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### [Follow the Money: How Does a $3,662 Apartment Become “Affordable Housing”?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33300:follow-the-money-how-does-a-3-662-apartment-become-affordable-housing&catid=312)

September 03 2026

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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

September 07 2026

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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

August 31 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### ‘Vicious Dog’ Charge Keeps Glendale Pit Bull Muzzled

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on March 18 2019.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17300:vicious-dog-charge-keeps-glendale-pit-bull-muzzled&catid=312)

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## [Varsity Blues: The Perfect Scandal for the Trump Era](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17299:varsity-blues-the-perfect-scandal-for-the-trump-era&catid=312)

This scandal seems made for television so it’s convenient that two of the parents charged with mail fraud and honest services fraud in Operation Vars…

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 18 2019.

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Written by Jill Stewart on March 18 2019.

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Written by Jared Keller on March 18 2019.

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Written by Ben Christopher on March 18 2019.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on March 18 2019.

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Written by Tim Deegan on March 18 2019.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on March 18 2019.

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Written by Casey Maddren on March 18 2019.

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Written by Daniel Guss on March 18 2019.

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Written by S. Novi on March 14 2019.

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Written by HuffPost Report on March 14 2019.

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Written by Samantha M (12), & Angelica Perkins (17) on March 14 2019.

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