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LOS ANGELES

Trump Threatens L.A.’s Clean Power Progress

NEIGHBORHOOD

Mayor Bass, We Need You in Westchester

VOICES

Are Homeless People Truly 'Service Resistant'?

LOS ANGELES

The New LAX Transit Center Disappoints A City Bus Rider

GELFAND'S WORLD

The President Addresses the Nation

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

You May Now Exit the Chambers

VOICES

Is the DNC Going Down In Flames? Where There’s Smoke, There May Be Fire

ANIMAL WATCH

No Apologies: When a Pit Bull Kills, Action Is Necessary

POLITICS

Centrism From Los Angeles to Tehran

IMPORTANT READS

Bezos' Lavish Venice Wedding Spurs Demand for Global Billionaire Tax

GUEST WORDS

The Dodgers’ Silence Isn’t Cowardice: It’s A Lesson in Corporate Responsibility

CLIMATE

Swiss Re SONAR 2025 Report: Global Heat Kills 480,000/Yr

LA WATCHDOG

Park Survey Sets Stage for New Tax Push

IMPORTANT READS

They Survived the Fire. Then Came the System

VOICES

Charter School Picks a Fight with Angelenos and State Law

LOS ANGELES

Deporting Mexicans from Los Angeles is like Deporting Jews from Jerusalem

PLANNING WATCH LA

It’s Time to Update LA’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance

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ANIMAL WATCH

ANIMAL WATCH

15-Year-Old Killed by Pit Bulls at Rescue Center Days After 'No Kill' Push

ANIMAL WATCH

L.A. Named Most Dangerous City for Mail Carriers—Dog Attacks Surge in 2024

ANIMAL WATCH

Mayor Bass Strikes Out On Animal Welfare

NEIGHBORHOOD

NEIGHBORHOOD

Venice Neighborhood Council Approves CD-11’s Washington Blvd RV Cleanup — Vote Passes 7-5-5

NEIGHBORHOOD

Final Venice NC Meeting Set for June 17 — Board Likely to Praise Traci Park’s Cleanup of Washington Blvd RV Encampment

NEIGHBORHOOD

Insurrection, Unrest—or Just Incompetence? Trump, Newsom, and Bass Caught in a Crisis of Ego and Inaction

CLIMATE

CLIMATE

Vanishing Insects, Collapsing Biosphere: Nature’s Warning from the World’s Last Rainforests

CLIMATE

Nightmare of Nightmares – New (Big) CO2 Emissions

CLIMATE

America’s Impact on the Global Thermostat

VOICES

VOICES

After Obliterating Gaza's Healthcare System, Israeli Leaders Call Iran Hospital Attack a 'War Crime'

VOICES

The War Has Hit Home. My Home.

VOICES

No Kings Means NO to More War

LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES

The View from the Balcony: Verdi's Rigoletto

LOS ANGELES

LAHSA and the Rube Goldberg PIT Count

LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles at a Crossroads: Ensuring the American Promise is Kept for All

LGBTQ

LGBTQ

Harvey Milk: A Pride Month Salute to a Pioneer of Equality

49 people killed, 53 others injured at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida,

LGBTQ

Gay Pride or Gay Prize?

LGBTQ

California Hotels And Cafes Remain Friendlier To LGBTQ+ Community

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POLITICS

POLITICS

Why Does Netanyahu Keep Undercutting Israel’s Requirement of Hamas’ Total, Complete and Unconditional Surrender?

POLITICS

Marxism is Alive and Well in California

POLITICS

False Economies

STATE WATCH

STATE WATCH

Pop Culture's Influence on California's Casino Boom

STATE WATCH

The Fintech Revolution in California’s iGaming Sector

STATE WATCH

New Study Reveals Where Pedestrians Get Hit The Most in California

LA WATCHDOG

LA WATCHDOG

Budget Advisory Group: An Excellent Idea

LA WATCHDOG

Are Angelenos Just Mushrooms in the Dark on the 2028 Olympics?

LA WATCHDOG

Do We Approve or Reject an Increase in the Hotel Tax?

GELFAND'S WORLD

GELFAND'S WORLD

Taco, Taco Man: Was This Weekend Trump's Peak?

GELFAND'S WORLD

Hollywood Blacklist is Back

GELFAND'S WORLD

Trump’s ICE Came for L.A., But L.A. Pushed Back

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

Le Guide: Los Angeles 2028

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

This Is Not Public Service

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

Silver Linings (Press Release)

PLANNING WATCH LA

PLANNING WATCH LA

Three Housing Myths Explain Why Homelessness Is Increasing

PLANNING WATCH LA

California Senate Bill 607. Pigs lining up at the trough.

McMansion in Los Angeles neighborhood of Beverly Grove, with photoshopped sign.

PLANNING WATCH LA

The Continued Mansionization Of Los Angeles Neighborhoods

PALM SPRINGS AREA

PALM SPRINGS AREA

Palm Springs Airport Expansion: Boon or Boondoggle?

PALM SPRINGS AREA

City Launches Annual Brush Clearing Program As Fire Season Approaches

PALM SPRINGS AREA

Coachella Didn’t Sell Out Weekend Two. Or Did It?

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

How Regular People Become Millionaires & How The Power of Suggestion Works

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

The Science of Sexual Attraction & What Does Your Job Mean to You?

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

Why Leadership is So Overrated & How Supply Chains Work or Don’t

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

What Is Good Mental Health? & The Weird Thing About Memory

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

Everyday Health Hacks & A New Approach to Conflict

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW - PODCAST

Your Incredible Sense of Smell & Overcoming Burn Out

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IMPORTANT READS

IMPORTANT READS

Bezos' Lavish Venice Wedding Spurs Demand for Global Billionaire Tax

IMPORTANT READS

California Ranks Among 10 Most Dangerous U.S. States for Students Commuting by School Bus

IMPORTANT READS

They Survived the Fire. Then Came the System

WORLD WATCH

WORLD WATCH

Israel’s Attack On Iran And Its Potential Fallout

WORLD WATCH

If This Isn’t Genocide, What Is?

WORLD WATCH

A Faith Under Siege: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, Faith, and the Future

420 FILE

420 FILE

Understanding the Influence of Modern Cannabis Strains like Gush-Mints in LA Communities

420 FILE

Leaders and Industry Call for Urgent Reforms as AB 564 Seeks to Stabilize Cannabis Tax Rates

420 FILE

Torch-Free Dabbing: How Dip Devices Are Changing the Game

WELLNESS

WELLNESS

Why More Angelenos Are Ditching Shame and Finding Real Recovery

WELLNESS

Unhealed Power: The Silent Crisis in American Policing

WELLNESS

Why Are So Many Young Adults in LA Secretly Struggling with Mental Health Right Now?

GUEST WORDS

GUEST WORDS

The Dodgers’ Silence Isn’t Cowardice: It’s A Lesson in Corporate Responsibility

GUEST WORDS

Top Democrat Launches House Probe Into FBI Role in 'Disgraceful' Arrest of Padilla

GUEST WORDS

Los Angeles Has Fallen

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