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Vice President Harris Visits California Amid Record Low Approval Rating

April 18, 2022 12:17 pmApril 26, 2022 12:24 pm

Vice President Kamala Harris is to make several stops in California this week to help reaffirm Biden Administration policies as well as to try to reverse worsening poll numbers less than two months before the primary election. Press play to...

Senator Padilla Announces Full-Term Senate Run for 2022

February 23, 2022 11:51 am

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced on Tuesday that he would be running for a full-term in the Senate this year, a decision that most political experts have been expecting for months. Padilla, who had previously served in the Los...

VP Harris Visits So Cal, Announces $600 Million in Wildfire Disaster Relief Funding

January 22, 2022 2:19 amJanuary 21, 2022 10:10 pm

Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in San Bernardino on Friday, beginning a weekend Southern California visit by touring wildfire damaged forests and announcing $600 million in disaster relief funding for the U.S. Forest Service in the state. Harris was joined...

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Begins Congressional Confirmation Hearings For India Ambassadorship

December 14, 2021 12:05 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti appeared before a Congressional panel Tuesdaylooking into his India ambassadorship nomination in Washington. Garcetti had been waiting for the hearings to begin since late May, when he was first rumored to have been President Joe...

LA City Council Votes Unanimously To Ban Ghost Guns

December 1, 2021 11:48 amDecember 3, 2021 6:18 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to ban ghost guns in a sweeping new city ordinance on Tuesday. Ghost guns, which are unfinished firearms that can be built from different parts to allow buyers to get around background checks...

California Receives Initial $58 Million from DOT for High Speed Rail Transit, Cycling ‘Infrastructure’ Projects

November 20, 2021 2:17 amApril 3, 2022 8:26 am

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced on Friday that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has given it’s first grants from the recently passed $1 Trillion infrastructure bill to California, with $58 million going to transportation projects in...

California AG Bonta’s Investigation into Huntington Beach Oil Spill ‘Political Posturing’

October 12, 2021 11:32 amOctober 12, 2021 11:32 am

State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday that the California Department of Justice would be investigating the Huntington Beach oil spill, becoming the second entity following the U.S. Coast Guard to look into the matter. The spill, which began...