## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/079q-c05f8bbc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) ### [Are Small Businesses And Workers Fighting Their True Adversary In The Fast-Food Battle?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) October 01 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cb/079n-cba2ecf7.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33463-dwp-ratepayers-streetlights-and-the-lack-of-transparency) ### [DWP Ratepayers, Streetlights, and the Lack of Transparency](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33463-dwp-ratepayers-streetlights-and-the-lack-of-transparency) October 01 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/079f-f4db4506.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33455-nithya-raman-asked-jewish-los-angeles-to-trust-her-her-own-words-made-that-harder) ### [Nithya Raman Asked Jewish Los Angeles to Trust Her. Her Own Words Made That Harder.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33455-nithya-raman-asked-jewish-los-angeles-to-trust-her-her-own-words-made-that-harder) October 01 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9e/079d-9ea183fc.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33456-whos-watching-the-billions-at-laccd) ### [Who’s Watching the Billions at LACCD?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33456-whos-watching-the-billions-at-laccd) October 01 2026 # POLITICS --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/22/019o-22828572.jpg) ### Before Calling Israel “Apartheid,” Watch Your State and Mouth, Newsom Written by Ken Alpern on March 05 2026. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32378-before-calling-israel-apartheid-watch-your-state-and-mouth-newsom) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ce/019m-ceb01700.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32367-why-i-trust-betty-yee-to-be-our-governor)Written by Hans Johnson on March 06 2026. Posted in [POLITICS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022). ## [Why I Trust Betty Yee to Be Our Governor ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32367-why-i-trust-betty-yee-to-be-our-governor) MY VIEWPOINT - She says it herself, in a nutshell: “I’ll fight to reduce the cost of living, expand opportunities, and protect the rights of all Cali… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d0/018a-d080773b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32351-exclusive-interview-with-mayoral-candidate-adam-miller-la-at-a-crossroads)### [Exclusive Interview with Mayoral Candidate Adam Miller: LA at a Crossroads](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32351-exclusive-interview-with-mayoral-candidate-adam-miller-la-at-a-crossroads) Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on March 02 2026. 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