This is the first election held in Los Angeles after the Supreme Court invalidated so-called "trigger" or "rescue" funds that provided publicly financed candidates.
As far as San Diego County supervisorial candidate Steve Danon sees it, there's a trend about to take flight: Removing redistricting power from supervisors.
"I'm running in the whole 15th. I want the votes from top to bottom. And I hope that people see my campaign walks the talk," the State Assembly member said.
Last week the California Supreme Court rejected a request by a GOP-supported coalition (known as FAIR - Fairness & Accountability in Redistricting) to invalidate California's newly drawn state senate maps.
Dog owners were thrown a bone Tuesday evening as the Santa Monica City Council voted 6 to 1 to establish a pilot program for a dog park on Santa Monica State Beach.
Capturing the attention of the public and the news media, the Occupy L.A. protesters have joined a long, yet sometimes seemingly hidden, tradition of activists who have advocated publicly in Los Angeles for their vision of social justice.
More than half of the adult population is overweight or obese in Los Angeles County. Statistics show that low-income areas in Los Angeles are at higher risk for preventable diseases linked to obesity, including, heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and eve...