Long Beach police Chief Jim McDonnell was preparing today to take over as Los Angeles County sheriff, having easily defeated retired Undersheriff and Gardena Mayor Paul Tanaka. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, McDonnell won […]

Proposition 46, a wide-ranging initiative that included raising the 1975 limit on pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice lawsuits, was easily defeated Tuesday. With 100 percent of precicnts reporting, the ‘no’ vote collected 63.41 […]

Santa Monica voters re-elected all four incumbents on the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees on Tuesday night. Nancy Greenstein was the top vote-getter with 10,859 votes (20.49 percent). She was followed by Louise Jaffe […]

Santa Monica voters rejected Measure H on Tuesday that sought to increase the city’s real estate transfer tax. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the ‘no’ vote collected 10,325 votes (57.8 percent) with only 7,528 […]

Santa Monica voters passed Measure FS on Tuesday night that will now give the Rent Control Board the chance to discuss and possibly increase the City’s Rent Control registration fee up to $288 per unit […]

Large development projects and chain stores in Malibu would face additional restrictions under a celebrity-backed measure being put to voters today. Measure R’s proponents, including Hollywood filmmaker and producer Rob Reiner and actor Dick Van […]

One seat on the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors remains up for grabs, with former Sen. Sheila Kuehl competing in today’s election with former Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver to replace Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky in […]

State Senator Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, and Republican gang prosecutor Elan Carr will square off today in a battle to replace retiring Rep. Henry Waxman and represent a predominantly Democratic Westside-South Bay-San Fernando Valley congressional district. […]

A pair of competing measures on the Santa Monica ballot today will ask voters to decide the future of the 227-acre general aviation airport that city officials want closed. The Santa Monica Airport does not […]

In the contest for the 26th State Senate district, Ben Allen and Sandra Fluke will go head-to-head today after the pair collected the most votes at the June 3 primary. Allen, 37, was that top […]