##  In the News

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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

August 17 2026

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### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398)

August 03 2026

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August 17 2026

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### [Your Boss Owns Your Workday—Not Your Brain](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33199:your-boss-owns-your-workday-not-your-brain&catid=425)

August 13 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Trump Concedes Defeat, Hope Goes Solo, Dilbert Goes Off the Edge … and More

Written by Bob Gelfand on August 15 2016.

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## [Someone Missed the Memo: New LA Bus Shelter Ads with Guns](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11644:someone-missed-the-memo-new-la-bus-shelter-ads-with-guns&catid=312)

BILLBOARD WATCH-Earlier this summer, the bus shelter pictured above displayed an ad for the movie, “Central Intelligence,” which depicted two men bra…

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Written by Jania Palacios on August 15 2016.

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Written by Jack Humphreville on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/06/066h-06c092e8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11641:neighborhood-integrity-for-the-sake-of-all-angelenos&catid=312)### [Neighborhood Integrity: For the Sake of All Angelenos](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11641:neighborhood-integrity-for-the-sake-of-all-angelenos&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/16/066i-16b6fa96.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11640:la-times-misguided-tirade-against-the-sheriff-s-department&catid=312)### [LA Times’ Misguided Tirade Against the Sheriff's Department ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11640:la-times-misguided-tirade-against-the-sheriff-s-department&catid=312)

Written by George Hofstetter on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/066o-f11b2c4f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11636:crescent-heights-a-canyon-of-towers-or-a-home-for-new-urbanism-or-both&catid=312)### [Crescent Heights: A Canyon of Towers or a Home for New Urbanism … or Both?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11636:crescent-heights-a-canyon-of-towers-or-a-home-for-new-urbanism-or-both&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on August 15 2016.

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Written by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox on August 15 2016.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/066r-def77992.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11633:the-hertzberg-end-run&catid=312)### [The Hertzberg End Run](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11633:the-hertzberg-end-run&catid=312)

Written by Paul Hatfield on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/59/066s-59189bf2.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11632:do-you-know-this-person-caught-on-tape-stealing-campaign-signs-see-video&catid=312)### [Do You Know This Person?!! Caught on Tape STEALING Campaign Signs! (See Video)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11632:do-you-know-this-person-caught-on-tape-stealing-campaign-signs-see-video&catid=312)

Written by San Pedro Resident on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/065a-bfff8a04.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11629:nc-budget-day-at-la-city-hall-what-you-missed&catid=312)### [NC Budget Day at LA City Hall: What You Missed](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11629:nc-budget-day-at-la-city-hall-what-you-missed&catid=312)

Written by Connie Acosta on August 11 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5e/065d-5e78d9a6.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11628:twisting-the-truth-the-nimby-opposition-to-second-units-in-la&catid=312)### [Twisting the Truth: The NIMBY Opposition to Second Units in LA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11628:twisting-the-truth-the-nimby-opposition-to-second-units-in-la&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Freedman on August 11 2016.

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Written by Joe Mathews on August 11 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4b/065j-4b28dbc4.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11624:speculatation-the-achilles-heel-of-la-s-business-friendly-zoning-and-environmental-deregulation&catid=312)### [Speculation: The Achilles Heel of LA’s ‘Business-Friendly’ Zoning and Environmental Deregulation](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11624:speculatation-the-achilles-heel-of-la-s-business-friendly-zoning-and-environmental-deregulation&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on August 11 2016.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on August 11 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5c/065o-5c0185b6.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11622:poor-uneducated-people-are-leaving-california-here-s-why&catid=312)### [Poor, Uneducated People are Leaving California … Here’s Why](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11622:poor-uneducated-people-are-leaving-california-here-s-why&catid=312)

Written by Ben Bergman on August 11 2016.

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Written by Lovell Estell III on August 11 2016.

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Written by Marian Crostic and Elaine Spierer on August 11 2016.

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Written by Karen Wolfe on August 11 2016.

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Written by Dennis Zine on August 11 2016.

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