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LOS ANGELES

Is Los Angeles “DONE” With Empower LA?

Architectural drawing of a potential apartment building in a neighborhood zoned for houses.

PLANNING WATCH LA

Getting Lost in the Weeds of the State-imposed Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) for Los Angeles

IMPORTANT READS

If Trump Couldn’t Make a Deal with LA’s Karen Bass, How Can He Make a Deal with China’s Xi Jinping?

ANIMAL WATCH

L.A. County Urges: Don’t Abandon Pets Amid Deportations

GELFAND'S WORLD

Competence Is The First Requirement For Government Hires

A medical worker pushing a bed through the corridors of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister on March 30, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

STATE WATCH

Higher Premiums And Lost Coverage: How Trump’s Budget Will Change Health Care In California

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

Supervisorial Mimosas

VOICES

Flash Flood Alley: The Trump Administration’s Achilles Heel

Street racers Tod Kaneko and David Eguchi, inside of Glen Kuwata's Chevrolet Vega, during a Nisei Week cruise, Little Tokyo, 1982. Credit: Courtesy of Tod Kaneko.

NEIGHBORHOOD

Cruising J-Town: A Hidden Chapter in L.A.’s History Rolls Into the Spotlight

VOICES

After Tunnel Collapse, Metro’s Empty Promises Collapse Too

VOICES

PEACED OFF! A New Film and Podcast Series Sparks Honest Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue

VOICES

A Nation of Immigrants, Under Attack: ICE Targets the Innocent and Over 70% Have No Record

ANIMAL WATCH

Ignored by Biden and Bass — A Plea to President Trump to End the Dog & Cat Cruelty in Vietnam

LOS ANGELES

Support Independent Journalism in Los Angeles — CityWatch Needs You

LOS ANGELES

As Californians Fought Corporate Landlords, YIMBY Action Partied with Big Real Estate’s Cash

ANIMAL WATCH

What the LA Zoo Needs Now — Oversight, Accountability, and Leadership

LOS ANGELES

LAWA/LAX and Metro, Give Us Directions

Sarah Mahin

LOS ANGELES

Recycling the Past: County Taps LAHSA Alum to Fix What LAHSA Broke

LA WATCHDOG

Structural Deficit Is Eating Our Lunch

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ANIMAL WATCH

ANIMAL WATCH

What are L.A.’s Deported Families Doing with their Pets?

ANIMAL WATCH

Ventilation Shutdown Is One of the Cruelest Ways to Kill Animals

ANIMAL WATCH

4th of July Pet & Animal Safety Tips from LA Animal Services

NEIGHBORHOOD

NEIGHBORHOOD

Encampments Return To Rose & Third In Venice. Revolving Door Crisis Has Locals Exhausted!

NEIGHBORHOOD

Honoring Sacrifice, Confronting Hypocrisy: A Memorial and a Movement in Highland Park

NEIGHBORHOOD

The Homeless in Council District 1

CLIMATE

CLIMATE

The Rise of Eco-Friendly Brands and Their Impact on the Environment

CLIMATE

100+ People Dead in Texas—Just 2 Months After Former National Weather Service Chiefs Warned of 'Nightmare' Scenario

CLIMATE

Smog Season Returns: Why Trump’s Attack on California’s Clean Air Waivers Threatens Public Health

VOICES

VOICES

What Are the Best Solutions for Crypto Companies? Navigating Today’s Digital Frontier

VOICES

Through Fire and Faith: Stories of Resilience in Ukraine

VOICES

It Would Have Been a Better Independence Day With Actual Freedom of Speech

LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES

Farewell to a Downtown Icon: Cole’s French Dip to Close After 117 Years

LOS ANGELES

2 Steps Forward for Public Trust and Public Safety

LOS ANGELES

Homelessness and the Broken Promise of Housing

LGBTQ

LGBTQ

Harvey Milk: A Pride Month Salute to a Pioneer of Equality

49 people killed, 53 others injured at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida,

LGBTQ

Gay Pride or Gay Prize?

LGBTQ

California Hotels And Cafes Remain Friendlier To LGBTQ+ Community

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POLITICS

POLITICS

Democrats Must Find Their Nerve - And Fast

POLITICS

Trump, Truth, Trust & Democracy

POLITICS

The Democratic Party’s Anti-Trump No Kings/50-501 Movement Faces Growing Contradictions

STATE WATCH

STATE WATCH

Newsom, Lawmakers Gut CEQA to Let Polluters Skip Safety Checks

STATE WATCH

SB 690 Would Gut Privacy Protections for Californians

STATE WATCH

Pop Culture's Influence on California's Casino Boom

LA WATCHDOG

LA WATCHDOG

The Charter Reform Charade

LA WATCHDOG

Park Survey Sets Stage for New Tax Push

LA WATCHDOG

Budget Advisory Group: An Excellent Idea

GELFAND'S WORLD

GELFAND'S WORLD

What Happened to Ports O’ Call?

GELFAND'S WORLD

The President Addresses the Nation

GELFAND'S WORLD

Taco, Taco Man: Was This Weekend Trump's Peak?

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

Measure G and Flamin’ Hot Salaries

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

Stiffing the Proletariat

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

Pick On Someone Your Own Size

PLANNING WATCH LA

PLANNING WATCH LA

LA is Falling Apart. How Will This Impact The 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics?

PLANNING WATCH LA

It’s Time to Update LA’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance

PLANNING WATCH LA

Three Housing Myths Explain Why Homelessness Is Increasing

PALM SPRINGS AREA

PALM SPRINGS AREA

Palm Springs Airport Expansion: Boon or Boondoggle?

PALM SPRINGS AREA

City Launches Annual Brush Clearing Program As Fire Season Approaches

PALM SPRINGS AREA

Coachella Didn’t Sell Out Weekend Two. Or Did It?

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

How Regular People Become Millionaires & How The Power of Suggestion Works

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

The Science of Sexual Attraction & What Does Your Job Mean to You?

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

Why Leadership is So Overrated & How Supply Chains Work or Don’t

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

What Is Good Mental Health? & The Weird Thing About Memory

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

Everyday Health Hacks & A New Approach to Conflict

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

Your Incredible Sense of Smell & Overcoming Burn Out

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IMPORTANT READS

IMPORTANT READS

If Trump Couldn’t Make a Deal with LA’s Karen Bass, How Can He Make a Deal with China’s Xi Jinping?

IMPORTANT READS

From the Ice to the Strip: How Ontario Hockey Talent Found Fame in California

IMPORTANT READS

Will Trump give a Pardon to Sean Combs Like He Pardoned Jack Johnson?

WORLD WATCH

WORLD WATCH

Israel’s Attack On Iran And Its Potential Fallout

WORLD WATCH

If This Isn’t Genocide, What Is?

WORLD WATCH

A Faith Under Siege: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, Faith, and the Future

420 FILE

420 FILE

Understanding the Influence of Modern Cannabis Strains like Gush-Mints in LA Communities

420 FILE

Leaders and Industry Call for Urgent Reforms as AB 564 Seeks to Stabilize Cannabis Tax Rates

420 FILE

Torch-Free Dabbing: How Dip Devices Are Changing the Game

WELLNESS

WELLNESS

The Quantum Mechanics of Love and What Physics Teaches Us About Commitment

WELLNESS

Why More Angelenos Are Ditching Shame and Finding Real Recovery

WELLNESS

Unhealed Power: The Silent Crisis in American Policing

GUEST WORDS

Dr. Lief, of the psychiatric department of the Tulane University School of Medicine

GUEST WORDS

Serious Mental Illness: The Power Of The Job

GUEST WORDS

What Will It Take to End Trump’s ICE Raids?

GUEST WORDS

The Dodgers’ Silence Isn’t Cowardice: It’s A Lesson in Corporate Responsibility

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