg&src=images/stories/Dec-2024/097p.jpg&thumbnail=610,413,&hash=3f381ebb) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29971:trumps-return-to-the-white-house-signals-major-changes-ahead&catid=375)Written by Dennis Zine on December 02 2024. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375). ## [Trump’s Return to the White House Signals Major Changes Ahead](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29971:trumps-return-to-the-white-house-signals-major-changes-ahead&catid=375) RANTZ & RAVEZ - Look for Major changes in American Politics as we move out of 2024 and into 2025. A newly elected President and Senate and Congr… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e2/097m-e2b97bde.jpg&src=images/stories/Dec-2024/097m.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=324ca169) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29970:la-times-does-damage-control-for-mayor-bass-animal-abuse-scandal&catid=375)### [LA Times Does Damage Control for Mayor Bass Animal Abuse Scandal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29970:la-times-does-damage-control-for-mayor-bass-animal-abuse-scandal&catid=375) Written by Yuval Kremer on December 02 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/69/097o-694f8bd6.jpg&src=images/stories/Dec-2024/097o.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=103d04ff) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29969:south-los-angeles-wetlands-park-a-victim-of-the-defunded-recreation-and-parks&catid=375)### [South Los Angeles Wetlands Park: A Victim of the Defunded Recreation and Parks](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29969:south-los-angeles-wetlands-park-a-victim-of-the-defunded-recreation-and-parks&catid=375) Written by Jack Humphreville on December 02 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/91/097c-9154be4a.jpg&src=images/stories/Dec-2024/097c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=75612b83) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29967:we-didnt-lose-democracy-we-lost-the-democratic-party&catid=375)### [We Didn't Lose Democracy, We Lost The Democratic Party](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29967:we-didnt-lose-democracy-we-lost-the-democratic-party&catid=375) Written by Abe Gurko on December 02 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8c/097i-8ca5105b.jpg&src=images/stories/Dec-2024/097i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c686d5c8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29962:banana-economics-gone-wild&catid=375)### [Banana Economics Gone Wild](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29962:banana-economics-gone-wild&catid=375) Written by Liz Amsden on December 02 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/24/097e-24ff8548.jpg&src=images/stories/Dec-2024/097e.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3e603412) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29957:trumps-cabinet-nominees-are-not-a-joke-theyre-a-fascism-inspired-dare&catid=375)### [Trump's Cabinet Nominees Are Not a Joke, They're a Fascism-Inspired Dare](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29957:trumps-cabinet-nominees-are-not-a-joke-theyre-a-fascism-inspired-dare&catid=375) Written by Dr. Ryan Skinnell on December 02 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/17/096d-17632a8e.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/096d.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fb996820) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29953:thanksgiving-in-a-troubled-world-gratitude-amidst-global-strife&catid=375)### [Thanksgiving in a Troubled World: Gratitude Amidst Global Strife](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29953:thanksgiving-in-a-troubled-world-gratitude-amidst-global-strife&catid=375) Written by CityWatch on November 28 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6b/096f-6b669201.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/096f.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=02d1fd52) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29950:thanksgiving-the-best-time-to-reach-out-and-touch-someone&catid=375)### [Thanksgiving – The Best Time to Reach Out and Touch Someone](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29950:thanksgiving-the-best-time-to-reach-out-and-touch-someone&catid=375) Written by CityWatch on November 28 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e3/096g-e3ae84cf.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/096g.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=81fd97bc) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29949:minorities-are-fed-up-with-hypocritical-white-liberals&catid=375)### [Minorities Are Fed Up With Hypocritical White Liberals](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29949:minorities-are-fed-up-with-hypocritical-white-liberals&catid=375) Written by Marc Ang on November 28 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a8/096c-a88ccd97.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/096c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=dc0b82c3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29947:the-story-of-thanksgiving-a-journey-through-history-and-tradition&catid=375)### [The Story of Thanksgiving: A Journey Through History and Tradition](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29947:the-story-of-thanksgiving-a-journey-through-history-and-tradition&catid=375) Written by CityWatch on November 28 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/41/095g-41d036aa.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/095g.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1c0b7187) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29938:americans-have-three-foes-the-gop-the-dem-and-the-media&catid=375)### [Americans Have Three Foes: The GOP, the DEM, and the Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29938:americans-have-three-foes-the-gop-the-dem-and-the-media&catid=375) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 25 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e5/095l-e5427e4e.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/095l.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=106f39b3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29937:hope-for-the-future-more-than-just-a-candle-flickering-in-the-wind&catid=375)### [Hope for the Future – More than Just a Candle Flickering in the Wind](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29937:hope-for-the-future-more-than-just-a-candle-flickering-in-the-wind&catid=375) Written by Liz Amsden on November 25 2024. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/05/095e-0564893f.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/095e.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3480ff5f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29934:wicked-the-hidden-allegory-of-oppression-and-liberation&catid=375)### [“WICKED” - The Hidden Allegory of Oppression and Liberation](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29934:wicked-the-hidden-allegory-of-oppression-and-liberation&catid=375) Written by Abe Gurko on November 25 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e2/095j-e20262e7.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/095j.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6ae3d6a5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29932:election-post-mortem-comeback-kid-trump-wins-2024-for-the-normies&catid=375)### [Election Post Mortem: Comeback Kid Trump Wins 2024 For The Normies](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29932:election-post-mortem-comeback-kid-trump-wins-2024-for-the-normies&catid=375) Written by Marc Ang on November 25 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/34/094e-345cf69b.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/094e.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0b41246a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29920:time-and-again-mass-deportations-have-failed-trumps-plans-will-be-no-different&catid=375)### [Time and Again, Mass Deportations Have Failed—Trump’s Plans Will Be No Different](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29920:time-and-again-mass-deportations-have-failed-trumps-plans-will-be-no-different&catid=375) Written by Anthony Pahnke on November 21 2024. 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