Elections 2018: Five things Southern California voters just told the world
The most consequential midterm in recent American history (or, if you prefer less hype, yet another big national vote in an age of unrelenting political crankiness) just taught the world a bit about Southern California. First, we like voting. A lot. Sure, the whole country was in a voting mood Tuesday – national turnout reportedly was…
Thousand Oaks assailant ‘just pulled out a gun and shot my friend,’ witness says
A witness said early Thursday that the gunman in the Thousand Oaks shooting was dressed in black when he entered the Borderline Bar & Grill around 11:20 p.m. Holden Harrah, 21, was among the hundreds inside listening to music Wednesday night as a part of a college night event. He said he looked…
Justice Ginsburg, 85, hospitalized after fracturing 3 ribs in fall
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON — Eighty-five-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fractured three ribs in a fall in her office at the Supreme Court and is in the hospital, the court said Thursday. The court’s oldest justice fell Wednesday evening, the court said. She went to George Washington University Hospital in Washington early Thursday after experiencing…
How people are reacting to the Borderline Bar & Grill mass shooting in Thousand Oaks on Twitter
Thirteen people are dead after a gunman opened fire on a crowd at a country bar in Thousand Oaks. The dead include 11 people inside the Borderline Bar & Grill, the gunman and a Ventura County sheriff’s sergeant, according to officials. Here’s what some are saying about the deadly shooting on Twitter: What we know…
Vietnam vet to be awarded high school diploma after county office does what a district won’t
A Vietnam veteran will finally get a high school diploma from an unexpected source after battling the school district where he attended 50 years ago. Ken Weiner, who was awarded the Purple Heart after being shot twice in Vietnam, will accept a diploma from the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools on Tuesday, Nov. 13 in…
Live coverage of the Thousand Oaks mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill
Thirteen people are dead after a gunman opened fire on a crowd at a country dance bar holding a weekly “college night” Wednesday in Southern California, sending hundreds fleeing in terror including some who used barstools to break windows and escape, authorities said. The dead included 11 people inside the bar, the gunman and a…
Body of slain sheriff’s sergeant to be escorted from hospital to coroner’s office
Liberal Kevin de León found an unlikely stronghold in Republican California
Kevin de León spent his longshot campaign against Sen. Dianne Feinstein arguing that she was not sufficiently fighting against President Trump and his conservative agenda in Washington. But when election night came, De León ended up garnering strong support from some of California’s reddest counties,…