With longtime Mayor Tom Tait termed out and half of the city’s council seats up for grabs Nov. 6, this election will change the face of Anaheim government and could determine the city’s future direction for years. Each of the 19 candidates – eight for mayor and the rest vying for council seats in three districts –…
Michael Bloomberg’s political action committee has launched a major ad campaign aimed at unseating Republican Reps. Dana Rohrabacher of Costa Mesa and Steve Knight of Palmdale. The intervention by the former New York City mayor has further tilted California ad spending in Democrats’ favor in the…
Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell has launched a pair of internal reviews into a team of deputies who have pulled over thousands of innocent Latino drivers on the 5 Freeway in a search for drugs. Department officials told the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission on Thursday that auditors…
Voters in every city in Orange County will go to the polls Nov. 6 to pick who will represent them on the City Council and in some cases as mayor. Many cities’ races are for at-large council seats. Some others are first-time contests for newly created voting districts. Voters in those districts will be selecting…
Voters will go to the polls Nov. 6 to pick who will represent them on the City Council. Ahead of the election, all candidates were invited to share information about themselves and answer questions about their priorities and local concerns for this voter guide. In each city, all were asked the same questions and given the…
A device sent to Rep. Maxine Waters and found at a South Los Angeles mail facility Wednesday contained explosive materials, but authorities are still trying to determine whether it actually could have exploded, law enforcement sources said Thursday. Waters also spoke out Thursday, saying she would…
President Donald Trump, seen speaking at a rally at Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, Wis., Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, said on Twitter Thursday: “A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News.”…
Orange County’s existing homes for sale are taking an estimated 46 more days to sell this year as 40 percent more residences sit on the market. Here is what you need to know from ReportsOnHousing’s take on data for Orange County, data as of Oct. 18 … Supply: 7,292 listings, up 2,077 residences for sale…
By Heather Long, The Washington Post When Paul Volcker listens to President Donald Trump bash the Federal Reserve, he grimaces, but he is not surprised. Volcker, the tall and revered former Fed chair, has personally witnessed more egregious examples of presidents demanding that interest rates stay low. In the summer of 1984, when Volcker was…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and MIKE SISAK WASHINGTON — Suspicious packages addressed to actor Robert De Niro and former Vice President Joe Biden were intercepted Thursday, and investigators said they were similar to crude pipe bombs sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and CNN. None of the devices exploded and no one…
