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Decision 2012: The final days
President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney’s meticulously arranged travel schedules, a crucial element of their final-stretch strategies, could be upended in the last full week before Election...
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Mayor to D.C.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was back in Washington, D.C., on Monday, joining the Center for American Progress Action Fund and Half in Ten to discuss a new report on the nation’s progress in cutting...
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Congress expected to face immigration
President Barack Obama’s re-election and the increased attention to the voting power of Latinos in America may lead Congress to soon undertake its first serious look at changing immigration laws since...
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Durkee gets 8 years in prison, $10.5 million fine
A federal judge Wednesday ordered prison and fines for Kinde Durkee, the former Democratic campaign treasurer who admitted taking more than $7 million from candidates across the state, including U.S....
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Support for gun control among Democrats
Democrats representing California in Congress are promising to push for new gun control measures in the aftermath of the horrific slayings at a Connecticut elementary school last week, but the state’s...
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Rethinking Nixon
When Michel Chenelle teaches U.S. history, she points out the light and dark faces of President Richard Milhous Nixon. Dana Bartholomew in the Daily News, There’s Nixon the diplomat, who had famously...
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Villaraigosa to talk immigration reform
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa heads to Washington, D.C., this weekend for a planned spech to the National Press Club on Monday on immigration reform. Villaraigosa is expected to lay out six pillars needed...
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Learning their way in D,C.
As it turns out, there are some things to dislike about Washington, D.C. The snow, for instance. And the cold. Dakota Smith in the Daily News. “I’m learning how to wear a scarf,” said Rep. Tony...
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Sherman stung by Friends of Berman
Tipoff: Rep. Brad Sherman loses out on key House panel postion
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On the road….again
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has his bags packed again for yet another trip to Washington, D.C., and then on to more exotic locations. The mayor is taking part in a luncheon hosted by the...
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Garcetti gets private time with Obama
Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti got some private time with President Obama today during the president’s trip to Los Angeles for a fundraiser. “They caught up and discussed working together to spur job...
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Federal crackdown on pot clinics
Federal prosecutors are targeting more than 100 marijuana shops in Los Angeles County this week, threatening prosecution if dispensary owners stay in operation. Officials also moved to seize two...
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Garcetti hits the road
Mayor Eric Garcetti, in office for three weeks, hits the road this coming week. Aides said he will be in Washington, D.C., meeting with federal officials about transportation, economic and other...
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Villaraigosa gets another post
Former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was named Monday to another institution as a senior fellow, to offer his expertise on a variety of issues from immigration to education. The Bipartisan Policy Center,...
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Garcetti to D.C. to meet with Obama
Mayor Eric Garcetti traveled to Washington, D.C., for a meeting on Friday with President Obama and a group of newly elected mayors. The White House issued a statement saying the president wanted to...
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There’s a new sheriff in town
The Board of Supervisors named Orange County Assistant Sheriff John Scott to fill the vacancy left with the retirement of Sheriff Lee Baca. First there was Carmaggedon, now get ready for Jamzilla on...
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DeeDee Myers shows you can go home again
Dee Dee Myers, the former White House Press Secretary and current political analyst and commentator, has been named as an executive vice president at Warner Bros. Myers will join the company Sept. 2...
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Garcetti on road to D.C.
It will be a quick trip for Mayor Eric Garcetti to Washington, D.C., to take part in an early morning news conference with Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer to announce the award of $856...
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