## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3e/072d-3e77bc12.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375) ### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375) September 10 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dc/073e-dc8fd595.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398) ### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398) September 10 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/072i-8e728952.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33314:olympics-la28s-drip-drip-drip-tactics-leave-los-angeles-holding-the-bag&catid=312) ### [Olympics: LA28’s Drip‑Drip‑Drip Tactics Leave Los Angeles Holding the Bag](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33314:olympics-la28s-drip-drip-drip-tactics-leave-los-angeles-holding-the-bag&catid=312) September 07 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/88/072b-884ad1a1.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396) ### [$1 Billion Later, Congress Comes Knocking: Los Angeles’ Homelessness Machine Faces Its Day of Reckoning](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396) September 07 2026 # GELFAND'S WORLD --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2026/008d.jpg) ### When will Trump invoke the Insurrection Act? Written by BOB GELFAND on January 26 2026. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32167:when-will-trump-invoke-the-insurrection-act&catid=395) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b2/007b%20-b2526ab9.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32159:preparing-for-the-next-battle-what-must-be-rebuilt-after-the-damage-of-the-trump-years&catid=395)Written by Bob Gelfand on January 22 2026. Posted in [GELFAND'S WORLD](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=395). ## [Preparing for the Next Battle. What Must Be Rebuilt After the Damage of the Trump Years](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32159:preparing-for-the-next-battle-what-must-be-rebuilt-after-the-damage-of-the-trump-years&catid=395) GELFAND’S WORLD - The president, doing his best to live up to the Dozing Don appellation, did another of his now-famous reversals when he promised no… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/006p-5601fd70.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32131:why-is-everyone-still-pretending-this-is-normal&catid=395)### [Why Is Everyone Still Pretending This Is Normal?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32131:why-is-everyone-still-pretending-this-is-normal&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on January 19 2026. 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