Meet Young Kim, an Asian American immigrant woman running for Congress under Trump’s Republican Party

Former California Assemblywoman Young Kim, who's running for the 39th Congressional District, meets with supporters at her new campaign office in Rowland Heights. Former California Assemblywoman Young Kim, who's running for the 39th Congressional District, meets with supporters at her new campaign office in Rowland Heights.

L.A. County adopts temporary rent control for older apartments

Members of the Los Angeles Center for Community Law and Action lead a march through downtown Los Angeles in support of a county motion to enact a 3 percent rent cap for six months on some 50,000 apartments in unincorporated parts of the county. Jose NuA ez speaks at a rally Tuesday, Sept.

This California district has been red for over 20 years. Katie Hill could change that.

On a blisteringly hot Saturday morning in June, 10 days after 30-year-old Katie Hill emerged as the Democratic party's candidate to unseat Republican Steve Knight for California's 25th Congressional district, dozens of her supporters gathered at the campaign's cramped headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Clarita to prepare for a massive voter registration drive. This last remaining GOP bastion in Los Angeles County is high up on the list of priorities for Democrats hoping to turn the district from red-to-blue in November.

Fred Harris and Hilda Solis Headline Conference Lookback at 1968…

On June 22, the 109th National Conference on Local Governance will bring together community leaders, academic practitioners, elected officials and concerned citizens for workshops, presentations and discussions on civic engagement. There are three workshop tracks: Health Equity, Youth and Education and Community-Police Relations.

Just 20 votes separate the two Dems who want to face Rohrabacher in Nov.

Ongoing tabulation of the June 5 primary vote in Orange County shows Undersheriff Don Barnes still holding a majority, with 50.6 percent of the vote. There are more than 160,000 ballots left to be counted, and if Barnes' total dips below 50 percent he'll face a runoff with Los Angeles County DA Investigator Duke Nguyen.

Governor Brown Appoints Two District Court of Appeal Justices

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Judge Gail Ruderman Feuer as associate justice, Division Seven of the Second District Court of Appeal, and Judge Allison M. Danner as associate justice of the Sixth District Court of Appeal. Gail Ruderman Feuer, 58, of Los Angeles, has been appointed associate justice, Division Seven of the Second District Court of Appeal.

Wife of man charged in blast probe died in ‘mysterious case’

A decade before his ex-girlfriend was killed in what investigators say was a targeted explosion, Stephen Beal's wife died in what a coroner deemed a "mysterious case." Christine Beal's death in 2008 came a few weeks after she fell down a flight of stairs in their Long Beach home while carrying a heavy piece of furniture with her husband.

How an anti-illegal immigration YouTuber turned a $280 fine into a federal criminal trial

An attorney for the anti-illegal immigration activist and prolific YouTuber told a judge Friday that the four-hour trial over the fine was really about preventing government abuse of power, protecting the rights of journalists and ensuring that citizens can hold public officials accountable. "If he is convicted a it'll chill speech, it'll chill journalism, it'll say the federal government has a superpower to do whatever it wants," attorney William Becker said.

Options to restrict gun sales, regulate firearms to be explored by LA Board of Supervisors

LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to explore options for regulating firearms, including restricting sales to anyone under 21, banning .50-caliber handguns, strengthening safe storage laws and prohibiting gun sales near schools. "This is a very important motion to me and, I think, to many others who have contacted us after yet another mass shooting in this country," Kuehl said.

Man flashed fake FBI badge to get into LA jail. It didna t get him in the way he hoped, cops say

A southern California man has been arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after authorities say he flashed a fake FBI badge trying to gain access to the county's jail armed with a handful of weapons , and then fled on foot before getting apprehended. A southern California man has been arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after authorities say he flashed a fake FBI badge trying to gain access to the county's jail armed with a handful of weapons , and then fled on foot before getting apprehended.

State Treasurer John Chiang officially files to run for governor

State Treasurer John Chiang files to run for governor of California at the Los Angeles County Registrar's office in Norwalk on March 7. Several of California's Republican representatives are openly challenging President Trump's plans to impose steel and aluminum tariffs. The tariffs are a rare source of disagreement between congressional Republicans and the White House, and the opposition in California comes from several lawmakers who face difficult reelection bids this fall.

California Democrats snub of party icon Dianne Feinstein could be a speed bump, or a signal

California Democrats overwhelmingly decided not to endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein this weekend, an embarrassing rebuke of a party icon who has represented California in the Senate for a quarter-century. Nearly two-thirds of the party's delegates voted against backing her campaign for a fifth full term, a reflection of the dissonance between an increasingly liberal state party and the moderation and pragmatism that have been hallmarks of Feinstein's political career.

Diary of male prostitute claims Dem donor pushed drugs

'He gave me my first injection of crystal meth': Diary of the male prostitute who fatally overdosed at the home of a prominent Democrat donor claims the friend of Hillary Clinton got him hooked on drugs Since a homicide investigation was launched, a number of other men of color have come forward to claim Buck paid them to take drugs A diary entry from Moore states that Buck 'gave me my first injection of crystal meth' and got him 'addicted to the pain and fetish/fantasy' His final entry, dated December 3, 2016, read: 'If it didn't hurt so bad, I'd kill myself, but I'll let Ed Buck do it for now' The diary entries of a male prostitute, who suffered a fatal overdose at the home of a prominent Democrat donor last year, allege that the friend of Hillary Clinton was the one who got him hooked on drugs.

After a huge cockfighting bust, L.A. County leaders look to crack down on owning roosters

LA sheriff's deputies on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, reportedly found more than 450 game fowl believed to be used in illegal "cock fighting" events on the 8800 block of Pillsbury Avenue in Lancaster. With at least 8,000 cockfighting birds seized from homes in north Los Angeles County this year, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to look into suggestions on how to limit residents from keeping roosters.

Increase in lawsuits on sex-based workplace harassment

More than 3,500 federal civil lawsuits related to harassment in the workplace have been filed so far this year, an increase over 2016, according to Lex Machina, a Menlo Park analytics firm that tracks litigation. Federal data show that the number of sex-based-harassment complaints filed in 2016 increased from the prior year.