LOS ANGELES

ALPERN AT LARGE--So much of City of Los Angeles politics and commentary is focused on the negative, and rightfully so.

PROTESTS WATCH--What do Portland Protestors have in common with Palestinian Terrorists? EVERYTHING.

TALK BACK--“Ransom Note From LA Teachers Union Says They Need Medicare for All, Charter Moratorium, and More Before Going Back to Campus.”

GELFAND’S WORLD--It was always a sort of urban myth. Every presidential term, there would be someone who warned and worried about the current president canceling elections.

STRAIGHT TALK-So, let's go through what this President has done to prove Khrushchev right: 

EASTSIDER-It is just possible that the snail trail on this one will lead back to someone other than Jose Huizar. How about our very own Mayor Eric Garcetti? 

@TheGussReport – Most politicians have two sets of social media accounts consisting of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for their official use and another set for their personal use.  

PLANNING WATCH-In a recent 2019 CityWatch column and in previous 2016 columns I carefully debunked City Hall’s Purple Line Extension Transit Neighborhood Plan (TNP).

ALPERN AT LARGE-Human nature is innate and complicated--we're the greatest and dumbest species on this planet, and on any given day we can be both great and dumb in rather breath-taking ways: 

DIEDRA’S LA-Allow me to be politically on point once again: We have a corrupt City Council.

ONE MAN’S OPINION--As slow old Joe inches closer to selecting Kamala Harris, predator extraordinary, to be his running mate, one has to wonder why he would select someone whom the Dem voters have already rejected.  

GELFAND’S WORLD--Everyone remembers how Trump pulled off a miracle finish in 2016 by taking Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

GUEST WORDS--Soon after taking over as LA Planning Director in 2006, Gail Goldberg said “In every city in this country, the zone on the land establishes the value of the land. In Los Angeles, that's not true.

DIEDRA’S LA--WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF DEATHS 2 DAYS IN A ROW AND GOV. NEWSOM DIDN’T FLINCH

VOICES-For the past several months, going back as far as April 9, 2020, numerous attempts have been made by members of the Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Los Angeles Neighborhood Watch Captains and other concerned residents of the Northeast Los Area to obtain COVID-19 testing in our residential community.

VOICES-South Pasadena is a community that prides itself on its diversity and on its educated and enlightened populace.

ALPERN AT LARGE--When even the family of George Floyd and the families of K-12 students are calling for an end to chaos, and a restoration of work, the economy, and school--

@THE GUSS REPORT-From the desert to the ocean, to all of Southern California, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is driving 24 million people across the region nuts with unscientific cogitations on the recent local pandemic spike. 

CLIMATE POLITICS-It’s no surprise that first prize, or the blue ribbon, for exceeding 2°C above baseline goes to the Arctic with permafrost that covers 25% of the Northern Hemisphere.

ONE MAN’S OPINION--Because so many Americans believe that the United States is a democracy, most scholars have given up explaining, “No, it is a Republic.” 

ALPERN AT LARGE-Let me state this article was written at the request of several of my patients (and their parents) who desperately want to go back to school, and have been socially and psychologically hurt (their words, not mine) by not being able to go to school.