Long Beach police Chief Jim McDonnell is the odds-on favorite to be elected today as Los Angeles County’s next sheriff in a run-off against retired Undersheriff and Gardena Mayor Paul Tanaka. Tanaka’s name is on […]

Today’s runoff election for Los Angeles County Assessor remains a close contest between West Hollywood Councilman Jeffrey Prang and Deputy District Attorney John Morris. In the June primary, Prang picked up 18.3 percent of the […]

Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown will seek an unprecedented fourth term in today’s election, facing Republican Neel Kashkari, who has focused his campaign on creating jobs and improving education. Brown has done little campaigning on behalf […]

Proposition 47 on today’s ballot would require misdemeanor sentences for certain theft and drug possession crimes, generating savings that would be applied to mental health and drug treatment programs, K-12 education and services for crime […]

Proposition 46 on today’s ballot would raise the limit on pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice lawsuits, require random drug and alcohol testing of doctors, and mandate health care practitioners consult the state prescription […]

Voters in Los Angeles will get the chance today to weigh in on a pair of ballot propositions heavily touted by Gov. Jerry Brown, who said their passage is essential to preparing the state for […]

In the race for the four seats on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD), there are three incumbents and four challengers with Nimish Patel not seeking reelection. The incumbents seeking re-election are Laurie Lieberman, […]

There will be at least one new council member on the dais at the final Santa Monica City Council meeting of 2014 following today’s election.  Fourteen candidates are seeking to fill three seats on the […]

Updated Tuesday, Nov. 4 – 1 pm A bomb threat today directed at Palisades Charter High School — which was serving as a polling station — led authorities to move the voting location and evacuate […]