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October 15 2026
Los Angeles County Is Taking On Three Insurers. Who Is Keeping Score?
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The Woman Who Beat Out Trump and Zelenskyy for the Nobel Peace Prize… and Other Less Redeemable Anecdotes
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LA’s Affordability Breakdown: Where Basic Life Has Become Challenging
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Legal Eagles: Four Candidates for LA County Superior Court - David DeJute, Anna Reitano, Donna Tryfman & Rhonda Haymon
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California Is Failing My Generation. The Test Scores Are the Proof
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Who Is the Real Angela Gonzales-Torres? Questions About Her Neighborhood Council Leadership
Tony Butka
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Supermarket Sweep: City Hall Hands Developers Empty Shopping Carts—and No Time Limit
Eva Amar
October 12 2026
25-Year L.A. Fire Veteran Sounds Alarm on Dire Conditions Inside the Department
Connie Acosta
October 12 2026
Nithya Raman Wants McDonnell Out as LAPD Chief. Is George Gascón Her Answer?
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Who Checks the Arbitrator? Measure A Would Put LA County's Public Safety Payroll Beyond the Board's Reach
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October 12 2026
“Progressive vs. Pragmatist? Erickson & Goldsmith Draw Battle Lines in lively Senate Contest”
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