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Maxine Waters Dismisses Threats, Dem Leaders’ Criticism

July 3, 2018 6:59 pmJuly 3, 2018 8:10 pm

Los Angeles Representative Maxine Waters (D-43) is shrugging off rebukes from the Democratic congressional leadership and the death threats that followed her incendiary remarks urging the harassment of Trump Administration officials. And today, President Donald Trump poured his own unique...

Trumpian Congressional Candidate Alleges Hollywood Blacklist

June 28, 2018 11:47 amAugust 30, 2021 11:45 am

The intolerant must be silenced! Is that Hollywood’s attitude towards Trump supporters in their midst? Antonio Sabato, Jr., the once soap opera star and now California Republican congressional candidate, says he has been run out of Hollywood for unabashedly supporting...

LA Times Names Norman Pearlstine New Editor

June 21, 2018 11:00 amJune 28, 2018 11:52 am

Patrick Soon-Shiong, the new owner of the Los Angeles Times, has selected industry stalwart Norman Pearlstine as his executive editor, hoping to invigorate the flagship California publication that has been beset in recent years by repeated leadership changes and staff...

SF Voters Approve Flavored Tobacco Ban

June 6, 2018 3:41 pmJune 28, 2018 10:18 am

Despite spending millions of dollars and offering a host of racially-charged arguments, opponents failed to sink the San Francisco ballot referendum banning flavored tobacco products. Proposition E, which prohibits the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored liquid used for vaping,...

Bernie Crusades Across Southern California

June 4, 2018 11:30 amJune 6, 2018 3:50 pm

Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) trekked all over Southern California yesterday, hyping his trademark issues but scrupulously avoiding endorsing any of the beleaguered Democratic candidates in Tuesday’s primaries. The silence was curious. With his star power, Sanders could have ginned up...

Angela Alioto channels her inner Donald Trump

May 31, 2018 2:00 pmJune 4, 2018 12:06 pm

Two of the top contenders in the San Francisco mayoral race are breaking ranks with liberals on homelessness issues. The stances of Board of Supervisors president London Breed and former president Angela Alioto are putting them at odds with the...

Cox and Villaraigosa Fight for Second Place and for Oxygen

May 31, 2018 10:00 amJune 1, 2018 9:00 am

Republican businessman John Cox and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are locked in a close battle for second place in the gubernatorial race, with Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom well ahead of both men, two new polls show. Meanwhile, outside...