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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)

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### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398)

September 10 2026

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### [$1 Billion Later, Congress Comes Knocking: Los Angeles’ Homelessness Machine Faces Its Day of Reckoning](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### The Measles Moms: Why Women are Leading the Anti-Vaxx Movement

Written by Jessica Valenti on February 25 2019.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17168:the-measles-moms-why-women-are-leading-the-anti-vaxx-movement&catid=312)

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## [Human Trafficking … the Real Crisis Behind the Robert Kraft Sex Story](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17167:human-trafficking-the-real-crisis-behind-the-robert-kraft-sex-story&catid=312)

Kraft was one of a reported 200 men to be charged with solicitation. However, the real story is about the pervasiveness of human trafficking around t…

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 25 2019.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on February 25 2019.

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Written by Tim Deegan on February 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/03/016a-036aed2e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17152:who-s-the-greater-threat-gavin-newsom-or-alabama-publisher-goodloe-sutton&catid=312)### [Who’s the Greater Threat: Gavin Newsom or Alabama Publisher Goodloe Sutton?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17152:who-s-the-greater-threat-gavin-newsom-or-alabama-publisher-goodloe-sutton&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/016m-86f1205b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17151:has-newsom-become-governor-gaslight&catid=312)### [Has Newsom Become Governor Gaslight?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17151:has-newsom-become-governor-gaslight&catid=312)

Written by Dan Walters on February 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/016e-7dc7f973.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17150:we-need-justice-not-jussie&catid=312)### [We Need Justice Not Jussie](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17150:we-need-justice-not-jussie&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 21 2019.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on February 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ec/016o-ecd55517.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17146:can-progressives-trust-xavier-becerra-to-police-the-police&catid=312)### [Can Progressives Trust Xavier Becerra to Police the Police?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17146:can-progressives-trust-xavier-becerra-to-police-the-police&catid=312)

Written by Laurel Rosenhall on February 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e6/016f-e69db5e2.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17145:the-real-story-behind-la-s-neighborhood-councils-from-someone-who-was-there&catid=312)### [The Real Story Behind LA’s Neighborhood Councils … from Someone Who Was There](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17145:the-real-story-behind-la-s-neighborhood-councils-from-someone-who-was-there&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on February 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/82/016h-825551f4.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17144:take-it-from-me-addiction-doesn-t-start-at-the-border&catid=312)### [Take It from Me: Addiction Doesn’t Start at the Border](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17144:take-it-from-me-addiction-doesn-t-start-at-the-border&catid=312)

Written by Jill Richardson on February 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/44/016i-4408f2ea.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17142:la-supports-green-new-deal-councilman-bonin-explains-why-video&catid=312)### [LA Supports Green New Deal. Councilman Bonin Explains Why (Video)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17142:la-supports-green-new-deal-councilman-bonin-explains-why-video&catid=312)

Written by Mike Bonin on February 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/016s-bac0e74f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17141:battle-royale-phase-3-cannabis-licensing-in-city-of-los-angeles&catid=312)### [Battle Royale? Phase 3 Cannabis Licensing in City of Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17141:battle-royale-phase-3-cannabis-licensing-in-city-of-los-angeles&catid=312)

Written by Hilary Bricken on February 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/015g-7e6a6049.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17133:russia-dividing-dems-extremists-trying-to-take-over&catid=312)### [Russia Dividing Dems … Extremists Trying to Take Over](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17133:russia-dividing-dems-extremists-trying-to-take-over&catid=312)

Written by S. Novi on February 18 2019.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on February 18 2019.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on February 18 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 18 2019.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on February 18 2019.

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Written by Casey Maddren on February 18 2019.

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