Los Angeles County officials and employees gather for a prayer and song program in support of American troops in World War I.

With ballots from just a few precincts left to count Tuesday night, San Francisco voters appeared to give handy approval to a ballot measure that will tax corporate businesses to fund services for the homeless. Proposition C, a tax on gross annual receipts of the city’s largest companies, will…

In a country with a heightened sense of anxiety over the sanctity of elections, officials were thankful Tuesday when election day in Los Angeles provided voters with some frustrations, but overall didn’t keep people from voting in some capacity. The most pervasive complaint involved voters arriving…

The 2018 midterm elections were plagued by hours-long lines across the country. And Southern California wasn’t spared. In Riverside County, the wait stretched for more than two hours just to get in the door of the Registrar of Voters building at 2724 Gateway Drive. “If they want to continue to wait, we’ll process them,” said…

An attorney for Lee Baca tried to convince a federal appeals court Tuesday that the former Los Angeles County sheriff was unfairly convicted last year of obstructing an FBI investigation and lying to investigators because of errors made by the judge at his trial. A three-judge panel from the Ninth…

A project for former service members could become a model for other cities in the United States. By Mike Plunkett | The Washington Post The 13 tiny houses sit in neat rows on the small plot of land in south Kansas City, Mo. There’s a comforting uniformity to the group, each structure a simple A-frame…

Q: Mom is not doing well, and we are in the process of interviewing a person to live with her full time. Our due diligence is very good, but legally, what is required to hire full-time household help? -R.L, Manhattan Beach Ron Sokol A: If you are going to hire someone to work in the…

As voters went to cast their ballots for the 2018 midterm elections, they were faced with enormously long lines at polling places in Georgia, New York, Texas, Arizona and many other states. Some of the hours-long waits were attributed to malfunctioning equipment, a lack of paper ballots and glitches in voter registration. BREAKING: A state…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON — Health care and immigration were high on voters’ minds as they cast ballots in the midterm elections, according to a wide-ranging survey of the American electorate conducted by The Associated Press. AP VoteCast also shows a majority of voters considered President Donald Trump a factor in their votes. Control…

Young entrepreneurs hawked their wares at the OC Children’s Business Fair on Saturday. Hosted by the Orange County Rescue Mission in Tustin, the fair featured items such as bracelets and wands, lemonade and cakes and other items decorated or made by the children. There were more than 50 booths manned by youngsters from throughout the…