## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) August 07 2025 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) August 03 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064j-ae16d9b9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) ### [Be Prepared to Protect Our Democracy in November From a Trumpian Plot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) August 13 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/063e-bbfe3056.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) ### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/92/090i-92ea695d.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/090i.jpg&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=d4a95b21)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29851:no-joy-no-good-vibes-just-sadness-and-dread-this-election&catid=375) Written by Ken Alpern on November 07 2024. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375). ## [ No Joy, No Good Vibes…Just Sadness and Dread This Election ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29851:no-joy-no-good-vibes-just-sadness-and-dread-this-election&catid=375) ALPERN AT LARGE - Did you know that Donald J. Trump can be a real a-- hole? Of course you know, and many of those of us who voted for him, and many of those of us voted against him, know that all too well. So why on earth did he get re-e… ### More Coverage - [Harris On The Wrong Side Of History In Her Bid For The Presidency. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29849:harris-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-in-her-bid-for-the-presidency&catid=375) - [I’m Registering As An Independent](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29847:im-registering-as-an-independent&catid=375) - [Pelosism is Dead!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29838:pelosism-is-dead&catid=375) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ba/090k-ba2b7a46.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/090k.jpg&thumbnail=610,403,&hash=774e3e83) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29850:now-is-the-winter-of-our-disconnect&catid=375)Written by Liz Amsden on November 07 2024. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375). ## [Now is the Winter of Our Disconnect…](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29850:now-is-the-winter-of-our-disconnect&catid=375) ACCORDING TO LIZ – “Now is the winter of our discontent…” So starts the famous Shakespearean soliloquy as Richard, Duke of Gloucester, bemoans how people turn away from the ugliness of his hunched back even as one of his brothers has… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3d/090l-3df3bfa5.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/090l.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=54ccd868) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29849:harris-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-in-her-bid-for-the-presidency&catid=375)### [Harris On The Wrong Side Of History In Her Bid For The Presidency. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29849:harris-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-in-her-bid-for-the-presidency&catid=375) Written by Nick Antonicello on November 07 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3e/090n-3e9a3530.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/090n.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1d41c164) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29847:im-registering-as-an-independent&catid=375)### [I’m Registering As An Independent](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29847:im-registering-as-an-independent&catid=375) Written by Abe Gurko on November 07 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/aa/090c-aac82cf7.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2024/090c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=62cb9029) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29838:pelosism-is-dead&catid=375)### [Pelosism is Dead!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29838:pelosism-is-dead&catid=375) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 06 2024. 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