## In the News [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/37/086d-37193955.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters) ### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? 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Thank You.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/30708-lax-orchid-trees-are-in-gorgeous-bloom-thank-you) URBAN WATCH - Around this time last year, I wrote a City Watch article on my disbelief and frustration that the orchid trees lining Westchester Parkw… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d9/030k-d99520dc.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/30707-l-a-s-wanton-waste-and-chronic-mismanagement-have-led-to-1-billion-deficit)### [L.A.’s Wanton Waste and Chronic Mismanagement Have Led to $1 Billion Deficit](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/30707-l-a-s-wanton-waste-and-chronic-mismanagement-have-led-to-1-billion-deficit) Written by Nick Patsaouras on April 14 2025. 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