California
California legislators for years have granted extensions on a 1994 law requiring hospitals to retrofit their buildings to withstand earthquakes. Gov. Gavin Newsom in September vetoed an extension for all hospitals but signed a bill granting relief to rural and “distressed” hospitals and some others.
Oct. 9, 2024
Politics
Arizona is now among several battlegrounds that will determine whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Trump wins the White House in November.
Oct. 7, 2024
Democratic state Sen. Josh Newman and former Republican Assemblymember Steven Choi will face off for an Orange County seat that was hotly contested in the primary.
Oct. 3, 2024
Democratic lawyer Kipp Mueller and former Assemblymember Suzette Valladares, a Republican, face off in blue-leaning Santa Clarita Valley for one of the most targeted state Senate seats.
Michelle Chambers and Laura Richardson, two Democrats with public service backgrounds, are battling in a tight race amid renewed misconduct allegations.
UCLA Sports
Takeaways from UCLA’s game against Penn State on Saturday.
World & Nation
In a dissenting opinion, Justice John J. Ellington argued that the case ‘should not be predetermined in the State’s favor before the appeal is even docketed.’
Democratic Palm Springs City Councilmember Lisa Middleton is challenging Republican Sen. Roscilie Ochoa Bogh of Yucaipa for the Inland Empire seat in the state Senate.
The mayor of the capital of southern Mexico’s Guerrero state has been killed less than one week after he took office.
The state attorney general has demanded that L.A. draw up new council district maps — a process could throw the established political order at City Hall into disarray.