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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

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### Thanksgiving – The Best Time to Reach Out and Touch Someone

Written by CityWatch on November 28 2024.

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## [Minorities Are Fed Up With Hypocritical White Liberals](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29949:minorities-are-fed-up-with-hypocritical-white-liberals&catid=375)

MARC'S ANGLE - By all means, I should be a Democrat. I believe in the stated ideals of part of the Democratic platform: racial harmony, government in…

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Written by CityWatch on November 28 2024.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 25 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e5/095l-e5427e4e.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29937:hope-for-the-future-more-than-just-a-candle-flickering-in-the-wind&catid=375)### [Hope for the Future – More than Just a Candle Flickering in the Wind](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29937:hope-for-the-future-more-than-just-a-candle-flickering-in-the-wind&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on November 25 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/095b-32215eaf.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29936:freeman-walk-off-grand-slam-ball-hits-auction-bidding-starts-at-300k&catid=375)### [Freeman Walk-Off Grand Slam Ball Hits Auction, Bidding Starts at $300K ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29936:freeman-walk-off-grand-slam-ball-hits-auction-bidding-starts-at-300k&catid=375)

Written by Nick Antonicello on November 25 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/05/095e-0564893f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29934:wicked-the-hidden-allegory-of-oppression-and-liberation&catid=375)### [“WICKED” - The Hidden Allegory of Oppression and Liberation](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29934:wicked-the-hidden-allegory-of-oppression-and-liberation&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on November 25 2024.

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Written by Marc Ang on November 25 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/094e-345cf69b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29920:time-and-again-mass-deportations-have-failed-trumps-plans-will-be-no-different&catid=375)### [Time and Again, Mass Deportations Have Failed—Trump’s Plans Will Be No Different](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29920:time-and-again-mass-deportations-have-failed-trumps-plans-will-be-no-different&catid=375)

Written by Anthony Pahnke on November 21 2024.

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Written by Liz Amsden on November 21 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f3/094k-f393fb5c.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29913:cities-made-differently-try-imagining-another-urban-existence&catid=375)### [Cities Made Differently: Try Imagining Another Urban Existence](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29913:cities-made-differently-try-imagining-another-urban-existence&catid=375)

Written by David Graeber and Nika Dubrovsky on November 21 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/94/093o-94e93207.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29906:billionaire-blowback-on-housing-concentrated-wealth-disrupts-housing-markets-and-worsens-affordability&catid=375)### [Billionaire Blowback On Housing: Concentrated Wealth Disrupts Housing Markets And Worsens Affordability](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29906:billionaire-blowback-on-housing-concentrated-wealth-disrupts-housing-markets-and-worsens-affordability&catid=375)

Written by Chuck Collin on November 18 2024.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 18 2024.

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Written by Eliot Cohen on November 18 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ab/093d-ab1ab1af.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29898:are-neighborhood-councils-going-the-way-of-higher-ed&catid=375)### [Are Neighborhood Councils Going the Way of Higher Ed?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29898:are-neighborhood-councils-going-the-way-of-higher-ed&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on November 18 2024.

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Written by Liz Amsden on November 14 2024.

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Written by Scott Cole on November 14 2024.

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Written by Alex Lawson on November 14 2024.

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Written by Ken Alpern on November 11 2024.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 11 2024.

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