Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee was long seen as the front-runner in Oakland’s special mayoral election. But Loren Taylor had closed her lead in recent weeks by appealing to disillusioned voters frustrated with the status quo. (Godofredo A. Vásquez / Associated Press) Former City Councilmember Loren Taylor took a very slim lead in early results … Read more
A federal grand jury Thursday delivered the first indictment in a wide-ranging criminal investigation of corruption in Los Angeles city government, alleging that a former public relations executive at Fleishman-Hillard defrauded city agencies and private clients. The indictment accuses John Stodder Jr., a partner and senior vice president who ran the firm’s local public affairs … Read more
They had spent the morning on the arena floor at the Anaheim Convention Center voting on resolutions that would become a part of the state Parent-Teacher Assn.’s agenda in the coming year. The resolutions–ranging from concern over the location of toxic and hazardous material sites to limiting the sale of alcohol at gas station mini-markets–were … Read more
Donald Trump Jr. onstage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on Friday. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) When she walked onto the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the room erupted in raucous applause. It was Marjorie Taylor Greene, the congresswoman from Georgia known for her steadfast loyalty to … Read more
Rick Cole and his new employer, the city of Azusa, have one thing in common: an image problem. Cole, who will start work as Azusa’s city manager in July, is a former Pasadena mayor known for his razor-sharp mind and switchblade tongue. Azusa is an often overlooked town with a name derived from the Shoshone … Read more
The Supreme Court, in an unusual drug case, ruled Tuesday that the government may force prison inmates to take mind-altering drugs against their will. On a 6-3 vote, the court said that the Constitution does not give inmates a right to refuse to take the drugs. Rather, it is up to prison officials, not inmates … Read more
A wife is obligated to provide nursing care to an ill husband and has no right to compensation for performing that duty, a state Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday. The panel, over a sharp dissent chiding the majority for outdated notions, voted 2 to 1 to invalidate a contract in which a San Francisco Bay … Read more
In his strongest endorsement yet of Proposition 209, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole expanded his arguments against affirmative action beyond the crucible of California politics Monday, asserting that the controversial state measure to do away with such programs “represents and applies America’s best principles.” Later in the day, at a rally in Orange County, Dole … Read more
Anoosh Jorjorian holds up a sign as protesters rally outside a hotel where Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions speaks in Sacramento on March 7. (Josh Edelson / For The Times) A federal judge refused Thursday to block California from restricting local law enforcement cooperation with immigration agents, an early legal victory for the state’s “sanctuary” law … Read more
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference on April 4. (Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press) A federal judge in Maryland is expected to question the Trump administration Tuesday about its continued refusal to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia … Read more
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