Veteran lawmakers vie for 35th state Senate seat. Elections in California sometimes take on the feel of a game of musical chairs. Take the South Bay’s 35th state Senate District race. Isadore Hall was representing the 64th Assembly District when Roderick Wright resigned from the Senate after a criminal conviction for living outside his district, so Hall […]
Obituary: Muhammad Ali – 1942-2016. Three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who boasted that he was “The Greatest” and usually backed it up, has died at the age of 74. Perhaps the most controversial and yet colorful athlete of the 20th Century, he was villified for refusing induction into the Army during the Vietnam War but […]
Report predicts LA County will add 346,000 jobs by 2020. Los Angeles County is expected to add 346,000 jobs between 2015 and 2020 across a broad range of industries, according to a report released today. The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.’s annual “People, Industries and Jobs” report shows that 123,000 of those jobs will be […]
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 […]
Lawndale’s new Rudolph Park offers a walking trail and water-play area. Less than six weeks after the death of beloved Lawndale City Council veteran Larry Rudolph, his name was hoisted over a new park described as one of the city’s “crown jewels.” Rudolph Park, a 1.5-acre grassy refuge with a walking trail, a children’s rock-climbing wall […]
West High School senior’s ‘girl power’ sketch selected for Torrance Rose Parade float design. Next year’s Torrance float entry in the 128th Tournament of Roses Parade features a dose of girl power thanks to a contest-winning conceptual design created by a West High School senior. Lindsey Beckmeyer’s sketch was chosen as the basis for the […]
Rep. Janice Hahn pushes bill to create more affordable housing. U.S. Rep. Janice Hahn, D-San Pedro, has joined House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, D-Bakersfield, to introduce legislation designed to create more affordable housing in Los Angeles. The Moving to Work Reform and Expansion Act would amend the Moving to Work Program, authorized by Congress in 1998, […]
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 […]