##  In the News

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### [L.A. County Faces a Government Shake-Up](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33349:l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up&catid=312)

September 14 2026

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### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398)

September 10 2026

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### [Before We Ask God to Judge Us, the Jewish People Must Judge Ourselves](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33346:before-we-ask-god-to-judge-us-the-jewish-people-must-judge-ourselves&catid=375)

September 14 2026

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### [CD3 Doesn’t Need Another Promise It Needs a Councilmember Who Can Deliver](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33330:cd3-doesnt-need-another-promise-it-needs-a-councilmember-who-can-deliver&catid=401)

September 10 2026

#  VOICES

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### Election Denialism Erupts in California Impacting the Gubernatorial Race

Written by Liz Amsden on March 30 2026.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32479:election-denialism-erupts-in-california-impacting-the-gubernatorial-race&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/81/025g-811bc40d.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/025g.jpg&thumbnail=610,403,&hash=75f87720) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32476:the-california-contract-why-stay&catid=375)Written by Eliot Cohen on March 30 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [The California Contract: Why Stay?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32476:the-california-contract-why-stay&catid=375)

PERSPECTIVE - Ironic, isn’t it, that March 28th, No King's March, targeted Donald Trump? Despite holding great executive powers, he has been limited…

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Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on March 30 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2d/025l-2d42a8b9.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/025l.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=47fae85d) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32469:its-about-time&catid=375)### [It’s About Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32469:its-about-time&catid=375)

Written by Jack Shakely on March 30 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a1/025e-a18d9489.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/025e.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2b0a2f93) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32467:dumping-ground-by-design-san-pedro-overrun-by-state-funded-facilities&catid=375)### [Dumping Ground by Design? San Pedro Overrun by State-Funded Facilities](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32467:dumping-ground-by-design-san-pedro-overrun-by-state-funded-facilities&catid=375)

Written by Gayle Fleury on March 30 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/39/024a-39ee9a1f.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/024a.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=dc33fc7c) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32463:karen-bass-may-pay-the-price-as-labors-grip-on-los-angeles-politics-slips&catid=375)### [Karen Bass May Pay the Price as Labor’s Grip on Los Angeles Politics Slips](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32463:karen-bass-may-pay-the-price-as-labors-grip-on-los-angeles-politics-slips&catid=375)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on March 26 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0d/024b-0d9f059c.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/024b.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a9ead56a) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32462:los-angeles-has-failed-billions-spent-people-living-in-sewers&catid=375)### [Los Angeles Has Failed: Billions Spent, People Living in Sewers](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32462:los-angeles-has-failed-billions-spent-people-living-in-sewers&catid=375)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian & Jay Handal on March 26 2026.

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Written by Liz Amsden on March 26 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d0/024i-d00eca30.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/024i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d1776dd0) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32459:woke-broke-and-leaderless-whos-running-los-angeles&catid=375)### [Woke, Broke, and Leaderless: Who’s Running Los Angeles?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32459:woke-broke-and-leaderless-whos-running-los-angeles&catid=375)

Written by Fredric Rosen on March 26 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/dd/023b-dd6a59a3.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/023b.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=41626cb3) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32448:the-sooner-we-stop-pigeonholing-people-the-better&catid=375)### [The Sooner We Stop Pigeonholing People, the Better](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32448:the-sooner-we-stop-pigeonholing-people-the-better&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on March 23 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4b/023c-4bf3be00.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/023c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6328f5ed) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32447:the-aipac-tax&catid=375)### [The AIPAC Tax](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32447:the-aipac-tax&catid=375)

Written by J. George Mansour on March 23 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fc/023d-fcb3f462.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/023d.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9e380e39) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32446:power-privilege-and-the-traffic-stop-when-accountability-collides-with-excuses-at-city-hall&catid=375)### [Power, Privilege, and the Traffic Stop: When Accountability Collides with Excuses at City Hall](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32446:power-privilege-and-the-traffic-stop-when-accountability-collides-with-excuses-at-city-hall&catid=375)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on March 23 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b3/023g-b33f85be.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/023g.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=68f455ee) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32444:how-aipacs-betrayal-of-its-own-cause-fueled-the-iran-war&catid=375)### [How AIPAC’s Betrayal Of Its Own Cause Fueled The Iran War](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32444:how-aipacs-betrayal-of-its-own-cause-fueled-the-iran-war&catid=375)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on March 23 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cf/023i-cf219b95.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/023i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e785c458) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32443:can-los-angeles-be-saved&catid=375)### [Can Los Angeles Be Saved?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32443:can-los-angeles-be-saved&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 23 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/92/023l-92cf3ba5.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/023l.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c90c411e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32442:say-what-from-absurdity-to-reality&catid=375)### [Say What? From Absurdity to Reality](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32442:say-what-from-absurdity-to-reality&catid=375)

Written by David M. Hamlin on March 23 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/62/023p-622d0e5a.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/023p.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9245f629) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32437:to-the-habitual-gripers-and-groypers-jew-blamings-an-evil-cop-out&catid=375)### [To the Habitual Gripers and Groypers: Jew-Blaming’s An Evil Cop-Out](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32437:to-the-habitual-gripers-and-groypers-jew-blamings-an-evil-cop-out&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on March 23 2026.

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Written by Paul Koretz on March 23 2026.

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Written by Hans Johnson on March 19 2026.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on March 19 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9e/021k-9ebc5bab.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2026/021k.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6e84480e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32408:trumps-aura-of-invincibility-is-disintegrating&catid=375)### [Trump’s Aura Of Invincibility Is Disintegrating](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32408:trumps-aura-of-invincibility-is-disintegrating&catid=375)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on March 16 2026.

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