## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/77/090j-77f0ba7a.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33727-nithya-raman-won-city-hall-but-is-she-already-failing-the-first-test-of-leadership) ### [Nithya Raman Won City Hall But Is She Already Failing The First Test Of Leadership](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33727-nithya-raman-won-city-hall-but-is-she-already-failing-the-first-test-of-leadership) November 09 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d4/090e-d45483d7.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33723-how-stephen-miller-destroyed-trumps-second-administration) ### [How Stephen Miller Destroyed Trump’s Second Administration](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33723-how-stephen-miller-destroyed-trumps-second-administration) November 09 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b0/089l-b0ad6449.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33704-nithyas-budget-buzz-saw) ### [Nithya’s Budget Buzz Saw](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33704-nithyas-budget-buzz-saw) November 07 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3c/090o-3cf26c78.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33733-congratulations-nithya-raman-as-our-new-olympics-pro-unity-mayor) ### [Congratulations, Nithya Raman, As Our New Olympics, Pro-Unity Mayor!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33733-congratulations-nithya-raman-as-our-new-olympics-pro-unity-mayor) November 09 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bd/068q-bdd3fe02.jpg) ### Flying Out of LAX? It’s Time to Streamline Your Airport Strategy Written by CityWatch on August 28 2026. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33271-flying-out-of-lax-its-time-to-streamline-your-airport-strategy) [ ![Olympics and the Traffic](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2f/068o-2f6b3aeb.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33268-la-wants-2-billion-for-the-olympics-taxpayers-deserve-answers-before-writing-the-check)Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on August 27 2026. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [LA Wants $2 Billion for the Olympics. Taxpayers Deserve Answers Before Writing the Check](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33268-la-wants-2-billion-for-the-olympics-taxpayers-deserve-answers-before-writing-the-check) THE BOTTOM LINE - Los Angeles has known for nearly a decade that the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games were coming. City leaders knew millions of vi… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/068c2-0d3115f8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33259-wheres-the-beef-las-mayoral-debate-had-plenty-of-rhetoric-not-enough-remedies)### [Where's The Beef? LA’s Mayoral Debate Had Plenty of Rhetoric, Not Enough Remedies](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33259-wheres-the-beef-las-mayoral-debate-had-plenty-of-rhetoric-not-enough-remedies) Written by Nick Patsaouras on August 27 2026. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1b/067i-1b73d529.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33244-free-metro-who-pays-the-billion-dollar-bill)### [Free Metro? Who Pays the Billion-Dollar Bill?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33244-free-metro-who-pays-the-billion-dollar-bill) Written by Yonthan Mendal on August 24 2026. 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