Anaheim plans to pay $4.9 million to buy an industrial building on La Palma Avenue across from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center to operate as a homeless shelter. The nonprofit Illumination Foundation is expected to operate the shelter. The site, at 3431 E. La Palma Ave., will join a planned homeless shelter on Lewis Street…
On a chilly restaurant patio in beautiful downtown Burbank, Democrat Adam Schiff stepped into the room to the warm applause and the hugs of about 100 supporters. It was 8:16 p.m., and his party had just won back control of the House of Representatives. The mood in the room, happy satisfaction,…
For years, black and Latino residents in the Antelope Valley complained they were the victims of racially biased stops and searches along with other mistreatment by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies. The U.S. Department of Justice analyzed Sheriff’s Department data from tens of thousands of…
Incumbents Shelley Hasselbrink and Warren Kusumoto, along with challengers Mark Chirco and Dean Grose held leads into Wednesday morning for four open seats on the Los Alamitos City Council. For complete election coverage, go to ocregister.com/election-results.
A hard-fought and controversial campaign to expand rent control in California, home to some of the priciest housing markets in the nation, was defeated Tuesday night. Proposition 10, the measure to broaden rent control’s reach by repealing a state law restricting its use, trailed throughout the night as it was soundly rejected by the state’s…
Orange voters are mostly sticking with who they know in this year’s election for the city’s mayor and council members. In the race for mayor, Mark Murphy is well ahead of Doug Vogel and John Russo in early voting results. Murphy, a current councilman, had served as mayor from 2000 to 2006. He was also…
Mayor David John Shawver held a strong lead Tuesday night in Stanton’s first mayoral election, leading Councilman Brian Donahue and Israel Hilario-Perez. In the city’s first district election, Gary Taylor was out in front over Loreen Berlin, Romona M. Macias and James Michael Scott for the District 3 seat; and Mayor Pro Tem Rigoberto A….
With term limits opening two seats, and just two candidates on the ballot, Tustin voters had an easy decision Tuesday. Austin Lumbard was leading the early voting returns over Barry Cooper, though both are set to join the council. Mayor Al Murray and Councilwoman Rebecca Gomez both termed out after serving eight consecutive years on…
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…
