## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) August 07 2025 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064j-ae16d9b9.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) ### [Be Prepared to Protect Our Democracy in November From a Trumpian Plot](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) August 13 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/063e-bbfe3056.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) ### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b9/004q-b98c35e4.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/004q.jpg&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=f4d14d69)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26276:did-biden-and-dems-weaponize-government-as-much-as-trump-and-the-gop&catid=375) Written by Ken Alpern on January 12 2023. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375). ## [ Did Biden and Dems Weaponize Government as Much as Trump and the GOP? ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26276:did-biden-and-dems-weaponize-government-as-much-as-trump-and-the-gop&catid=375) THE DOCTOR IS IN - Most American adults don't give a rip about partisan squabbles...and want results that affect their daily lives. That said, they also don't like out and out corruption. Former President Donald Trump was impeached for d… ### More Coverage - [McCarthy’s Cross](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26268:mccarthy-s-cross&catid=375) - [Why Chief Moore Should Not Be Reappointed by Mayor Bass](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26264:why-chief-moore-should-not-be-reappointed-by-mayor-bass&catid=375) - [The Republican Party Is Now More Dangerous Than It's Ever Been](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26254:the-republican-party-is-now-more-dangerous-than-it-s-ever-been&catid=375) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/71/004g-71307641.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/004g.jpg&thumbnail=610,306,&hash=8c14f183) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26270:we-re-exceptional-and-it-s-horrible-to-witness&catid=375)Written by Rebecca Gordon on January 12 2023. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375). ## [We’re Exceptional! And It’s Horrible to Witness](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26270:we-re-exceptional-and-it-s-horrible-to-witness&catid=375) GUEST COMMENTARY - Let me start with a confession: I no longer read all the way through newspaper stories about the war in Ukraine. After years of writing about war and torture, I’ve reached my limit. These days, I just can’t pore through… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6f/004i-6f609b5c.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/004i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=45c1c425) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26268:mccarthy-s-cross&catid=375)### [McCarthy’s Cross](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26268:mccarthy-s-cross&catid=375) Written by Liz Amsden on January 12 2023. 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