## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/065h-34567bec.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395) ### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395) August 17 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/065o-0dac225b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378) ### [California’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning Sacramento Can’t Ignore](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378) August 17 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/94/065q-949c515e.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33224:john-mckinney-on-what-separates-the-city-attorney-candidates&catid=401) ### [John McKinney on What Separates the City Attorney Candidates](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33224:john-mckinney-on-what-separates-the-city-attorney-candidates&catid=401) August 17 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/63/065g-63118982.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33223:raman-paid-for-failure-will-the-council-president&catid=312) ### [Raman Paid for Failure. 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