Super Bowl 2021 awarded to Los Angeles. CHARLOTTE, N.C. >> The Rams and the National Football League brought professional football back to Los Angeles in January, correcting a 23-year mistake that left the second-biggest market in the country without a team from the most popular sports league in North America. Now the Super Bowl is […]
Early voting turnout in LA County shatters previous first-day numbers. A total of 57 people went to the Registrar’s Office to vote Monday — almost five times the number in 2012. Yes, it was a relative tsunami of civic engagement compared to the Mitt Romney-Barack Obama presidential primary that saw 12 people cast ballots on the […]
Stevie Wonder performance caps emotional Prince tribute at LA City Hall. A downtown Los Angeles park on Friday drew a jubilant crowd of purple-clad Prince fans, who traveled from across Southern California for a musical celebration of the late singer’s life. In perhaps the most stunning moment of the evening, music legend Stevie Wonder surprised the […]
State awards millions for project to clean up dirty trucks that serve Port of Long Beach, Los Angeles. The State of California Tuesday announced it is awarding $23.6 million to the South Coast Air Quality Management District for a statewide “zero-emission” demonstration project to clean up dirty trucks servicing ports and rail yards along busy freight […]
Los Angeles County stepped up its water conservation game in March after dismal February.Normally a tough month for conservation, Californians saved 35 billion gallons of water in March compared with the same month in 2013 for 24.3 percent water savings, state water officials reported Tuesday. Likewise, Southern California residents reduced usage by 20.7 percent in […]
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton lead rivals handily in California, poll finds. Donald Trump may be unpopular with a majority of California Republicans, but the presidential hopeful is poised to dominate the California primary over GOP rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich, according to an ABC7-Southern California News Group poll released Monday. The survey also showed Hillary […]
Centinela Valley school district to sue superintendent who made $750,000 in 2013. The Centinela Valley school district is going on the offensive in its lengthy legal dispute with disgraced Superintendent Jose Fernandez. The school district told a judge last week it is planning to countersue Fernandez, alleging he fraudulently and illegally took money from the district […]
Carson City Clerk Jim Dear doesn’t deserve to stay in his position. He should be recalled by residents who want better for their city. The former mayor’s erratic behavior and troubling allegations of intimidation probably would have gotten any employee of a private firm fired. But he is an elected official, so the only boss […]