## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/066m-104e94b8.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395) ### [Democrats Finally Tell Iowa and New Hampshire: You Don’t Go First Anymore](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395) August 20 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c4/067m-c43da744.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429) ### [Missing Middle. 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Written by Daniel Guss on August 28 2017. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13900:if-la-is-no-kill-what-s-with-the-dead-and-disappearing-dogs-and-cats&catid=312) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/069k.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13899:it-will-take-more-than-promises-to-repair-the-puc-s-tarnished-image&catid=312)Written by Dan Walters on August 28 2017. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [It Will Take More than Promises to Repair the PUC’s Tarnished Image](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13899:it-will-take-more-than-promises-to-repair-the-puc-s-tarnished-image&catid=312) Over the past few years, however, two natural gas disasters and a scandal involving the closure of a nuclear power plant underscored long-standing cr… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/19/069t-198c9a92.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13894:preservation-playbook-could-hollywood-heritage-become-an-oxymoron&catid=312)### [Preservation Playbook – Could ‘Hollywood Heritage’ Become an Oxymoron?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13894:preservation-playbook-could-hollywood-heritage-become-an-oxymoron&catid=312) Written by Tim Deegan on August 28 2017. 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