##  In the News

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### [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

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### [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

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### [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

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### [Free Metro? Who Pays the Billion-Dollar Bill?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33244:free-metro-who-pays-the-billion-dollar-bill&catid=312)

August 24 2026

#  WORLD WATCH

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### 'Death Zone': Over 700 Killed in 24 Hours as Israeli Bombing Blitz of Gaza Rages

Written by Jon Queally on December 04 2023.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28070:death-zone-over-700-killed-in-24-hours-as-israeli-bombing-blitz-of-gaza-rages&catid=332)

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## [Israel-Jordan Relations in The Wake Of The Hamas/Israel War](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28056:israel-jordan-relations-in-the-wake-of-the-hamas-israel-war&catid=332)

OP/ED - Under Prime Minister Netanyahu’s leadership, Israel-Jordan relations have hit a new low. Sadly, after 30 years of peace, there is deep sulle…

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Written by J. George Mansour on November 27 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/93/093n-9391aa1a.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2023/093n.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c42b3ca7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27998:if-israelis-are-supposed-to-be-racist-and-genocidal-they-kinda-suck-at-it&catid=332)### [If Israelis Are Supposed to Be Racist and Genocidal, They Kinda Suck At It](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27998:if-israelis-are-supposed-to-be-racist-and-genocidal-they-kinda-suck-at-it&catid=332)

Written by Ken Alpern on November 20 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c0/092l-c020bc7e.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2023/092l.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0efe6f7d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27988:probe-shows-126-civilians-killed-by-israeli-airstrike-targeting-just-one-guy&catid=332)### [Probe Shows 126+ Civilians Killed by Israeli Airstrike Targeting 'Just One Guy'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27988:probe-shows-126-civilians-killed-by-israeli-airstrike-targeting-just-one-guy&catid=332)

Written by Jessica Corbett on November 16 2023.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on November 16 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a4/091c-a487fc7b.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2023/091c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6aaf69c0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27968:what-is-israels-end-game-in-gaza&catid=332)### [What Is Israel’s End-Game In Gaza?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27968:what-is-israels-end-game-in-gaza&catid=332)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on November 14 2023.

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Written by J. George Mansour on November 13 2023.

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Written by Arnold R. Isaacs on November 06 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/29/088k-292f94f1.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2023/088k.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c6449988) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27900:the-rhetoric-of-war-and-genocide-is-on-display-by-us-and-israeli-media&catid=332)### [The Rhetoric of War and Genocide Is on Display by US and Israeli Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27900:the-rhetoric-of-war-and-genocide-is-on-display-by-us-and-israeli-media&catid=332)

Written by Nicholas Rabb on November 02 2023.

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Written by J. George Mansour on October 30 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c1/087i-c14864e9.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2023/087i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f9e3d4c6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27877:no-surprise-israel-is-defending-itself&catid=332)### [No Surprise: Israel Is Defending Itself](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27877:no-surprise-israel-is-defending-itself&catid=332)

Written by Marcia Selz on October 30 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/87/086l-87616eea.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2023/086l.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9bb46f5d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27867:al-jazeera-reporters-family-massacred-by-israeli-airstrike-in-gaza&catid=332)### [Al Jazeera Reporter's Family Massacred by Israeli Airstrike in Gaza](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27867:al-jazeera-reporters-family-massacred-by-israeli-airstrike-in-gaza&catid=332)

Written by Julia Conley on October 26 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b6/086n-b6dfe392.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2023/086n.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=28877fda) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27864:biden-approval-among-democrats-falls-11-points-as-he-greenlights-israeli-assault-on-gaza&catid=332)### [Biden Approval Among Democrats Falls 11 Points as He Greenlights Israeli Assault on Gaza](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27864:biden-approval-among-democrats-falls-11-points-as-he-greenlights-israeli-assault-on-gaza&catid=332)

Written by Jake Johnson on October 26 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cc/085p-cc5d3abd.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2023/085p.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9e86e9d9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27844:what-the-abraham-accords-got-wrong&catid=332)### [What the Abraham Accords Got Wrong](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27844:what-the-abraham-accords-got-wrong&catid=332)

Written by Branko Marcetic on October 23 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f9/085l-f9886ea2.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2023/085l.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a71a624a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27840:to-the-pro-hamas-youth-jews-and-gazans-need-not-die-because-you-never-learned-history&catid=332)### [To the Pro-Hamas Youth: Jews and Gazans Need Not Die Because You Never Learned History!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27840:to-the-pro-hamas-youth-jews-and-gazans-need-not-die-because-you-never-learned-history&catid=332)

Written by Ken Alpern on October 23 2023.

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Written by Victor Rothman on October 19 2023.

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Written by Raed Jarrar on October 19 2023.

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Written by Marcia Selz, Ph.D. on October 16 2023.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on October 09 2023.

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