LOS ANGELES

THE DOCTOR IS IN - It's undeniable that the Gabby Petito murder story describes a horrible tragedy and loss for the victim and her miserable, heart-broken family.

CAL MATTERS - Stakeholders across California participated in a moderated discussion about the state’s digital divide and its effect on small business.

A VIEW FROM HERE - Angelenos are like Covid deniers.  No matter how bad things become, they refuse to admit something is wrong. 

CALIFORNIA MATTERS - Congress is tied up in knots over the scope and financing of President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion basket of enhanced social, educational and medical benefits.

LABOR VIEW - Without the power of the union to stand up for workers, very little progress can be made in pay equality, diversity inclusion, workplace conditions, and so on. 

ENVIRONMENT - Francisco Diaz remembers when the water piped to his home in the Central Valley community of Monterey Park Tract made everything smell rotten, including himself.

CLIMATE CHANGE - Officials warn that next year’s cuts in water supply could go even deeper as severe drought grips nearly 90% of California.

RECALL PERSPECTIVE - What started as a lark, then became an impossible dream—a conservative resurgence, starting in California—ended, like many past efforts, in electoral defeat.

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA - As California starts closing prisons, what might open in their place?

PLANNING WATCH - One of the most famous mid-20^th century public intellectuals, sociologist Wright Mills, coined the term, Crackpot Realism. 

Independent: Max Huntsman, the Inspector General over the LA County Sheriff's Department dba "the dog who can't hunt" was on KNX announcing that Sheriff Alex Villanueva was planning to be a no-show at another scheduled Civilian Oversight shaming session.

GELFAND'S WORLD - A substantial number of Republican voters are convinced that the presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump.