The Los Angeles Community College District acted properly in selecting a manager for its multibillion-dollar construction bond program, a judge has ruled, dismissing allegations of unfair treatment by the losing bidder. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff ruled last week…
Rain put a damper on the expected crowd, and festivities got underway almost two hours late. But as a good omen for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the sun broke though mid-morning Saturday, Feb. 9, bequeathing plenty of time for the 20th annual Tet Parade in Little Saigon. Midori Nguyen, 3, entertains the crowd during…
Brian Lee portrays a village guard at the UVSA Tet Festival which is being held at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa on Saturday, February 9, 2019. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer) A girl reacts to the Bolsa Grande Lion Dancers who opened the UVSA Tet Festival which is being held…
By CATHERINE LUCEY and JONATHAN LEMIRE | Associated Press WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump prepares to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for a second time, he’s out to replicate the suspenseful buildup, make-or-break stakes and far-flung rendezvous of their first encounter. The reality star American president will soon learn if the sequel, on this…
By ANDREW TAYLOR | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans have vilified Nancy Pelosi for years as a San Francisco liberal, and now they’re trying to portray her as a captive of resurgent left-wingers in her Democratic Party. But in her early moves so far as House speaker, Pelosi is displaying her pragmatic streak. She’s set to…
RICHMOND, Va. — Calls were mounting for Virginia’s lieutenant governor to resign Saturday, at the tail end of an astonishing week that saw the state’s top three elected officials — all Democrats — embroiled in potentially career-ending scandals fraught with questions of race, sex, and power. Two women have accused Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of…
By ELANA SCHOR | Associated Press LAWRENCE, Mass. — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her bid for the presidency official on Saturday in this working-class city, grounding her 2020 campaign in a populist call to fight economic inequality and build “an America that works for everyone.” Warren delivered a sharp call for change at her presidential…
A new storm moved into Southern California on Saturday, bringing light rain and concerns over snow in mountain passes. Snow was beginning to stick along the Interstate 5 corridor in the Tejon Pass, the National Weather Service said Saturday morning. Snow level were predicted to drop to 3,500-to-4,000…
On the south side of Los Angeles City Hall, several floors above Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office and the homeless people who nap on the lawn, a quote from the Roman statesman Cicero is chiseled into the face of the building. “He that violates his oath,” it says, “profanes the divinity of faith itself.” …
Police are seeking to identify this suspect in a Feb. 8 bank robbery in Newport Beach. (Photo courtesy of Newport Beach Police Department) Police are seeking to identify this suspect in a Feb. 8 bank robbery in Newport Beach. (Photo courtesy of Newport Beach Police Department) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Police are seeking…
