California governor preps to release budget amid uncertainty
Gov. Jerry Brown will release a proposed state spending plan this week without knowing the answers to key questions that will have a massive effect on the state's finances.
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Alaska Airlines launches service to Havana amid uncertainty about Cuba policy
Alaska Airlines launches a daily flight Thursday morning from Los Angeles to Havana. U.S. airlines competed aggressively last year for a limited number of slots to begin regular scheduled service to Cuba.
Can these San Gabriel Valley residents help bring change to the Democratic Party as voting delegates?
Candidates running to become Assembly District delegates for the California Democratic Party spoke to locals at the South Pasadena Farmers Market Dec. 30 to seek their support. He and other locals had campaigned for Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign for much of last year, and when he lost the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton, some of those supporters gave up on the party entirely.
California’s Anti-Trump Strategy, Featuring Eric Holder, Will Cost $25K Monthly
California legislative leaders on Wednesday said they have retained a team of Covington & Burling attorneys led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to help fend off "potential challenges" from the incoming Trump administration. against potential Republican attacks on California's immigration, environmental and health care policies.
California hires ex-Attorney General Holder to fight Trump
Vowing to protect California's values and constitutional g... . FILE-- In this May 19, 2016 file photo, State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, addresses the Senate in Sacramento, Calif.
Democrats, seeking credit for House ethics reversal, watch it go to Trump
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, arrives for the opening of the 115th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, 2017. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, arrives for the opening of the 115th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, 2017.
House GOP guts ethics office, starts on conservative agenda
House Republicans voted to rein in the power of the independent ethics office that was initiated in 2008 after Congress members went to jail for corruption. The decision to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics was made on late Monday, without any notice or debate on the subject.
Donald Trump presidency places California Legislature in defense mode
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As California lawmakers return to Sacramento on Wednesday, liberal dreams of expanding safety-net benefits and providing health coverage to immigrants are giving way to a new vision revolving around a feverish push to protect gains racked up in the past.
DMV licensed 800,000 undocumented immigrants under 2-year-old law
In this file photo, Raul Ordonez, 23, of San Rafael, second from left, takes the touch-screen exam as he goes through the process of getting his California driver's license under AB 60 at the DMV office in San Jose, Calif., on Jan. 31, 2015. On the day that California officials implemented a controversial law that allows undocumented residents to obtain driver licenses, DMV offices throughout the state were packed with immigrants looking to take advantage of the opportunity.
NYT: It’s Time To Abolish The Electoral College
The Left certainly was hammering this point home after President-elect Donald J. Trump's upset win over Hillary Clinton on November 8 and now The New York Times has joined the "let's abolish the Electoral College because our gal lost" bandwagon. Again, the op-ed by the publication's editorial board has no sense of history.
California Dems ready to fight Trump’s immigration plans
Six weeks after President-elect Donald Trump's election, people still pack California Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de Leon's Los Angeles district office. His constituents of Latino, Korean, and Armenian descent wait in his front office, waiting for a moment to share their fears about Trump with California's most powerful state lawmaker.
The Latest: Russian patriarch eulogizes slain ambassador
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that Russia, Iran and Tu... . Syrians evacuated from the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo during the ceasefire arrive at a refugee camp in Rashidin, near Idlib, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016.
Death penalty falls to new low as voters seek resurgence
Use of the death penalty in the United States fell to a historic low in 2016, even as voters in three states passed ballot initiatives in support of capital punishment, according to a year-end report from the Death Penalty Information Center . Thirty death sentences are expected to be imposed by the end of the year - a 39 percent decrease from 2015 - marking the lowest number of executions in a single year since 1972, the beginning of a four-year moratorium on capital punishment.
Berlin Christmas market reopens as hunt for attacker goes on
German... . Debris still lies on the crime scene in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, two days after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market and killed several people.
Spain’s ‘El Gordo’ lottery sparks celebrations across Madrid
The Mississippi fire marshal says investigators don't see politics as the motivation for the burning of an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the words "Vote Trump" a week before the... The Mississippi fire marshal says investigators don't see politics as the motivation for the burning of an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the words "Vote Trump" a week before the presidential... By The Associated Press The Alaska Volcano Observatory has issued its highest level of alert for aviation after what it says was a brief explosion of a volcano on the Aleutian Islands.
How anti-illegal immigration activists from California won and lost this November
In Washington, D.C., they now have a president who shares their views on border security and the need to deport undocumented immigrants. But in their home state, legislative leaders are vowing to fight Donald Trump and protect those in this country illegally.
There Is Only One Way To Stop Trump
Blue America hasn't spent precious time since the election asking you to sign petitions for impractical symbolic appeals to the electoral college, or to waste your money on an un-winnable, pointless Senate race in Louisiana. We are very focused on what can be done-- politically-- to break the back on Trumpism.
Fear rises among people living in United States illegally following Trump’s election
In the weeks since Donald Trump's presidential victory, Sandra Dimas has struggled with a heightened mix of anxiety and anger over how and when the president-elect will follow through on a central promise of his campaign: cracking down on illegal immigration. "A lot of people are scared," said the 42-year-old mother of three.
Obama signs Californiaa s massive water bill, but Trump will determine its future
President Barack Obama on Friday quietly signed and bequeathed to President-elect Donald Trump a massive infrastructure bill designed to control floods, fund dams and deliver more water to farmers in California's Central Valley. While attempting to mollify critics' concerns over potential harm to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Obama signed the $12 billion bill in a distinctly low-key act.
California Courier Online, December 15, 2016
Turkish and Azeri circles were displeased with my latest column where I had analyzed Vice President-elect Mike Pence's phone call to Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan. 's Trend news agency published a ridiculous article by Elmira Tariverdiyeva, titled: "Yerevan's failed phone call or why Trump did not respond."