From the Archives: Know Your City No. 7 – Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home
A photo of the Mary Andrews Clark Memorial building was number seven in the 1955-56 Los Angeles Times Know Your City photography series.
Voters guide to California’s 11 ballot propositions
On Nov. 6, voters will weigh 11 ballot propositions that, on their face, sound no more or less crazy than usual for a California ballot. There is a seemingly obligatory fight about the gas tax and four (!) propositions about housing. Other high-stakes proposals would put money toward water conservation and hospital construction. But, as…
UN Ambassador Nikki Haley will step down at end of the year
By MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is leaving the administration at the end of the year. Trump spoke as he and Haley met in the Oval Office, shortly after word came of her plans to resign. He called Haley a “very special” person,…
History suggests, but doesn’t dictate, a midterm power shift
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…
Choices? Moderate voters stuck in the middle with few
“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…
James Franco threw me to the ground, Busy Phillips writes in memoir
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, Oscar-winning producer of ‘Platoon’ and ‘The Fugitive,’ dies at 83
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…
DMV registers 1,500 voters by mistake, including non-citizens
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…
Disney would be exempt if Anaheim voters approve minimum wage ballot measure, city attorney says
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…
New York Times bestselling author John Flanagan talks about his popular ‘Ranger’s Apprentice’ series in Newport Beach visit
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…