## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/080b-b767ee44.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) ### [Why Would LA Voters Elect A City Attorney Who Has Never Tried A Case In Court In Front Of A Jury?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) October 05 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c3/081j-c37a7abf.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33508-a-los-angeles-trilogy-the-successes-and-failures-that-defined-our-leadership) ### [A Los Angeles Trilogy: The Successes and Failures That Defined Our Leadership](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33508-a-los-angeles-trilogy-the-successes-and-failures-that-defined-our-leadership) October 08 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/67/080c-67c82bb0.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/state-watch/33480-high-speed-rail-consultants-misuse-of-public-funds-fast-track-project-failures) ### [High-Speed Rail: Consultants’ Misuse of Public Funds Fast-Track Project Failures](https://mail.citywatchla.com/state-watch/33480-high-speed-rail-consultants-misuse-of-public-funds-fast-track-project-failures) October 05 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a4/080e-a489cd8c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33482-landlord-ripoff-utility-scam-rubs-tenants-wrong-way) ### [Landlord Ripoff Utility Scam RUBS Tenants Wrong Way](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33482-landlord-ripoff-utility-scam-rubs-tenants-wrong-way) October 05 2026 # IMPORTANT READS --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/29/1406z16-29951d14.png) ### The Oscars Are So White That Spike Lee Refuses To Attend Written by Matthew Jacobs on January 19 2016. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/10312-the-oscars-are-so-white-that-spike-lee-refuses-to-attend) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/1405b-37d28225.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/10263-hey-donald-trump-wake-up-and-smell-the-turkish-coffee-i-m-throwing-my-fez-in-the-ring)Written by Khalil Bendib on January 14 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads). ## [Hey, Donald Trump, Wake up and Smell the Turkish Coffee: I’m Throwing My Fez in the Ring](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/10263-hey-donald-trump-wake-up-and-smell-the-turkish-coffee-i-m-throwing-my-fez-in-the-ring) OTHER WORDS-Most presidential candidates, with the glaring exception of Donald Trump, say Islam is no enemy of the United States. I agree wholehearte… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/94/1405e-94f1d8da.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/10262-bernie-sanders-is-digging-into-a-vein-of-anger-over-healthcare)### [Bernie Sanders Is Digging Into a Vein of Anger over Healthcare](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/10262-bernie-sanders-is-digging-into-a-vein-of-anger-over-healthcare) Written by Bill Boyarsky on January 14 2016. 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