##  In the News

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### [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

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### [Sherwood Forest. When an ADU Becomes an Apartment Complex](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33365-sherwood-forest-when-an-adu-becomes-an-apartment-complex)

September 17 2026

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### [Two Censured, One Replaced and Two Appointed to the Venice Neighborhood Council. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33368-two-censured-one-replaced-and-two-appointed-to-the-venice-neighborhood-council)

September 17 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### L'Shanah Tovah! (Happy New Year!) Same as the Old Year... or Is It?

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on September 21 2017.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14049-l-shanah-tovah-happy-new-year-same-as-the-old-year-or-is-it)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/076i.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14046-shocking-new-study-half-of-us-who-drink-drink-excessively-la-needs-the-tools-to-protect-its-neighborhoods)Written by Oren Katz on September 21 2017. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles).

## [Shocking New Study: ‘Half of Us Who Drink, Drink Excessively’ … LA Needs the Tools to Protect Its Neighborhoods](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14046-shocking-new-study-half-of-us-who-drink-drink-excessively-la-needs-the-tools-to-protect-its-neighborhoods)

What is surprising is that the City of Los Angeles has striped one of the few safeguards we had to manage the inevitable fallout from so many of us d…

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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/66/076o-661623cb.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/076o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1766848f) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14042-elusive-population-growth-in-the-city-angels)### [Elusive Population Growth in the City Angels](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14042-elusive-population-growth-in-the-city-angels)

Written by Wendell Cox on September 21 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cb/076q-cb5d420e.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/076q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=51d77728) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14041-the-spirit-of-rev-barber-brings-moral-mondays-to-la)### [The Spirit of Rev. Barber Brings Moral Mondays to LA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14041-the-spirit-of-rev-barber-brings-moral-mondays-to-la)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on September 21 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d5/076w-d537ee0c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14040-la-just-another-talk-in-the-park)### [LA: Just Another Talk In the Park](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14040-la-just-another-talk-in-the-park)

Written by David Bell on September 21 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/076r-0d2360ce.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14039-waiting-for-the-other-pension-shoe-to-drop-la-county-is-25-billion-in-opeb-debt)### [Waiting for the Other Pension Shoe to Drop: LA County is $25 Billion in OPEB Debt](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14039-waiting-for-the-other-pension-shoe-to-drop-la-county-is-25-billion-in-opeb-debt)

Written by Marc Joffe on September 21 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8d/076t-8d123792.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14037-what-if-angelenos-stopped-paying-the-wall-street-tax)### [What if Angelenos Stopped Paying the Wall Street Tax?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14037-what-if-angelenos-stopped-paying-the-wall-street-tax)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 21 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/14/076v-141955f5.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/076v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=50df2cf8) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14035-women-of-color-are-again-creating-the-culture-this-time-it-s-for-cannabis)### [Women of Color are Again Creating the Culture … This Time It's for Cannabis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14035-women-of-color-are-again-creating-the-culture-this-time-it-s-for-cannabis)

Written by Caitlin Cruz on September 21 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4d/075z2-4d1de210.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14032-la-demolition-derby-the-westside-is-winning-the-demolition-derby-in-the-race-to-make-room-for-new-housing)### [LA Demolition Derby: The Westside is Winning the Race to Make Room for New Housing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14032-la-demolition-derby-the-westside-is-winning-the-demolition-derby-in-the-race-to-make-room-for-new-housing)

Written by Tim Deegan on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d6/075c-d6916931.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14031-disaster-preparedness-in-la-will-government-agency-turf-wars-get-some-of-us-killed)### [Disaster Preparedness in LA: Will Government Agency Turf Wars Get Some of Us Killed?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14031-disaster-preparedness-in-la-will-government-agency-turf-wars-get-some-of-us-killed)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/68/075f-6800aeb4.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14030-did-new-california-state-bar-boss-cheat-on-bar-rules)### [Did New California State Bar Boss Cheat on Bar Rules?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14030-did-new-california-state-bar-boss-cheat-on-bar-rules)

Written by Daniel Guss on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8f/075g-8fe7abd7.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14029-eastside-ca-assembly-race-foul-smell-of-money-from-big-oil-has-set-off-some-alarms)### [Eastside CA Assembly Race: Foul Smell of Money from Big Oil has Set Off Some Alarms](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14029-eastside-ca-assembly-race-foul-smell-of-money-from-big-oil-has-set-off-some-alarms)

Written by Ruby DeVera on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/90/075l-90742c96.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/075l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=43bf1191) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14027-fool-s-gold-in-the-golden-state-we-re-not-so-educated-or-open-minded)### [Fool's Gold: In the Golden State, We're NOT So Educated ... or Open-Minded!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14027-fool-s-gold-in-the-golden-state-we-re-not-so-educated-or-open-minded)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9b/075m-9b54addc.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/075m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=409c02be) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14026-how-to-deal-with-an-age-of-disasters-california-has-some-lessons-to-teach)### [How to Deal with an Age of Disasters …California has Some Lessons to Teach](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14026-how-to-deal-with-an-age-of-disasters-california-has-some-lessons-to-teach)

Written by Joel Kotkin on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/64/075o-640d6cd7.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/075o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7e8a48fe) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14024-lausd-prez-ref-rodriguez-charged-with-money-laundering-here-s-the-complete-story)### [LAUSD Prez Ref Rodriguez Charged with Money Laundering … Here’s the Complete Story](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14024-lausd-prez-ref-rodriguez-charged-with-money-laundering-here-s-the-complete-story)

Written by Mike Szymanski on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f7/075p-f7d99a7c.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/075p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3b215f02) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14023-los-angeles-de-densify-or-die)### [Los Angeles: De-Densify or Die](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14023-los-angeles-de-densify-or-die)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/85/075r-858381bb.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/075r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e9f79f4d) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14022-nc-congress-report-developers-have-city-council-s-ear-nobody-at-city-hall-is-listening-to-the-people)### [NC Congress Report: ‘Developers have City Council’s Ear,’ ‘Nobody at City Hall is Listening to the People’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14022-nc-congress-report-developers-have-city-council-s-ear-nobody-at-city-hall-is-listening-to-the-people)

Written by Connie Acosta on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b6/075s-b6499b77.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/075s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8fd3f0bf) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14021-new-law-eliminating-lifelong-registration-for-convicted-sex-offenders-heads-for-brown-s-ok)### [New Law Eliminating Lifelong Registration for Convicted Sex Offenders Heads for Brown’s OK](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14021-new-law-eliminating-lifelong-registration-for-convicted-sex-offenders-heads-for-brown-s-ok)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fc/075t-fcbc7aa3.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/075t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d1691909) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14020-pulling-the-plug-on-ca-s-community-college-baccalaureate-program-is-short-sighted)### [Pulling the Plug on CA’s Community College Baccalaureate Program is Short-Sighted](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14020-pulling-the-plug-on-ca-s-community-college-baccalaureate-program-is-short-sighted)

Written by Dan Walters on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b5/075v-b5c761c3.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/075v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b95ec5ab) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14018-the-3-americans-who-should-pay-for-medicare-for-all)### [The 3 Americans Who Should Pay for Medicare-for-All](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14018-the-3-americans-who-should-pay-for-medicare-for-all)

Written by Paul Boucheit on September 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d8/074a-d8d37a8d.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14012-another-big-real-estate-big-bamboozle-infill-development-halts-climate-change)### [Another Big Real Estate ‘Big Bamboozle’: ‘Infill Development Halts Climate Change’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14012-another-big-real-estate-big-bamboozle-infill-development-halts-climate-change)

Written by Dick Platkin on September 14 2017.

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