Politics

In the San Fernando Valley neighborhood where the beating of motorist Rodney G. King in 1991 set off a chain of events leading to the Los Angeles riots, Vice President Al Gore trumpeted a package of government programs Saturday intended to boost community employment and educational access to the Internet. Gore lauded the programs at … Read more

From right, Curtis Shelton with son Allen Shelton and grandsons Allen Jr. and Christian. America’s racism has touched them all across the years. (David Becker / For The Times) Curtis Shelton grew up in the 1950s at a time when Black people couldn’t live or work where they wanted, or gamble in this city’s famous … Read more

The United States wants no part of a quagmire in Bosnia. Clinton administration officials have proclaimed loud and clear that they expect U.S. troops to leave Bosnia on schedule, at the end of the current mandate in mid-1998. This is also the view in Congress. In fact, some in Congress have proposed cutting off funding … Read more

Senate Bill 19, introduced by Sen. Martha Escutia, D-Whittier, would limit the fat and sugar content in food served at schools. Student journalist Samantha MacLaren spoke to JOEL WARD, activities director at Lakewood High School in Long Beach. SB 19 is a good idea; it just has bad parts to it. And one of the … Read more

1/3 Supporters turned out, even on boats, for Donald Trump’s fundraising visit to Newport Beach hosted by Palmer Luckey and Kimberly and John Word on Saturday.  (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) 2/3 Orange County sheriff’s deputies kept Trump supporters out of traffic lanes in Newport Beach on Saturday.  (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) 3/3 A … Read more

Frank L. Rizzo, the burly, tough-talking ex-police chief who won national attention as Philadelphia’s controversial “law-and-order” mayor in the 1970s, died Tuesday in the midst of his third campaign to win back the mayor’s office. Rizzo, 70, a former Democrat who was the Republican candidate in this year’s mayoral race, suffered a massive heart attack … Read more

President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan acknowledge supporters after leaving George Washington University Hospital, where the president had been treated after he was shot in 1981. (Ronald Reagan Library / Getty Images) Nibbling on chicken pot pie with a small group of friends at a private dinner in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Nancy … Read more

The grass-roots movement to stem urban sprawl, an effort sweeping through Ventura County this fall, could wind up affecting more than land use–it could also alter the local political landscape. And critics say that was the intent all along. The success of the Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources (SOAR) campaign is far from assured, … Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. (Karen Bleier / AFP/Getty Images) The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the government’s power to recoup money from people who ran suspect investment schemes and give it back to those who say they were cheated. But the justices also put new limits on the Securities and Exchange Commission … Read more

The Republican-controlled House is taking up legislation that GOP lawmakers say would protect gas stoves from overzealous government regulators. (Thomas Kienzle / Associated Press) California lawmakers granted celebrity chef José Andrés’ restaurant a special exception to cook with gas stoves, and congressional Republicans are furious. GOP politicians made that much clear on the House floor … Read more