Orange County supervisors are set to consider a sweeping overhaul of the county’s voting system that would eliminate polling places and replace them with vote centers, which election officials say could make it easier to cast ballots, increase participation and save the county upwards of $29 million. But the new model – which would be…
To watch Rep. Duncan Hunter on TV is to see a diligent, baritone-voiced congressman championing conservative causes and defending soldiers accused of war crimes. But on Capitol Hill, Hunter, R-Alpine, is hamstrung, stripped of committee assignments that are vital to a lawmaker’s influence and effectiveness. Then-House Speaker Paul Ryan forced Hunter to resign from the…
Four years ago, Anahi Olide would drop off her young son at day care and then head straight back home for several hours before driving 10 minutes to Cal State Los Angeles for class. Those days are over. In order to snag a parking space before the tsunami of cars shows up, the 22-year-old child…
Each year, thousands more qualified students apply to Cal State Los Angeles than the campus has the funding or space to accommodate. Now campus officials want to raise admissions standards and shrink the fall 2020 class. If campus officials decide to do so and the Cal State chancellor’s office…
Rogelio Perez has long struggled with math. Had he entered California State University last year, his C grades and low standardized test scores would have steered him into a non-credit remedial math class. He would still have had to pay for the class and fallen behind at least a semester in his…
Getting that spring itch for the start of baseball season? Nate Davidson, 4, of Irvine throws a tennis ball with his brother and a friend before opening day on Saturday February 23, 2019. Irvine Ranch Little League has been providing children with the opportunity to play little league baseball to boys and girls in Irvine…
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — Nearly everyone in this small South Carolina town has a theory for the city’s billion-dollar mystery: Who won the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot announced last October? Maybe the winner was so overwhelmed upon seeing the winning numbers that she or he died on the spot? Maybe the winner is on the…
SACRAMENTO — Hurting California Republicans chose a party insider Sunday to lead them forward after their party suffered stinging defeats in 2018, rejecting two candidates backed by activists who favored a stronger embrace of President Donald Trump. The California Republican Party’s delegates had to decide where the party would go next with its leadership, and…
Starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu #99 Los Angeles Dodgers against Los Angeles Angels in the first inning of a spring training MLB game at Camelback Ranch Stadium on Sunday, February 24, 2019 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu #99 Los Angeles Dodgers throws to the plate against Los Angeles…
A shallow magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon 35 miles from Capetown, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:05 p.m. Pacific time. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 47 miles from Fortuna, Calif., 53 miles from Eureka, Calif., and 59…
