If history shows anything about midterm elections, it’s that the sitting president’s political party often – but not always – has a tough night. In 35 out of 38 midterm elections held since the end of the Civil War the president’s party has lost seats in the House, according to the Cook Political Report. And while…
“What is a moderate voter to do?” A man at a bagel shop in the San Fernando Valley posed that question as he griped about the upcoming election. He was talking about the governor’s race, but he could have been thinking of any number of races that touch Southern California. He sees Democratic gubernatorial candidate…
Busy Phillips and James Franco are seen in a 1999 episode of “Freaks and Geeks.” Phillips writes in an upcoming memoir that Franco shoved her to the ground after they filmed a scene on the short-lived NBC comedy. (File photo) HOLLYWOOD — Actress Busy Philipps writes in an upcoming memoir, “This Will Only Hurt a…
Arnold Kopelson, the Oscar-winning producer of “Platoon” and “The Fugitive” and former longtime CBS board member, has died. He was 83. Kopelson, who recently made headlines for secretly recording aging CBS mogul Sumner Redstone, died at 6 a.m. on Monday in his Beverly Hills home, his wife and longtime…
Some 1,500 drivers, including non-citizens, were erroneously registered to vote under the state’s new “Motor Voter” program, the California Department of Motor Vehicles said Monday. In a letter to Secretary of State Alex Padilla, officials with the DMV and the California Department of Technology said they discovered an administrative processing error that led to approximately…
Anaheim City Attorney Robert Fabela has issued his official opinion on which businesses would be subject to a ballot measure to raise resort workers’ wages, saying the measure would no longer apply to Disney. The initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot, known as Measure L, would require businesses in the Anaheim Resort District to pay workers…
Author of the “Ranger’s Apprentice” and “Brotherband” series John Flanagan speaks at Central Library in Newport Beach on Sunday, October 7, 2018. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer) Author of the “Ranger’s Apprentice” and “Brotherband” series John Flanagan, right, speaks to the attendees at Central Library in Newport Beach on Sunday, October 7, 2018. (Photo by…
A bicyclist died in the hospital after he was struck by an automobile in Stanton on the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 8. A man was riding a bike near the intersection of Cerritos and Magnolia avenues when he was struck by an automobile sometime before 1:50 p.m., said Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Ken Binning. Orange…
The Diocese of San Bernardino County on Monday released a list of 34 priests who have been accused of sexually abusing children since the diocese formed in 1978. Six of the named priests — Edward Ball, Gustavo Benson, Anthony Rodrigue, Alex Castillo, Jesus Dominguez and Ponciano Ramos.— were convicted for their crimes. The most recent…
Capo Beach is crumbling. First, waves tossed around and ate away at fire rings that eventually had to be removed for safety concerns. Decades-old palm trees keeled over, roots exposed from erosion. Some had to be hauled off from their beachfront spots on the sand. Now, the concrete beach walkway at Capistrano Beach has collapsed…
