## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/080b-b767ee44.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) ### [Why Would LA Voters Elect A City Attorney Who Has Never Tried A Case In Court In Front Of A Jury?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) October 05 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c3/081j-c37a7abf.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33508-a-los-angeles-trilogy-the-successes-and-failures-that-defined-our-leadership) ### [A Los Angeles Trilogy: The Successes and Failures That Defined Our Leadership](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33508-a-los-angeles-trilogy-the-successes-and-failures-that-defined-our-leadership) October 08 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/67/080c-67c82bb0.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/state-watch/33480-high-speed-rail-consultants-misuse-of-public-funds-fast-track-project-failures) ### [High-Speed Rail: Consultants’ Misuse of Public Funds Fast-Track Project Failures](https://mail.citywatchla.com/state-watch/33480-high-speed-rail-consultants-misuse-of-public-funds-fast-track-project-failures) October 05 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a4/080e-a489cd8c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33482-landlord-ripoff-utility-scam-rubs-tenants-wrong-way) ### [Landlord Ripoff Utility Scam RUBS Tenants Wrong Way](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33482-landlord-ripoff-utility-scam-rubs-tenants-wrong-way) October 05 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/42/067o-42690e0a.png) ### The Fleecing of Angelenos Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 20 2018. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16052-the-fleecing-of-angelenos) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e9/067p-e9acb084.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16051-shakespeare-state-secrets-and-more)Written by Bob Gelfand on August 22 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [Shakespeare, State Secrets and More](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16051-shakespeare-state-secrets-and-more) In a new San Pedro production at the ECT, director Aaron Ganz has opened his version of the play essentially as light opera or Broadway musical. In t… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5c/067q-5c40ff47.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16050-o-farrell-sides-with-rich-property-owner-against-burlington-tenants)### [O'Farrell Sides with Rich Property Owner Against Burlington Tenants](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16050-o-farrell-sides-with-rich-property-owner-against-burlington-tenants) Written by VyBe Local LATU on August 27 2018. 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