##  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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### [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

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### [California’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning Sacramento Can’t Ignore](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378)

August 17 2026

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### [A Prisoner, A Peacemaker, and Israel’s Defining Choice](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33231:a-prisoner-a-peacemaker-and-israels-defining-choice&catid=375)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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  [### Next LAUSD Superintendent Must Sign Pledge, MUST Listen to the Community

Written by Henry Perez and Sandra Hamada on December 31 2015.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10060:next-lausd-superintendent-must-sign-pledge-must-listen-to-the-community&catid=312)

 Written by USC Student on December 08 2015. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Goodbye, South Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10059:goodbye-south-los-angeles&catid=312)

MILLENNIAL PERSPECTIVE--Watching condos overrun my hometown, I began to ponder my own gentrifying impact as a temporary resident of South Los Angeles…

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### [Elephant at Hollywood Party Prompts Councilman Ryu to Demand Changes in Exotic-Animal Permits](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10058:elephant-at-hollywood-party-prompts-councilman-ryu-to-demand-changes-in-exotic-animal-permits&catid=312)

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on December 08 2015.

### [Stopping CEQA Litigation is Critical to Reaching California Climate Goals](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10057:stopping-ceqa-litigation-is-critical-to-reaching-california-climate-goals&catid=312)

Written by Don Perata on December 13 2015.

### [Giving Thanks in Portland … and Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10056:giving-thanks-in-portland-and-los-angeles&catid=312)

Written by Joel Epstein on December 31 2015.

### [LA’s Homeless: NOT ‘Home for the Holidays’ – Too much Talk, Too Little Action at City Hall](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10055:la-s-homeless-not-home-for-the-holidays-too-much-talk-too-little-action-at-city-hall&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on December 31 2015.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/098d-235b6319.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10053:malign-neglect-shaming-the-city-to-keep-bike-lanes-safe&catid=312)### [Malign Neglect: Shaming the City to Keep Bike Lanes Safe](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10053:malign-neglect-shaming-the-city-to-keep-bike-lanes-safe&catid=312)

Written by Richard Risemberg on December 31 2015.

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Written by Tony Butka on December 31 2015.

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Written by Tim Deegan on December 31 2015.

### [Emergencies in LA: Most Vulnerable Angelenos at Risk](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2707:emergencies-in-la-most-vulnerable-angelenos-at-risk&catid=312)

Written by Stephen Box on January 12 2012.

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