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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)

September 10 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)

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September 07 2026

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### [$1 Billion Later, Congress Comes Knocking: Los Angeles’ Homelessness Machine Faces Its Day of Reckoning](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396)

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### Metro: Cowardice and Incompetence

Written by Fred Rosen on October 21 2024.

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## [Will There Be No War Without Sinwar? And Mideast Peace Without Iran’s Ayatollahs?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29748:will-there-be-no-war-without-sinwar-and-mideast-peace-without-irans-ayatollahs&catid=375)

ALPERN AT LARGE -Despite the enabling Left-Wing morons (or maybe they’re just indoctrinated anti-Semites?), we’ve apparently learned that the cowardl…

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Written by Kristina Fried on October 17 2024.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on October 17 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/084b-6eabcbfa.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29730:how-to-prepare-your-case-for-trial-if-your-personal-injury-lawsuit-does-not-settle&catid=375)### [How to Prepare Your Case for Trial if Your Personal Injury Lawsuit Does Not Settle](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29730:how-to-prepare-your-case-for-trial-if-your-personal-injury-lawsuit-does-not-settle&catid=375)

Written by CityWatch on October 16 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/01/083t-01ad17b1.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29719:indigenous-peoples-day-is-a-solemn-day-of-remembrance&catid=375)### [Indigenous Peoples' Day Is A Solemn Day Of Remembrance](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29719:indigenous-peoples-day-is-a-solemn-day-of-remembrance&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on October 14 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/da/083h-da0b2a28.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29711:abortion-is-a-fundamental-human-rights-issue&catid=375)### [Abortion Is A Fundamental Human Rights Issue](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29711:abortion-is-a-fundamental-human-rights-issue&catid=375)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on October 14 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3d/083a-3d1f997b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29710:enough-of-the-left-wing-fascist-gaslighting-jedi-mind-tricks&catid=375)### [Enough of the Left-Wing, Fascist Gaslighting Jedi Mind Tricks!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29710:enough-of-the-left-wing-fascist-gaslighting-jedi-mind-tricks&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on October 14 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/67/083c-6737f425.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29709:james-okeefes-line-in-the-sand-movie-premieres-to-fanfare-in-socal-conveys-humanitarian-angle-to-border-crisis&catid=375)### [James O’Keefe’s “Line In The Sand” Movie Premieres To Fanfare in SoCal, Conveys Humanitarian Angle To Border Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29709:james-okeefes-line-in-the-sand-movie-premieres-to-fanfare-in-socal-conveys-humanitarian-angle-to-border-crisis&catid=375)

Written by Marc Ang on October 14 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/082x-56429ce8.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29698:whats-behind-joe-bidens-anti-semitism&catid=375)### [What’s Behind Joe Biden’s Anti-Semitism?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29698:whats-behind-joe-bidens-anti-semitism&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 10 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/40/082c3-40503248.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29695:october-7-2024-is-the-first-anniversary-of-the-gaza-ghetto-rebellion&catid=375)### [October 7, 2024, is the First Anniversary of the Gaza “Ghetto Rebellion.”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29695:october-7-2024-is-the-first-anniversary-of-the-gaza-ghetto-rebellion&catid=375)

Written by Victor Rothman on October 10 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/082u-372b6117.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29685:countdown-to-los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-endorsing-george-gascons-opponent&catid=375)### [Countdown to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Endorsing George Gascon's Opponent](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29685:countdown-to-los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-endorsing-george-gascons-opponent&catid=375)

Written by Yuval Kremer on October 10 2024.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 07 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2b/081e-2bbb93b1.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29666:one-year-later-october-7-a-terrible-day-a-tragic-year&catid=375)### [One Year Later - October 7: A terrible day, a tragic year”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29666:one-year-later-october-7-a-terrible-day-a-tragic-year&catid=375)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on October 07 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/30/080o-30c38894.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29651:zombie-walking-into-our-own-demise&catid=375)### [Zombie Walking into Our Own Demise](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29651:zombie-walking-into-our-own-demise&catid=375)

Written by Eliot Cohen on October 03 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/080h-37f35209.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29639:la-citys-claim-that-google-chat-conversations-are-ephemeral-and-can-be-destroyed-lacks-credibility&catid=375)### [LA City's Claim That Google Chat Conversations Are "Ephemeral" and Can Be Destroyed Lacks Credibility](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29639:la-citys-claim-that-google-chat-conversations-are-ephemeral-and-can-be-destroyed-lacks-credibility&catid=375)

Written by Mark Kenyon on October 03 2024.

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Written by Abby Zimet on September 30 2024.

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Written by Jon Whiten on September 30 2024.

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Written by Liz Amsden on September 30 2024.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 30 2024.

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