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…
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…
