Politics

Mayor Karen Bass, pictured in 2022, is facing a possible recall election. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Julia Wick, giving you the latest on city and county government, with a hand from Rebecca Ellis. Newsletter Get the lowdown on … Read more

Two days before Democratic presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis was to arrive in Orange County on a campaign swing, his mother was paving the way. At Leisure World Seal Beach on Tuesday, Euterpe Boukis Dukakis, 84, ate Jell-O salad and explained the Greek roots of the word charisma and why her son has it–all in … Read more

Michael S. Dukakis has a net worth of at least $500,000 in property, investments and salary and is the potential beneficiary of about $1 million controlled by trusts, according to his financial disclosure forms and statements made by his presidential campaign aides. But the Massachusetts governor, who once described himself as a “man of few … Read more

Some of Hollywood’s most reliable and generous donors to the Democratic Party — Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and media mogul Haim Saban — are endorsing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bid for reelection. Their support is partly a matter of friendship over partisanship. But it could deal a blow to the governor’s main opponent, state Treasurer Phil … Read more

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, arrive at a campaign rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press) Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday named as her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a moderate Democrat who when serving in Congress demonstrated the ability to work … Read more

AARP, the retirees organization, responded Thursday to a torrent of protests from members and advocacy groups by announcing that it would drop its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council, the right-wing organization known as ALEC. In a notice posted on AARP’s Facebook page, AARP told members, “After hearing from many of you, we’ve decided … Read more

The death of Ring Lardner Jr., the last of the so-called Hollywood 10, brings to a close an era characterized by persecution of political outsiders, an era that gives lie to the popular idea that in the United States we are free to believe whatever we want. My mother, Elizabeth Poe Kerby–a widely published writer … Read more

In this Oct. 7, 2017, photo, President Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington for a brief stop at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on his way to Greensboro, N.C. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press) The Trump administration revealed a sweeping set of hard-line immigration demands Sunday night — including … Read more

Jeff Pearlman, best-selling author of multiple books about sports, in front of a flagpole at the Orange Circle in Old Town Orange. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Jeff Pearlman is one of the most successful sportswriters of his generation. His must-read articles appeared in Sports Illustrated and ESPN in the 2000s before he … Read more

In a moving, emotional ceremony, Atty. Gen. Dick Thornburgh knelt Tuesday and presented an entire nation’s apology to Mamoru Eto, a wheelchair-bound, 107-year-old Japanese-American minister who was forcibly interned during World War II. Thornburgh, handing out $20,000 redress payments to nine elderly internees, the first of about 65,000 Japanese-Americans who eventually will receive them, told … Read more