A jury has awarded $3.2 million in damages to a Muslim who claims he was harassed for years by his supervisors at Loma Linda University Medical Center and ultimately fired because of his Islamic beliefs, his lawyer said Wednesday. The award to Hugo Lizzaraga, 44, who worked 20 years as a warehouse employee at the…
Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer is on the verge of doing what was once unthinkable, unseating 20-year veteran District Attorney Tony Rackauckas despite solid backing by old guard Republican leaders. Rackauckas’ tenure has been marked by scandal and criticism that his department is a “ship without a rudder.” But he has never before faced such…
Sheriff’s candidate Don Barnes shares a moment with his wife Marilyn at the end of the evening. They were at their election night headquarters in Santa Ana on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer) Undersheriff Don Barnes, right, a candidate for Orange County Sheriff, talks with Orange County Chief Probation Officer…
Under pressure from Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration, state regulators once again postponed a vote on a contentious plan to force San Francisco and several big San Joaquin Valley irrigation districts to give up some of their water supplies for environmental protection. On the eve of Wednesday’s…
Inglewood voters elected Mayor James T. Butts to a third term Tuesday, handing the incumbent victory over a local clergyman who had the financial backing of an entertainment conglomerate and some prominent celebrities. Butts received 63% of votes to Marc Little’s 18%, according to official election…
After butting heads for two years with the Anaheim City Council, Walt Disney Co. appears to have won a favorable majority on the panel as candidates backed by the media giant were well ahead in a wide field of hopefuls. Three City Council candidates, including the mayor, who received campaign support…
Republican Reps. Dana Rohrabacher of Costa Mesa and Steve Knight of Palmdale were both losing their seats in Congress in preliminary election returns Wednesday morning while two other GOP incumbents in California held narrow leads that they might sustain. All of California’s hardest-fought congressional…
Anaheim plans to pay $4.9 million to buy an industrial building on La Palma Avenue across from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center to operate as a homeless shelter. The nonprofit Illumination Foundation is expected to operate the shelter. The site, at 3431 E. La Palma Ave., will join a planned homeless shelter on Lewis Street…
On a chilly restaurant patio in beautiful downtown Burbank, Democrat Adam Schiff stepped into the room to the warm applause and the hugs of about 100 supporters. It was 8:16 p.m., and his party had just won back control of the House of Representatives. The mood in the room, happy satisfaction,…
For years, black and Latino residents in the Antelope Valley complained they were the victims of racially biased stops and searches along with other mistreatment by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies. The U.S. Department of Justice analyzed Sheriff’s Department data from tens of thousands of…
