## 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/2d/053m-2d141e3b.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2024/053m.jpg&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=78f63599)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29157:the-supreme-court-just-turned-trump-into-the-first-american-king&catid=375) Written by Thom Hartmann on July 01 2024. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375). ## [ The Supreme Court Just Turned Trump Into the First American King ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29157:the-supreme-court-just-turned-trump-into-the-first-american-king&catid=375) GUEST COMMENTARY - They did it. The U.S. Supreme Court handed a massive victory to former President Donald Trump in this so-called “immunity” case, and it will probably take a year or more before there’s even a chance he’ll be held to tria… ### More Coverage - [Biden v. Trump: And the Winner Is…](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29148:biden-v-trump-and-the-winner-is&catid=375) - [Meet Susie Wiles, The Scariest Karen Of All](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29141:meet-susie-wiles-the-scariest-karen-of-all&catid=375) - [Harriet Tubman's Legacy Inspires Educator to Help Special Needs Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29137:harriet-tubmans-legacy-inspires-educator-to-help-special-needs-children&catid=375) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ff/053c-ff79c09c.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2024/053c.jpg&thumbnail=610,408,&hash=790becce) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29153:the-real-winners-of-the-presidential-debate-the-moderators&catid=375)Written by Ken Alpern on July 01 2024. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375). ## [The Real Winners of the Presidential Debate: The Moderators](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29153:the-real-winners-of-the-presidential-debate-the-moderators&catid=375) ALPERN AT LARGE - There are many out there (and probably many who read this) who believe it’s the job of the moderators to play “fact checker”, and who believe it’s their job to make things lively, or play favorites, or to set up a “gotcha… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5f/053g-5f5cc2c8.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2024/053g.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=69a54e07) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29148:biden-v-trump-and-the-winner-is&catid=375)### [Biden v. Trump: And the Winner Is…](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29148:biden-v-trump-and-the-winner-is&catid=375) Written by Liz Amsden on July 01 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/79/052b-7924ca2c.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2024/052b.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9e0824ce) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29141:meet-susie-wiles-the-scariest-karen-of-all&catid=375)### [Meet Susie Wiles, The Scariest Karen Of All](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29141:meet-susie-wiles-the-scariest-karen-of-all&catid=375) Written by Abe Gurko on June 27 2024. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c5/051p-c5733423.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2024/051p.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ed0f69f4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29125:la-city-governments-departmental-silos-threaten-emergency-response-for-growing-climate-crisis&catid=375)### [LA City Government’s Departmental Silos Threaten Emergency Response for Growing Climate Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29125:la-city-governments-departmental-silos-threaten-emergency-response-for-growing-climate-crisis&catid=375) Written by Liz Amsden on June 24 2024. 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