Politics

The fates, political and otherwise, have not been particularly kind to Assemblywoman Carol Bentley recently in her special state Senate campaign. Several weeks ago, her father died after a long illness. Even as Bentley coped with that personal loss, her political life was thrown into disarray when her opponent, Assemblywoman Lucy Killea, became a national … Read more

For all its toughness in eliminating many public services for illegal immigrants, Proposition 187 says absolutely nothing about taking away their jobs. Yet at workplaces around Southern California, signs were already emerging Wednesday that the code of conduct in a labor market that has long welcomed low-paid undocumented workers is changing–at least in some quarters. … Read more

A bill that would require that employees be given time off to observe the Sabbath and other holy days unless doing so would mean an undue hardship for employers was approved by the Assembly on Tuesday and sent to Gov. George Deukmejian. The bill should dispel some of the confusion and reaffirm the rights of … Read more

President Biden at the White House on Wednesday. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) The White House said Thursday that it would dedicate another $10 billion to try to drive up COVID-19 vaccination rates in low-income, minority and rural enclaves throughout the country. The effort, which is funded through the $1.9-trillion coronavirus relief package passed earlier … Read more

President Trump at the Suresnes American Cemetery and memorial outside Paris on Sunday. (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press) For weeks this fall, an ebullient President Trump traveled relentlessly to hold raise-the-rafters campaign rallies — sometimes three a day — in states where his presence was likely to help Republicans on the ballot. But his mood apparently has … Read more

Alongside the claim that Nancy Reagan ran the White House, we have new muscle in the assertion that the Reagans stole the election that put them there. The allegation has been around since 1987, but got fresh exposure earlier this week. The central premise, surely correct, is that back in the fall of 1980 an … Read more

A prestigious bipartisan group warned Monday that entitlement benefits such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and civil service pensions are growing so rapidly that they will consume nearly all federal tax revenues by the year 2012, leaving the government with no money for anything else. Democratic and Republican legislators on the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement … Read more

Republicans have won the majority in both houses of Congress. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) Republicans on Wednesday won enough seats to retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives, with races in California and Arizona being the final two victories that gave the GOP a 218-member majority. With the House, conservatives have secured … Read more

San Diego is now the top border region for migrant arrivals For the first time in decades, San Diego has become the top region along the southern border for migrant arrivals. Migrant arrests in San Diego reached 8,989 for the week ending April 16, according to figures the agency posted on X. Meanwhile, Tucson — … Read more

President Bush’s only daughter, Dorothy, said “I do” on Saturday with former Democratic congressional aide Robert (Bobby) Koch in a 23-minute ceremony in the Maryland countryside, the White House said. The late-afternoon wedding attended by 130 people was held at the secluded presidential mountain retreat, Camp David, about two hours outside Washington. In a ceremony … Read more