By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON — In two politically charged rulings, the Supreme Court dealt a huge blow Thursday to efforts to combat the drawing of electoral districts for partisan gain and put a hold on the Trump administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. On the court’s final day of decisions before…
MIAMI — Democrats hoping that Wednesday night’s first presidential debate of the 2020 campaign would be clarifying probably came away disappointed. There were no major stumbles but few standout moments as 10 candidates vied for the nation’s attention. Takeaways from the prime-time event: WARREN, CASTRO LEAD THE WAY Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren dominated the debate’s…
How do we hold on to the L.A. that we love — the shaggy one with rough edges, full of personality and surprise? This is the discussion I’ve found myself in since I declared last week that L.A. was fast losing its weird, and that I wasn’t happy about it. It turns out I’m not…
Mayor Frank Shaw announces the first Harmonica Week in Los Angeles.
A team of attorneys asked a U.S. District Court in California to issue a temporary restraining order against the federal government Wednesday afternoon, arguing that children in several immigration detention facilities in Texas are being held in “deplorable” conditions in violation of an earlier…
In this file photo from August 2000, a snorkeler is seen in the Bimini Road, an ancient, underwater arrangement of stones that some say leads to the lost continent of Atlantis, off North Bimini in the Bahamas. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) A Torrance woman was killed in a shark attack in the Bahamas on Wednesday, according…
Calling the plan “torture” and “state-sponsored terrorism,” Los Angeles City Council members on Wednesday blasted a proposed rule that would deny federal housing aid to households that include anyone living in the country illegally, even when other members are eligible for such aid as lawful residents…
Facing dozens of frustrated residents at the board meeting Tuesday, June 25, Huntington Beach Union High School District Superintendent Clint Harwick tried to allay concerns from the start about toxic materials being near Edison High. An environmental consulting firm is conducting extensive tests at a shuttered landfill near the school, Harwick assured the audience. Results…
More than 100 city and county workers earned total compensation exceeding a half-million dollars in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties last year, according to new data from the California State Controller’s Office. The top earner in Southern California was Los Angeles County’s Correctional Health Services pharmacy chief II Marciela Guillermo, with total…
San Bernardino was the largest of five Southern California cities that failed to report their employees’ salaries and benefits this year in violation of a state transparency law. Colton, Murrieta, Artesia and Signal Hill also were among 15 cities statewide that did not comply with the law by an April 30 deadline, according to the…
