##  In the News

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### [Trump World. From Assassination Abroad to Chaos at Home](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395)

August 31 2026

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August 31 2026

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August 31 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Did Airbnb’s Super Spreader Parties Doom Los Angeles Reopening?

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 30 2020.

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## [Billion Dollar Bungle](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20829:billion-dollar-bungle&catid=312)

California got taken to the cleaners. In by nine, out by a billion. By now, most of us know about the massive unemployment fraud committed during…

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 30 2020.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on November 30 2020.

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Written by James Preston Allen on November 30 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 25 2020.

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Written by Jim Hightower on November 25 2020.

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Written by Dennis Zine on November 25 2020.

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Written by Dick Platkin on November 25 2020.

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Written by Daniel Guss on November 23 2020.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 23 2020.

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Written by Harley Lond on November 23 2020.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on November 23 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 23 2020.

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Written by Carl Petersen on November 23 2020.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 23 2020.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on November 23 2020.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 19 2020.

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Written by Tracey L. Rogers on November 19 2020.

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Written by Jim O’Sullivan on November 19 2020.

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