By Jean Merl
Just 4% of registered voters in the 72nd District went to precincts to fill Mike Duvall's old seat. Another 14% sent in ballots.
By Shane Goldmacher
Tax receipts have leveled off, but revenue won't bounce back until the 2014-15 budget year, according to the chief budget analyst. Near term, the state faces a nearly $21-billion deficit.
By Maeve Reston
A 1985 local law bars political committees from accepting contributions of more than $500 if the group plans to use that money to make an independent expenditure for a city candidate.
By Patrick McGreevy
More than $1 billion in an $11-billion measure to provide clean water will go toward pet projects. Opponents worry that discredited ideas could be revived.
By Shane Goldmacher
The legislative budget analyst's projection, to be released Wednesday, threatens to send Sacramento back into gridlock and force more broad cuts to state programs.
By Jean Merl
The Orange County supervisor jumped to an early lead but fell short of the majority vote needed to win Mike Duvall's old seat.
By Garrett Therolf
Supervisors approve health initiatives to improve the county's chances of receiving federal stimulus funds, but vote against a proposal to discourage the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.
By John Hoeffel
The small city enforces a strict ordinance and eliminates the drama that plagues L.A.
By George Skelton
California's biggest statewide problem is -- and always has been -- how to share water. But it's really a local issue.
By Jean Merl
Linda Ackerman and Chris Norby appear to be front-runners among five candidates in Tuesday's 72nd Assembly District election. A majority vote for either would avoid a runoff, but that's unlikely.
By Cathleen Decker
The real political rift, a Times/USC poll reveals, is between east and west.
By Kate Linthicum
The 20-year-old who rocked ACORN with a series of secret videos addresses college students about guerrilla warfare.
By Susan King
The 2009 Governors Awards are given to actress Lauren Bacall, 85; producer-director-writer Roger Corman, 83; and cinematographer Gordon Willis, 78.
By David Kelly
Steve Di Memmo, the only council member to avoid indictment in a corruption probe this week, says the other councilmen shut him out because he 'wouldn't play the game.'
By Seema Mehta
Blasting their horns while driving past City Hall, more than 400 big-rig drivers try to draw attention to new environmental rules that they say threaten their livelihoods.
By Michael Rothfeld
Governor will speak at Saban Center before heading to Iraq, aide says.
By Dan Weikel and Eric Bailey
The governor ordered officials to seek federal money only for the proposed bullet train between San Francisco and San Diego. Rail advocates say the commuter line upgrades should take priority.
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Workers without paid sick leave are often penalized for absences. Congress plans to consider legislation next week that would guarantee workers paid sick time.
By Michael Rothfeld
But he also disavows the proposed solutions as being illegal.
By George Skelton
Transcripts of phone interviews with reporters show the once-and-possibly-future governor is as outspoken as ever. For a politics columnist, they make for fascinating, if somewhat guilty, reading.
By Jason Song
Guidelines for the Race to the Top money for states will be released Thursday. State legislators will have to scurry to make the application deadline.
By Maria L. La Ganga
It upholds an ordinance barring local authorities from turning juvenile illegal immigrants over to the federal government unless guilty of a felony.