## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/082a-93b2dc59.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33516-if-your-family-were-being-stalked-who-would-protect-you) ### [If Your Family Were Being Stalked, Who Would Protect You?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33516-if-your-family-were-being-stalked-who-would-protect-you) October 12 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2b/082f-2b1301a2.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33528-supermarket-sweep-city-hall-hands-developers-empty-shopping-carts-and-no-time-limit) ### [Supermarket Sweep: City Hall Hands Developers Empty Shopping Carts—and No Time Limit](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33528-supermarket-sweep-city-hall-hands-developers-empty-shopping-carts-and-no-time-limit) October 12 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/65/082k-65387f2c.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33517-25-year-l-a-fire-veteran-sounds-alarm-on-dire-conditions-inside-the-department) ### [25-Year L.A. 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On paper it should be a snap f… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/33/010u-33f027ff.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12291-zero-waste-and-dirty-politics)### [Zero Waste and Dirty Politics](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12291-zero-waste-and-dirty-politics) Written by Tony Butka on December 15 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/89/100y-8994da84.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12288-wells-fargo-makes-crime-pay-and-what-one-city-is-doing-about-it)### [Wells Fargo Makes Crime Pay … and What One City is Doing about It](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12288-wells-fargo-makes-crime-pay-and-what-one-city-is-doing-about-it) Written by Donald Cohen on December 12 2016. 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