Miller Sanford Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), right, receives congratulations from Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda), left, and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), center, after lawmakers approved the 2016-17 state budget. (Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press) Over three decades, state budget stalemates were just part of the natural rhythm of governing in Sacramento. There was 2003, … Read more
Workers removing Donald Trump’s name from an apartment building formerly known as Trump Place in New York in 2016. (Seth Wenig / Associated Press) Is Donald Trump a NIMBY or a YIMBY? Given that the housing crisis is a front-and-center issue throughout the country, whether or not the president-elect reflexively favors housing development is an … Read more
(Kelly Malka / For The Times) What kinds of things can be sent to that compost pile you’re excited to start? To get the ball rolling, here are a dozen things that you can either safely divert from the landfill into your backyard composting efforts or send off to a communal pile elsewhere. From the … Read more
Before Steve Mariucci could change Saturdays in Strawberry Canyon, he had to change Friday nights. Before he could get the California Golden Bears to believe they could beat USC, go 5-1, return to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1958, turn Telegraph Avenue into Tuscaloosa West, he had to get players to buy … Read more
More than 3,000 firefighters from across the state will compete in the 26th annual California Firefighters Summer Olympics in Ventura. The weeklong fund-raiser, which begins Sunday, will feature 20 events in an effort to raise $20,000 for local charities. This is the first time that the Ventura County Professional Firefighters’ Assn. will host the games, … Read more
Four members of Rep. Robert K. Dornan’s staff, including a Vietnamese-American aide who left Saigon the day before its fall 13 years ago, are leaving today for Vietnam in an effort to reunify families with their relatives in Orange County. “The main purpose of this trip is to ask the Vietnamese to cooperate more fully … Read more
Defense lawyers say the former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch may have dementia, and a competency hearing is necessary to determine if he can face sex charges. Lawyers for Michael Jeffries said in court papers unsealed Monday in federal court in Central Islip on Long Island that a neuropsychologist who examined Jeffries in October concluded … Read more
Riordan’s honeymoon is over? Less than 24 hours after the mayoral election, Valley resident Janice Lark received a mailer that said: “Don’t buy Dick Riordan’s lies.” Voters in the Wilshire and Westside areas received anti-Riordan missives from the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday and Thursday. To which we respond: Now, just a minute! Irrespective of … Read more
Karl Rove, President Bush’s chief political advisor, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) have called the Senate Judiciary Committee’s defeat of Judge Charles W. Pickering for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals a lynching. “Lynching,” like “Holocaust,” is a word that should not be used gratuitously. The word has special meaning to native … Read more
The House overwhelmingly passed a major revision of the Clean Air Act late Wednesday that includes a precedent-setting pilot program to mandate the sale of clean-fueled cars in California. Tougher than a version already approved by the Senate, the House bill was adopted by a vote of 401 to 21. Lawmakers brushed aside the threat … Read more
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