## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/074h-6dc681e8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) ### [L.A. County Faces a Government Shake-Up](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) September 14 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/075c-ac0119b8.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33372-the-greater-israel-delusion-may-undo-israel) ### [The Greater Israel Delusion May Undo Israel](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33372-the-greater-israel-delusion-may-undo-israel) September 17 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9f/075h-9fb2fd6c.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33365-sherwood-forest-when-an-adu-becomes-an-apartment-complex) ### [Sherwood Forest. 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Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [Cry for America](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19992-cry-for-america) Last week the CDC projected there would be between 124,000 and 140,000 American deaths by the 4th of July. What an amazing gift for our country’s 124… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0a/052n-0a6f7208.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19991-memo-to-black-lives-matter-ignore-the-politicians-partner-up-with-the-neighborhood-council-budget-advocates)### [MEMO To Black Lives Matter: Ignore the Politicians, Partner up with the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19991-memo-to-black-lives-matter-ignore-the-politicians-partner-up-with-the-neighborhood-council-budget-advocates) Written by Tony Butka on June 25 2020. 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